BG · 2024 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2024
Youth unemployment rate by sex
24.6
Bulgaria, 2024
▲ 1.7% vs 2023 (24.2)
Analysis
In 2024, Bulgaria's youth unemployment rate by sex increased by 1.7% compared to 2023, reaching 24.6.
Bulgaria accounts for 82.6% of the EU-27 total of 29.8.
Bulgaria ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 24.2 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
82.6%
EU-27: 29.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140