Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2024, Bulgaria's employment rates of recent graduates decreased by 3.9% compared to 2023, reaching 80.9.

Bulgaria accounts for 98.3% of the EU-27 total of 82.3.

Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 0.1% (from 80.8 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00053, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.