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

The latest reading SOTW holds for Bulgaria is 3,025.000 thousands of persons for 2026-Q2, from ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).

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

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Latest
3,025.000
thousands of persons · 2026-Q2
Previous
3,013.300
thousands of persons · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
3,298.993
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 2026-11-12T03:24:52.774Z (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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Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): Bulgaria: 46 readings, newest first. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
PeriodValue (thousands of persons)
2026-Q23,025.000
2026-Q13,013.300
2025-Q43,015.200
2025-Q33,060.500
2025-Q23,044.600
2025-Q13,027.600
2024-Q43,045.768
2024-Q33,075.095
2024-Q23,060.625
2024-Q13,059.847
2023-Q43,049.158
2023-Q33,089.642
2023-Q23,055.323
2023-Q13,062.905
2022-Q43,096.139
2022-Q33,111.204
2022-Q23,052.384
2022-Q13,011.642
2021-Q43,008.511
2021-Q33,065.386
2021-Q23,034.723
2021-Q13,027.191
2020-Q43,094.974
2020-Q33,126.255
2020-Q23,072.661
2020-Q13,058.174
2019-Q43,148.094
2019-Q33,216.340
2019-Q23,207.963
2019-Q13,131.240
2018-Q43,302.956
2018-Q33,373.501
2018-Q23,339.156
2018-Q13,288.066
2017-Q43,356.901
2017-Q33,425.202
2017-Q23,385.614
2017-Q13,261.084
2016-Q43,220.664
2016-Q33,281.720
2016-Q23,298.944
2016-Q13,254.719
2015-Q43,322.774
2015-Q33,384.009
2015-Q23,342.100
2015-Q13,298.993

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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