Unemployed Persons, Total (Monthly, SA): Bulgaria
The latest reading SOTW holds for Bulgaria is 103.0 thousand persons for 2026-09, from Eurostat.
Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.UNEMP.LEVEL.M · BGR
Both sexes. Youth rate denominator is the youth labour force, not all young people; total unemployment follows the published TOTAL age selection. Seasonally adjusted, not 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
- 103.0
- thousand persons · 2026-09
- Previous
- 105.0
- thousand persons · 2026-08
- Oldest shown
- 259.0
- thousand persons · 2016-10
- Readings shown
- 120
- Newest readings; the full history is in the API
Bulgaria · history
thousand persons · Monthly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (thousand persons) |
|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 103.0 |
| 2026-08 | 105.0 |
| 2026-07 | 106.0 |
| 2026-06 | 106.0 |
| 2026-05 | 102.0 |
| 2026-04 | 98.0 |
| 2026-03 | 92.0 |
| 2026-02 | 90.0 |
| 2026-01 | 90.0 |
| 2025-12 | 95.0 |
| 2025-11 | 100.0 |
| 2025-10 | 104.0 |
| 2025-09 | 109.0 |
| 2025-08 | 113.0 |
| 2025-07 | 114.0 |
| 2025-06 | 109.0 |
| 2025-05 | 104.0 |
| 2025-04 | 103.0 |
| 2025-03 | 107.0 |
| 2025-02 | 109.0 |
| 2025-01 | 113.0 |
| 2024-12 | 118.0 |
| 2024-11 | 121.0 |
| 2024-10 | 123.0 |
| 2024-09 | 120.0 |
| 2024-08 | 118.0 |
| 2024-07 | 119.0 |
| 2024-06 | 120.0 |
| 2024-05 | 123.0 |
| 2024-04 | 132.0 |
| 2024-03 | 142.0 |
| 2024-02 | 147.0 |
| 2024-01 | 145.0 |
| 2023-12 | 135.0 |
| 2023-11 | 132.0 |
| 2023-10 | 132.0 |
| 2023-09 | 132.0 |
| 2023-08 | 134.0 |
| 2023-07 | 136.0 |
| 2023-06 | 137.0 |
| 2023-05 | 135.0 |
| 2023-04 | 133.0 |
| 2023-03 | 129.0 |
| 2023-02 | 126.0 |
| 2023-01 | 124.0 |
| 2022-12 | 124.0 |
| 2022-11 | 119.0 |
| 2022-10 | 117.0 |
| 2022-09 | 119.0 |
| 2022-08 | 121.0 |
| 2022-07 | 123.0 |
| 2022-06 | 129.0 |
| 2022-05 | 135.0 |
| 2022-04 | 134.0 |
| 2022-03 | 135.0 |
| 2022-02 | 135.0 |
| 2022-01 | 134.0 |
| 2021-12 | 135.0 |
| 2021-11 | 138.0 |
| 2021-10 | 138.0 |
| 2021-09 | 143.0 |
| 2021-08 | 148.0 |
| 2021-07 | 151.0 |
| 2021-06 | 157.0 |
| 2021-05 | 163.0 |
| 2021-04 | 169.0 |
| 2021-03 | 173.0 |
| 2021-02 | 180.0 |
| 2021-01 | 186.0 |
| 2020-12 | 193.0 |
| 2020-11 | 195.0 |
| 2020-10 | 198.0 |
| 2020-09 | 194.0 |
| 2020-08 | 188.0 |
| 2020-07 | 188.0 |
| 2020-06 | 196.0 |
| 2020-05 | 207.0 |
| 2020-04 | 208.0 |
| 2020-03 | 162.0 |
| 2020-02 | 155.0 |
| 2020-01 | 162.0 |
| 2019-12 | 163.0 |
| 2019-11 | 164.0 |
| 2019-10 | 162.0 |
| 2019-09 | 159.0 |
| 2019-08 | 159.0 |
| 2019-07 | 160.0 |
| 2019-06 | 160.0 |
| 2019-05 | 159.0 |
| 2019-04 | 163.0 |
| 2019-03 | 170.0 |
| 2019-02 | 179.0 |
| 2019-01 | 183.0 |
| 2018-12 | 184.0 |
| 2018-11 | 190.0 |
| 2018-10 | 199.0 |
| 2018-09 | 207.0 |
| 2018-08 | 212.0 |
| 2018-07 | 213.0 |
| 2018-06 | 211.0 |
| 2018-05 | 211.0 |
| 2018-04 | 209.0 |
| 2018-03 | 208.0 |
| 2018-02 | 210.0 |
| 2018-01 | 215.0 |
| 2017-12 | 223.0 |
| 2017-11 | 228.0 |
| 2017-10 | 232.0 |
| 2017-09 | 239.0 |
| 2017-08 | 247.0 |
| 2017-07 | 246.0 |
| 2017-06 | 244.0 |
| 2017-05 | 240.0 |
| 2017-04 | 242.0 |
| 2017-03 | 244.0 |
| 2017-02 | 247.0 |
| 2017-01 | 245.0 |
| 2016-12 | 248.0 |
| 2016-11 | 251.0 |
| 2016-10 | 259.0 |
Source: Eurostat. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-10 to 2026-09. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.