Employment, Domestic Concept (Quarterly, SCA): Bulgaria
The latest reading SOTW holds for Bulgaria is 3,603.3 thousand persons for 2026-Q2, from Eurostat.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.EMP.LEVEL.Q · BGR
National accounts employment, employees plus self-employed, all industries. Domestic concept differs from residence-based labour-force survey employment. Seasonally and calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.
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- Latest
- 3,603.3
- thousand persons · 2026-Q2 · Provisional (P)
- Previous
- 3,610.2
- thousand persons · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 3,249.4
- thousand persons · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 106
- Every reading SOTW holds
Bulgaria · history
thousand persons · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (thousand persons) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 3,603.3 | Provisional (P) |
| 2026-Q1 | 3,610.2 | Provisional (P) |
| 2025-Q4 | 3,612.2 | |
| 2025-Q3 | 3,602.6 | |
| 2025-Q2 | 3,596.5 | |
| 2025-Q1 | 3,564.4 | |
| 2024-Q4 | 3,539.4 | |
| 2024-Q3 | 3,525.5 | |
| 2024-Q2 | 3,514.7 | |
| 2024-Q1 | 3,504.7 | |
| 2023-Q4 | 3,499.8 | |
| 2023-Q3 | 3,480.7 | |
| 2023-Q2 | 3,479.8 | |
| 2023-Q1 | 3,483.1 | |
| 2022-Q4 | 3,465.4 | |
| 2022-Q3 | 3,462.7 | |
| 2022-Q2 | 3,437.1 | |
| 2022-Q1 | 3,429.5 | |
| 2021-Q4 | 3,421.2 | |
| 2021-Q3 | 3,417.6 | |
| 2021-Q2 | 3,405.2 | |
| 2021-Q1 | 3,389.0 | |
| 2020-Q4 | 3,396.9 | |
| 2020-Q3 | 3,385.6 | |
| 2020-Q2 | 3,388.3 | |
| 2020-Q1 | 3,443.3 | |
| 2019-Q4 | 3,447.2 | |
| 2019-Q3 | 3,462.3 | |
| 2019-Q2 | 3,469.4 | |
| 2019-Q1 | 3,486.3 | |
| 2018-Q4 | 3,500.9 | |
| 2018-Q3 | 3,512.0 | |
| 2018-Q2 | 3,531.5 | |
| 2018-Q1 | 3,539.7 | |
| 2017-Q4 | 3,541.7 | |
| 2017-Q3 | 3,539.6 | |
| 2017-Q2 | 3,512.7 | |
| 2017-Q1 | 3,496.9 | |
| 2016-Q4 | 3,475.0 | |
| 2016-Q3 | 3,453.8 | |
| 2016-Q2 | 3,471.2 | |
| 2016-Q1 | 3,460.0 | |
| 2015-Q4 | 3,454.9 | |
| 2015-Q3 | 3,458.5 | |
| 2015-Q2 | 3,439.9 | |
| 2015-Q1 | 3,442.6 | |
| 2014-Q4 | 3,438.8 | |
| 2014-Q3 | 3,439.6 | |
| 2014-Q2 | 3,433.9 | |
| 2014-Q1 | 3,428.1 | |
| 2013-Q4 | 3,423.2 | |
| 2013-Q3 | 3,422.5 | |
| 2013-Q2 | 3,429.3 | |
| 2013-Q1 | 3,417.5 | |
| 2012-Q4 | 3,424.6 | |
| 2012-Q3 | 3,432.4 | |
| 2012-Q2 | 3,430.8 | |
| 2012-Q1 | 3,468.7 | |
| 2011-Q4 | 3,490.5 | |
| 2011-Q3 | 3,510.6 | |
| 2011-Q2 | 3,542.5 | |
| 2011-Q1 | 3,561.3 | |
| 2010-Q4 | 3,571.8 | |
| 2010-Q3 | 3,599.6 | |
| 2010-Q2 | 3,625.5 | |
| 2010-Q1 | 3,642.4 | |
| 2009-Q4 | 3,678.8 | |
| 2009-Q3 | 3,690.1 | |
| 2009-Q2 | 3,814.1 | |
| 2009-Q1 | 3,824.4 | |
| 2008-Q4 | 3,828.3 | |
| 2008-Q3 | 3,825.8 | |
| 2008-Q2 | 3,803.9 | |
| 2008-Q1 | 3,795.0 | |
| 2007-Q4 | 3,766.3 | |
| 2007-Q3 | 3,738.0 | |
| 2007-Q2 | 3,718.4 | |
| 2007-Q1 | 3,684.3 | |
| 2006-Q4 | 3,659.0 | |
| 2006-Q3 | 3,622.2 | |
| 2006-Q2 | 3,597.2 | |
| 2006-Q1 | 3,572.2 | |
| 2005-Q4 | 3,537.0 | |
| 2005-Q3 | 3,512.1 | |
| 2005-Q2 | 3,485.2 | |
| 2005-Q1 | 3,446.9 | |
| 2004-Q4 | 3,425.0 | |
| 2004-Q3 | 3,416.3 | |
| 2004-Q2 | 3,395.4 | |
| 2004-Q1 | 3,378.4 | |
| 2003-Q4 | 3,371.1 | |
| 2003-Q3 | 3,328.2 | |
| 2003-Q2 | 3,290.6 | |
| 2003-Q1 | 3,255.7 | |
| 2002-Q4 | 3,225.7 | |
| 2002-Q3 | 3,216.4 | |
| 2002-Q2 | 3,214.9 | |
| 2002-Q1 | 3,212.6 | |
| 2001-Q4 | 3,220.6 | |
| 2001-Q3 | 3,205.6 | |
| 2001-Q2 | 3,194.5 | |
| 2001-Q1 | 3,217.4 | |
| 2000-Q4 | 3,206.5 | |
| 2000-Q3 | 3,230.2 | |
| 2000-Q2 | 3,252.6 | |
| 2000-Q1 | 3,249.4 | Series break (B) |
Source: Eurostat. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.