Labour productivity per person employed and hour worked (EU27_2020=100)

In 2022, Bulgaria's labour productivity per person employed and hour worked (eu27_2020=100) increased by 5.5% compared to 2021, reaching 111.2.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 200.0.

Bulgaria ranks 26th 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 22.5% (from 90.8 in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem160, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.