Gender pay gap in unadjusted form

In 2024, Bulgaria's gender pay gap in unadjusted form decreased by 11.1% compared to 2023, reaching 24.0.

Bulgaria accounts for 108.1% of the EU-27 total of 22.2.

Bulgaria ranks 11th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.3% (from 28.0 in 2019).

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