Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): Bulgaria

The latest reading SOTW holds for Bulgaria is 2,917.900 thousands of persons for 2026-Q2, from ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.EMP.LVL.Q · BGR

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Latest
2,917.900
thousands of persons · 2026-Q2
Previous
2,916.500
thousands of persons · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
2,949.760
thousands of persons · 2015-Q1
Readings shown
46
Every reading SOTW holds

Bulgaria · history

thousands of persons · Quarterly

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:25:45.769Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): Bulgaria: 46 readings, newest first. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
PeriodValue (thousands of persons)
2026-Q22,917.900
2026-Q12,916.500
2025-Q42,919.500
2025-Q32,956.000
2025-Q22,934.100
2025-Q12,910.900
2024-Q42,929.104
2024-Q32,964.758
2024-Q22,930.338
2024-Q12,907.340
2023-Q42,920.568
2023-Q32,964.692
2023-Q22,914.335
2023-Q12,927.997
2022-Q42,980.504
2022-Q33,000.243
2022-Q22,913.559
2022-Q12,868.046
2021-Q42,875.832
2021-Q32,927.841
2021-Q22,866.319
2021-Q12,838.829
2020-Q42,935.542
2020-Q32,978.056
2020-Q22,895.668
2020-Q12,920.690
2019-Q43,020.628
2019-Q33,100.769
2019-Q23,077.065
2019-Q12,978.247
2018-Q43,148.871
2018-Q33,205.194
2018-Q23,156.968
2018-Q13,099.325
2017-Q43,167.596
2017-Q33,225.007
2017-Q23,171.719
2017-Q13,036.680
2016-Q43,005.813
2016-Q33,052.746
2016-Q23,033.392
2016-Q12,975.142
2015-Q43,061.733
2015-Q33,104.741
2015-Q23,011.208
2015-Q12,949.760

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). All 46 readings held, 2015-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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