BG · 2023 · tesem170
Nominal unit labour cost growth
Bulgaria, 2023
Nominal unit labour cost growth
12.8
Bulgaria, 2023
▲ 18.5% vs 2022 (10.8)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's nominal unit labour cost growth increased by 18.5% compared to 2022, reaching 12.8.
Bulgaria accounts for 188.2% of the EU-27 total of 6.80.
Bulgaria ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 80.3% (from 7.10 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#7 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2023
188.2%
EU-27: 6.80
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem170