BG · 2022 · une_rt_a

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

Bulgaria, 2022

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
10.6%
Bulgaria, 2022
▼ 32.9% vs 2021 (15.8%)
Analysis

In 2022, Bulgaria's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 32.9% compared to 2021, reaching 10.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.6%.

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 34.2% (from 16.1% 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
72.6%
EU-27: 14.6%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025