Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2025, Bulgaria's employment rates of recent graduates increased by 0.4% compared to 2024, reaching 81.2.

Bulgaria accounts for 97.8% of the EU-27 total of 83.0.

Bulgaria ranks 20th 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 3.0% (from 78.8 in 2020).

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