Employment — national citizens

In 2014, Bulgaria's employment increased by 1.3% compared to 2013, reaching 2,922k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 171,547k.

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 fallen by 8.7% (from 3,201k in 2009).

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