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

In 2024, Bulgaria's labour productivity per person employed and hour worked (eu27_2020=100) increased by 5.8% compared to 2023, reaching 116.2.

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 19.5% (from 97.2 in 2019).

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