Reference Data in Bulgaria

4,169 indicators covering reference data for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, above 0.1% 2016 down 9.5% 41st
Employment in the machine operators occupation group, aged 15-64 0.1% 2016 down 17.4% 6th
Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, above 0.2% 2016 up 49.2% 34th
Employment in the senior officials occupation group, aged 15-64 0.1% 2016 down 13.9% 33rd
Employment in the skilled agriculture occupation group, aged 15-64 0.0% 2016 down 30.9% 47th
Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, aged 0.2% 2016 up 14.4% 32nd
Employment in the technicians occupation group, aged 15-64, above 0.1% 2016 down 5.3% 59th
Deaths by age, sex and citizenship 100,736 Number 2024 down 7.5% 19th
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment 0.1775 2019 up 9.5% 44th
Net occupancy rate of bed-places and bedrooms in hotels and similar 50.8% 2026 up 59.7% 36th
Employment in the armed forces occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.0% 2016 — 30th
Employment in the clerks occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 70th
Employment in the craft workers occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.1% 2016 up 41.8% 50th
Employment in the elementary occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.6% 2016 down 4.3% 5th
Employment in the machine operators occupation group, aged 15-64 0.0% 2016 down 55.4% 69th
Employment in the professionals occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.0% 2016 — 71st
Employment in the senior officials occupation group, aged 15-64 0.0% 2016 — 68th
Employment in the skilled agriculture occupation group, aged 15-64 0.2% 2016 up 8.1% 30th
Employment in the service and market sales occupation group, aged 0.1% 2016 up 14.7% 70th
Employment in the technicians occupation group, aged 15-64, primary 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 73rd
Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, primary education 0.6% 2016 down 15.4% 49th
Inability to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home 37.8% 2025 down 38.6% 8th
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) 16.1% 2025 down 60.0% 6th
Inability to face unexpected financial expenses by level of 43.4% 2025 down 13.7% 8th
Ability to make ends meet by level of disability (activity) 9.6% 2025 down 66.7% 5th
Share of persons who cannot afford a computer by level of disability 9.4% 2025 down 41.2% 6th
Overcrowding rate by level of disability (activity limitation), sex 55.8% 2025 down 9.3% 8th
Inability to keep home adequately warm by level of disability 18.2% 2025 down 55.9% 6th
Surgical procedures 48,079 Number 2023 up 11.0% 24th
Share of persons who cannot afford a personal car by level of 13.5% 2025 down 56.2% 6th
Number of new electric cars sold 2,970 cars 2025 up 14,042.9% 54th
Number of new cars sold, by type 2,970 cars 2025 up 14,042.9% 54th
Share of new cars sold that are electric 6.0% 2025 up 6,566.7% 49th
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, primary education and below 38.63 2016 down 4.7% 50th
Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, primary 0.3% 2016 up 94.4% 29th
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 0.1% 2016 down 10.6% 58th
Transport by type of vessel 16,237 Thousand tonnes 2025 down 5.6% 7th
Arrears (mortgage or rent, utility bills or hire purchase) by level 23.7% 2025 down 41.2% 5th
Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex - monthly data 235 Person 2026 down 71.2% 16th
Pension beneficiaries by type of pension, sex and means-testing 2.05 million Person 2024 down 5.8% 21st
Road freight transport by type of goods and type of transport (t) 167,087 Thousand tonnes 2025 up 2.0% 23rd
Road freight transport by distance class and type of goods (t, tkm) 167,087 Thousand tonnes 2025 up 2.0% 23rd
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, above primary education 41.17 2016 up 0.2% 43rd
Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, above 0.0% 2016 down 45.4% 80th
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 0.1% 2016 down 22.7% 77th
Initial household funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 3,348 2017 up 13.2% 7th
Material footprints - main indicators 153,875 Thousand tonnes 2025 down 0.1% 11th
Average number of completed years in formal education, aged 17 and 10.15 2016 down 2.4% 30th
Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors by 575 Person 2025 down 68.3% 12th
Final decisions in appeal or review on applications by type of 50 Person 2025 up 400.0% 33rd
Empty and loaded intermodal transport units 35 Number 2025 — 8th
First instance decisions on applications by type of decision 4,655 Person 2025 down 24.6% 18th
Catches - north-east Atlantic 0 Tonnes live weight 2005 — 24th
Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex - annual 3,895 Person 2025 down 80.9% 20th
Resettled persons by age, sex and citizenship - annual data 15 Person 2025 — 18th
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment 0.1963 2019 up 5.3% 60th
Owns a debit card, out of labor force 65.7% 2024 up 76.6% 37th
Owns a debit card, in labor force 93.3% 2024 up 23.9% 23rd
Third country nationals refused entry at the external borders 5,130 Person 2025 up 113.3% 14th
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, primary 0.6% 2016 down 10.3% 40th