BG · 2022 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Bulgaria, 2022
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
4.2%
Bulgaria, 2022
▼ 19.2% vs 2021 (5.2%)
Analysis
In 2022, Bulgaria's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 19.2% compared to 2021, reaching 4.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.2%.
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 fallen by 41.7% (from 7.2% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
67.7%
EU-27: 6.2%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a