Employment — national citizens

In 2009, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 3.1% compared to 2008, reaching 3,201k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 174,567k.

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 9.8% (from 2,914k in 2004).

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