Bulgaria Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Bulgaria decreased to 4 percent in May from 5.62 percent in April of 2019. Unemployment Rate in Bulgaria averaged 11.47 percent from 1991 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 19.27 percent in February of 2001 and a record low of 4 percent in May of 2019.

Unemployment Rate in Bulgaria is expected to be 5.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Bulgaria to stand at 5.70 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Bulgaria Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Bulgaria Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.00	5.62	19.27	4.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	3147.80	3148.90	3417.30	2628.18	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	175.40	184.43	726.36	22.00	Thousand	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	2.60	2.90	13.00	2.60	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.10	13.70	38.60	10.50	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	164.96	131.60	164.96	1.86	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	19302.00	20801.00	25106.00	14033.00		[+]
Wages	1247.00	1184.00	1247.00	30.00	BGN/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	286.33	260.76	286.33	31.20	EUR/Month	[+]
Population	7.05	7.10	8.99	7.05	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	61.17	61.00	61.17	57.50		[+]
Retirement Age Men	64.08	64.00	64.08	62.50		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	55.50	55.00	56.50	47.90	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	1080.00	1080.00	1080.00	1030.00	BGN/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	675.00	675.00	675.00	630.00	BGN/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	54.40	49.10	91.10	41.10	Thousand	[+]
Productivity	109.30	141.10	141.10	53.10	Index Points	[+]
Wages High Skilled	1280.00	974.00	1280.00	826.00	BGN/Month	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	1111.00	1056.00	1111.00	201.00	BGN/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	600.00	545.00	600.00	472.00	BGN/Month	[+]
Full Time Employment	3008.00	3009.30	3292.50	2328.60	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	-0.20	-0.30	1.70	-3.50	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	52.70	52.50	53.30	38.70	percent	[+]

Bulgaria Unemployment Rate

In Bulgaria, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Bulgaria Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Bulgaria Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	4.00	5.62	19.27	4.00	1991 - 2019	percent	Monthly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.00	Apr/19	14.1	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.30	May/19	12.5	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.10	Mar/19	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	May/19	10.1	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	May/19	7.6	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Saudi Arabia	5.70	Mar/19	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.50	Jun/19	5.4	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	Jun/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.40	Jun/19	4.5	14.1 : 4.4	%
South Korea	4.00	Jun/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	May/19	3.8	12 : 3.4	%
United States	3.70	Jun/19	3.6	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
Mexico	3.50	May/19	3.5	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.40	Jun/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.10	May/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.40	May/19	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Jun/19	2.3	5.7 : 1.5	%