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Bulgaria – BG

EU regions: Bulgaria


map of Bulgaria BG
IndicatorPeriodValue
Labour market policy
public expenditure on labour market policies as % of GDP20211.424
public expenditure on active labour market policies20211.026
Life long learning
life long learning participation20241.8
Precarious work
percentage of employees ususally working on Sunday20235
percentage of employees ususally working at nights20233.2
Part time jobs and flexible employment
working hours on full time job2025q139.2
percentage of workers usually working from home20241.2
percentage of part time workers20241.54
percentage of part time workers, men20241.44
percentage of part time workers, women20241.66
Minimum and average wage
minimum monthly was as aproportion of average monthly earnings in industry and services202337.6
monthly minimum wage in €2025q1551
monthly minimum wage in PPS2025q1931
annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children earning an average wage in PPS202418 721
Gender differences
gender pay gap202313.5
employment of mothers of more than 3 children202451.7
healthy life expectancy of men vs. women2023116.26
gender gap in employment rate2025q190.65
gender gap in unemployment rate202488.64
Graduates and young people
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education202322.6
unemployment rate of youth with secondary education2025q111.6
unemployment rate of youth with tertiary education2015q425
NEET202410.5
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average202364
Payable interest of public debt as % od GDP20240.5
Employment
employment rate2025q170.4
Social exclusion
people at risk of poverty or social exclusion202032.1

More on wikipedia wikidata Q219 on OpenStreetMap Bulgaria slovensky: BG

Subregions: Northern and Eastern Bulgaria, South-Western and South-Central Bulgaria


demographic-pyramid-economic-activity-BG.png

Unemployment

IndicatorPeriodValue
Unemployment
unemployment rate2025q13.9
youth unemployment rate2025q110.5
unemployment rate of low educated people2025q115.5
Long term unemployment
long term unemployment2025q11.7
share of long term unemployed2025q147.8

Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Bulgaria

Age groupLow educationMiddle educationHigh education
Y20-29P: 68.1
E: 27.0; U: 5.6; I: 35.5		P: 354.8
E: 178.2; U: 13.6; I: 163.0		P: 124.5
E: 101.1; U: 4.2; I: 19.2
Y30-39P: 116.9
E: 58.7; U: 9.8; I: 48.4		P: 398.3
E: 332.9; U: 18.3; I: 47.1		P: 285.4
E: 263.6; U: 6.3; I: 15.5
Y40-49P: 146.9
E: 85.6; U: 10.9; I: 50.4		P: 509.2
E: 447.8; U: 13.9; I: 47.5		P: 304.9
E: 289.8; U: 4.7; I: 10.4
Y50-59P: 130.0
E: 69.0; U: 9.9; I: 51.1		P: 544.0
E: 454.0; U: 16.5; I: 73.5		P: 249.2
E: 231.4; U: 2.9; I: 14.9
Y60-69P: 166.6
E: 37.3; U: 4.6; I: 124.7		P: 546.3
E: 217.4; U: 5.8; I: 323.1		P: 194.4
E: 102.0; U: 1.0; I: 91.4

Note: in thousands in 2023, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of economically inactive

Demographics


population pyramid of BG Bulgaria in 1996
IndicatorPeriodValue
Demographics
number of inhabitants20246 445 481
population density202358.6
old-age dependency ratio202438.2
Population ageing
unemployment rate – over 55 years2025q13.5
aggregate replacement ratio20240.44
aggregate replacement ratio – females20240.45
life expectancy of a 50 year old202328.4
healty life expectancy at 50 years202322

population pyramid of BG Bulgaria

Employment by sectors, Bulgaria

NACE r2%NACE r2%
A141.95%B-E587.720%
F236.48%G-I853.929%
J125.24%K65.42%
L18.91%M_N2037%
O-Q583.220%R-U117.44%
TOTAL2932.9100%

Data for the period year 2024. Source of the data is Eurostat, table [lfst_r_lfe2en2].

Employment by sectors, Bulgaria, 2024

From Wikipedia:

Bulgaria ( (listen); Bulgarian: България, romanized: Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Република България, tr. Republika Bǎlgariya, IPA: [rɛˈpublikɐ bɐɫˈɡarijɐ]), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.

One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for Thracians, Persians, Celts and ancient Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. The Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire lost some of these territories to an invading Bulgar horde in the late 7th century. The Bulgars founded the First Bulgarian Empire in AD 681, which dominated most of the Balkans and significantly influenced Slavic cultures by developing the Cyrillic script. This state lasted until the early 11th century, when Byzantine emperor Basil II conquered and dismantled it. A successful Bulgarian revolt in 1185 established a Second Bulgarian Empire, which reached its apex under Ivan Asen II (1218–1241). After numerous exhausting wars and feudal strife, the Second Bulgarian Empire disintegrated in 1396 and its territories fell under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries.

Other: Bulgaria, Belgium

Neighbours: Greece, Serbia, Romania, North Macedonia, Turkey

Subregions: Northern and Eastern Bulgaria, South-Western and South-Central Bulgaria

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Bulgaria – BG, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PBG, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/BG

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