Reference Data in Bulgaria

4,169 indicators covering reference data for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Average age of workers, aged 15-64, rural 43.17 2016 up 5.0% 15th
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural 0.6% 2016 down 28.5% 83rd
Employment rate, aged 15-64, rural 0.7% 2016 down 17.8% 88th
Employment to population ratio, aged 15-64, rural 0.5% 2016 down 2.0% 72nd
Labor force participation rate, aged 15-64, rural 0.7% 2016 up 19.3% 27th
Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, rural 0.4% 2016 up 96.2% 12th
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, rural 0.3% 2016 up 141.7% 7th
Youth not in employment or education, aged 15-24, rural 0.2% 2016 down 51.3% 40th
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, urban 42.77 2016 up 6.6% 4th
Catches - major fishing areas 6,549 Tonnes live weight 2025 down 25.1% 29th
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 1,079 number 2012 down 52.0% 34th
Average performance of 15-year-old girls and boys in mathematics 420.32 score 2022 down 4.5% 43rd
Average performance of 15-year-olds in mathematics, reading, and science 417.3 score 2022 down 4.9% 43rd
Average performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics 417.3 score 2022 down 4.9% 43rd
Pesticide sales — Sales of herbicides 2,248 Tonnes 2024 up 244.6% 25th
Financial burden of the repayment of debts from hire purchases or 33.4% 2025 down 29.2% 10th
Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban 43.99 2016 up 4.2% 27th
Gender coverage rate in pension by age group -2.9 Number 2025 down 107.1% 42nd
Correction coefficients in the European Union (Countries) - index 62.5 Index 2026 up 26.5% 37th
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male 45.77 2016 up 4.6% 33rd
Average age of employers, aged 25-64 45.86 2016 up 4.8% 35th
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, female 46.01 2016 up 9.9% 22nd
Pesticide sales — Sales of fungicides 1,083 Tonnes 2024 up 481.8% 30th
Pesticide sales — Sales of insecticides 298.72 Tonnes 2024 up 82.8% 31st
Threshold income per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile (after tax) 628.18 international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 up 81.1% 32nd
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in post-secondary 99.4% 2017 up 7.9% 20th
Employment in the agricultural sector, aged 15-64, female 0.0% 2016 down 25.0% 52nd
Employment in the agricultural sector, aged 15-64, male 0.1% 2016 up 0.6% 56th
Employment in the agricultural sector, aged 25-64 0.1% 2016 down 12.0% 60th
Employment in the agricultural sector, aged 15-24 0.1% 2016 up 73.7% 55th
Employment in the construction sector, aged 15-64, female 0.0% 2016 up 18.4% 26th
Employment in the construction sector, aged 15-64, male 0.1% 2016 down 1.1% 43rd
Employment in the construction sector, aged 25-64 0.1% 2016 up 1.8% 49th
Employment in the construction sector, aged 15-24 0.1% 2016 down 0.6% 31st
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-64, female 0.2% 2016 up 1.1% 30th
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-64, male 0.2% 2016 down 4.2% 36th
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 25-64 0.2% 2016 up 3.7% 31st
Employment in the commerce sector, aged 15-24 0.3% 2016 down 17.8% 30th
Employment in the eletricity and public utilities sector, aged 15-64 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 66th
Employment in the eletricity and public utilities sector, aged 15-64 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 66th
Employment in the eletricity and public utilities sector, aged 25-64 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 66th
Employment in the eletricity and public utilities sector, aged 15-24 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 66th
Employment in the financial and business services sector, aged 15-64 0.1% 2016 up 74.9% 33rd
Employment in the financial and business services sector, aged 15-64 0.1% 2016 up 38.7% 36th
Employment in the financial and business services sector, aged 25-64 0.1% 2016 up 59.7% 35th
Employment in the financial and business services sector, aged 15-24 0.0% 2016 down 26.2% 52nd
Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, female 0.2% 2016 down 15.2% 5th
Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, male 0.4% 2016 down 6.0% 10th
Employment in the industrial sector, aged 25-64 0.3% 2016 down 10.0% 9th
Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-24 0.4% 2016 up 6.0% 10th
Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, female 0.2% 2016 down 11.9% 5th
Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-64, male 0.3% 2016 up 10.1% 9th
Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 25-64 0.2% 2016 down 1.0% 4th
Employment in the manufacturing sector, aged 15-24 0.3% 2016 up 13.0% 6th
Employment in the mining sector, aged 15-64, female 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 61st
Employment in the mining sector, aged 15-64, male 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 65th
Employment in the mining sector, aged 25-64 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 65th
Employment in the mining sector, aged 15-24 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 61st
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 1.0% 2016 up 1.8% 37th
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24 1.0% 2016 down 0.7% 41st