Gender pay gap in unadjusted form

In 2021, Bulgaria's gender pay gap in unadjusted form decreased by 4.8% compared to 2020, reaching 23.8.

Bulgaria accounts for 96.7% of the EU-27 total of 24.6.

Bulgaria ranks 12th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.5% (from 29.2 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem180, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.