Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2014, Bulgaria's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 10.8% compared to 2013, reaching 12.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.0%.

Bulgaria ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 57.0% (from 7.9% in 2009).

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