Work & Labour in Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria 56 indicators covering work & labour for Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour force by NUTS 2 region 1,608 Thousand persons 2025 down 6.9% 114th Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 38.6 Hour 2025 down 3.7% 75th Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 105th Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 105th Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 62.3% 2025 up 8.7% 231st Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 105th Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 72.2% 2025 up 10.2% 211th Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 105th Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 2,518 Thousand persons 2025 down 9.5% 111th Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 2,518 Thousand persons 2025 down 9.5% 111th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 74.0% 2025 up 4.2% 282nd Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 74.0% 2025 up 4.2% 282nd Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 1,608 Thousand persons 2025 down 6.9% 114th Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 63.9% 2025 up 2.9% 279th Persons in full-time/part-time employment by professional status and 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 105th Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 72.2% 2025 up 10.2% 211th Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by NUTS 2 region 39.8 Hour 2025 down 2.7% 90th Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 2.4% 2025 down 68.8% 421st Unemployed persons by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 38.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 71.0% 255th Unemployment rates by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 2.4% 2025 down 68.8% 421st Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 38.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 71.0% 255th Unemployment rates by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 2.4% 2025 down 68.8% 421st Unemployed persons by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 38.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 71.0% 255th Real Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 120.7 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 40.0% 8th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 33,700 Euro 2024 up 140.7% 305th Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 81.7% 2025 up 10.0% 160th Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 1,991 Thousand 2024 up 6.2% 69th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 33,700 Euro 2024 up 140.7% 1361st Employment (thousand hours worked) by NUTS 2 region 3.30 million Thousand 2023 up 7.3% 60th Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by 17,400 Euro 2023 up 138.4% 283rd Compensation of employees by NUTS 2 region 27,406 2023 up 161.9% 158th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 7.5% 2025 down 46.0% 309th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by educational 15.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 81.4% 182nd Youth employment rate by NUTS 2 region 2.9% 2025 down 19.4% 394th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 7.5% 2025 down 46.0% 308th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 7.5% 2025 down 46.0% 308th Youth unemployment rate by NUTS 2 region 42.6% 2014 up 7.0% 50th Youth unemployment ratio by NUTS 2 region 2.5% 2014 down 10.7% 292nd Youth long-term unemployment rate (12 months or more) by NUTS 2 region 1.8% 2025 down 69.5% 252nd Employed persons commuting to work by country of work and NUTS 2 5.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 45.4% 178th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 104th Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev. 2) 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 104th Labour market slack by NUTS 2 region 60.6 Thousand persons 2025 down 71.8% 300th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 75th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 1,570 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.6% 75th Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 773.6 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.5% 71st Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 52.2 Thousand persons 2024 down 4.6% 115th Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 116,481 2019 down 1.6% 53rd Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev.) 1,724 Thousand persons 2008 up 20.5% 78th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 1,724 Thousand persons 2008 up 20.5% 78th Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity, occupation and NUTS 2 215 2025 down 28.8% 3rd Job vacancy statistics by occupation and NUTS 1 region (OJA) 1,352 Thousand 2024 down 4.4% 25th Employed HRST by category, NACE Rev. 1.1 activity and NUTS 1 region 606.3 Thousand 2008 up 23.0% 63rd Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 1,724 Thousand persons 2008 up 20.5% 62nd Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 1,724 Thousand persons 2008 up 20.5% 62nd Job vacancy statistics by occupation, NUTS 2 region and NACE Rev. 2 191 2015 up 26.5% 10th