BG · 2025 · tps00066

Unemployment rates (persons aged 25-64) by educational attainment level

Bulgaria, 2025

Unemployment rates (persons aged 25-64) by educational attainment level
24.4
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 14.7% vs 2024 (28.6)
Analysis

In 2025, Bulgaria's unemployment rates (persons aged 25-64) by educational attainment level decreased by 14.7% compared to 2024, reaching 24.4.

Bulgaria accounts for 113.0% of the EU-27 total of 21.6.

Bulgaria ranks 9th 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 11.6% (from 27.6 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00066, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#9 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
113.0%
EU-27: 21.6
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025