BG · 2024 · tespm080
Youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24)
Bulgaria, 2024
In 2024, Bulgaria's youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24) decreased by 7.7% compared to 2023, reaching 2.40.
Bulgaria accounts for 39.3% of the EU-27 total of 6.10.
Bulgaria ranks 27th 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 14.3% (from 2.10 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.