Employment — national citizens

In 2018, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 0.1% compared to 2017, reaching 3,063k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 177,872k.

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 6.2% (from 2,885k in 2013).

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