Work & Labour in Bulgaria 89 indicators covering work & labour for Bulgaria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 15.4% 2025 down 27.3% 167th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 23.5% 2025 down 23.0% 179th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 56.1% 2025 up 3.5% 133rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.4% 2025 up 3.7% 151st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 80.8% 2025 down 0.3% 86th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 19.5% 2025 down 24.7% 181st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 69.7% 2025 up 6.0% 59th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 76.5% 2025 up 4.5% 105th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 73.2% 2025 up 5.2% 71st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 50.4% 2025 up 3.4% 118th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 85.7% 2025 up 1.2% 24th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 58.3% 2025 up 7.6% 64th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 77.7% 2025 up 6.9% 88th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 91.1% 2025 down 0.1% 32nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 27.9% 2025 down 8.0% 26th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 88.2% 2025 up 0.6% 25th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.2% 2025 down 76.5% 163rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 down 68.9% 162nd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.2% 2025 down 74.1% 163rd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 19.6% 2025 down 15.2% 21st Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 35.2% 2025 down 4.0% 28th Employment in services (% of total employment) 67.4% 2025 up 7.2% 70th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 11.8% 2025 down 4.0% 162nd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 14.3% 2025 down 6.4% 163rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 8.9% 2025 up 0.6% 155th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.9% 2025 down 1.6% 42nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 6.4% 2025 down 9.0% 43rd Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.2% 2025 up 20.6% 35th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2025 down 57.6% 125th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.6% 2025 down 50.2% 106th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.2% 2025 down 53.1% 113th GDP per person employed 76,237 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 31.6% 53rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2025 down 61.7% 132nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.7% 2025 down 62.2% 116th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.4% 2025 down 59.6% 141st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 49.3% 2025 up 1.5% 127th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 61.6% 2025 up 2.6% 168th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.1% 2025 up 1.9% 150th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 15.0% 2025 down 29.1% 159th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 22.9% 2025 down 24.9% 169th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 80.0% 2025 down 1.1% 94th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 19.1% 2025 down 26.4% 173rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.1% 2025 down 39.5% 86th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 14.0% 2025 down 34.1% 67th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.8% 2025 down 47.0% 95th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 11.5% 2025 down 39.9% 145th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 9.8% 2025 down 45.2% 142nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 10.6% 2025 down 42.5% 148th Productivity: output per hour worked 37.25 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 43.7% 52nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 7.9% 2025 down 4.2% 169th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 13.9% 2025 down 15.4% 160th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 21.0% 2025 down 12.6% 174th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 17.6% 2025 down 13.7% 173rd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 6.9% 2025 down 5.7% 168th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.7% 2025 up 9.2% 102nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 60.0% 2025 up 10.7% 136th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 54.1% 2025 up 9.9% 120th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 5.8% 2025 down 7.9% 168th Unemployment with basic education 13.7% 2024 down 49.7% 23rd Unemployment with basic education, male 12.1% 2024 down 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