BG · 2025 · tespm080
Youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24)
Bulgaria, 2025
Youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24)
2.50
Bulgaria, 2025
▲ 4.2% vs 2024 (2.40)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's youth unemployment ratio (age group 15-24) increased by 4.2% compared to 2024, reaching 2.50.
Bulgaria accounts for 40.3% of the EU-27 total of 6.20.
Bulgaria ranks 26th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.4% (from 3.10 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#26 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
40.3%
EU-27: 6.20
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tespm080