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

In 2025, Bulgaria's labour productivity per person employed and hour worked (eu27_2020=100) increased by 1.9% compared to 2024, reaching 118.4.

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 21.3% (from 97.6 in 2020).

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