EU 6.25
· European ranking
31 / 34
Down 5 positions compared with previous year
Bulgaria: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
3.50% of labour force
EU 6.25 · -2.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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Regional map
· 2025 · 6 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+108.57
7.30
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2+31.43
4.60
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3+14.29
4.00
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4+11.43
3.90
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5-8.57
3.20
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6-45.71
1.90
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Bulgaria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Unemployment rate is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 3.5% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 2.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 6.10% in 2020 to 3.50% in 2025. The latest step, from 4.20% in 2024 to 3.50% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, regional differences in Unemployment rate are pronounced. Across 6 comparable regions, Severozapaden records the highest value (7.3%) and Yugozapaden the lowest (1.9%), a gap of 5.4 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Bulgaria, Employment & Economic Security shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.