Employment — national citizens

In 2024, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 2,814k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 181,350k.

Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.3% (from 2,942k in 2019).

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