BG · 2017 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Bulgaria, 2017
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
7.2%
Bulgaria, 2017
▼ 16.3% vs 2016 (8.6%)
Analysis
In 2017, Bulgaria's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 16.3% compared to 2016, reaching 7.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 8.3%.
Bulgaria ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 45.9% (from 13.3% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
86.7%
EU-27: 8.3%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a