ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 88.7 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Bulgaria, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Bulgaria stood at 88.7 %. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Bulgaria peaked at 88.7 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 82.1 %, in 2014.
That places Bulgaria 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 83.2 % | — |
| 2007 | 85 % | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 84.3 % | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 85.3 % | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 84.6 % | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 85.3 % | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 82.2 % | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 82.7 % | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 82.1 % | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 82.5 % | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 82.4 % | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 83.1 % | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 85.2 % | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 86.2 % | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 88.4 % | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 87 % | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 87.4 % | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 88.6 % | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 88.7 % | +0.1% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 88.7 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.45 %, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 88.7 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 83.8 %, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.45 % | 83.2 % | 85.3 % | 4 |
| 2010s | 83.63 % | 82.1 % | 86.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.02 % | 87 % | 88.7 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 7 Hungary 90 % compare
- 8 Russian Federation 89.3 % compare
- 10 Luxembourg 88.1 % compare
- 11 Lithuania 87.2 % compare
- 12 Estonia 87 % compare
More economy & growth data for Bulgaria
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.48 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.58 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.51 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0116 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 234.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 4.88 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 60.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0373 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 759.02 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 7.89 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Bulgaria?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Bulgaria was 88.7 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 88.7 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.1 % in 2014.
- How does Bulgaria rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Bulgaria ranks 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.