Employment — national citizens

In 2019, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 4.0% compared to 2018, reaching 2,942k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 179,061k.

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 0.7% (from 2,922k in 2014).

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