Employment — national citizens

In 2006, Bulgaria's employment increased by 4.2% compared to 2005, reaching 3,066k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 173,476k.

Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.9% (from 2,716k in 2001).

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