Unemployment rate: Bulgaria
3.536% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.536 |
| 2024 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 4.319 |
| 2022 | 4.148 |
| 2021 | 5.166 |
| 2020 | 5.037 |
| 2019 | 4.148 |
| 2018 | 5.211 |
| 2017 | 6.164 |
| 2016 | 7.575 |
| 2015 | 9.143 |
| 2014 | 11.424 |
| 2013 | 12.941 |
| 2012 | 12.27 |
| 2011 | 11.26 |
| 2010 | 10.279 |
| 2009 | 6.817 |
| 2008 | 5.609 |
| 2007 | 6.878 |
| 2006 | 8.951 |
| 2005 | 10.083 |
| 2004 | 12.037 |
| 2003 | 13.733 |
| 2002 | 18.11 |
| 2001 | 19.921 |
| 2000 | 16.218 |
| 1999 | 14.1 |
| 1998 | 12.2 |
| 1997 | 13.7 |
| 1996 | 12.5 |
| 1995 | 11.1 |
| 1994 | 12.8 |
| 1993 | 16.4 |
| 1992 | 15.3 |
| 1991 | 11.1 |