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Unemployment rate in Bulgaria

How hard is it to have a job there?

Bulgaria's unemployment rate is 3.54 % — #38 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

3.54%

May be outdatedPeriod 2025

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Bulgaria: ahead of 69 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBulgaria 3.54 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Bulgaria is ahead of 69 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#38 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
69 %
86 of 124 countries

In Europe: #8 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −1.72 pp (better)

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Bulgaria
36 Israel3.49 %−0.05 pp
37 Kyrgyzstan3.53 %−0.01 pp
38 Bulgaria3.54 %—
39 Germany3.71 %+0.17 pp
40 Malaysia3.76 %+0.23 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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