Employment — national citizens

In 2010, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 5.2% compared to 2009, reaching 3,033k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 172,083k.

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 3.1% (from 2,943k in 2005).

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