Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): Bulgaria
The latest reading SOTW holds for Bulgaria is 83.70% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.PRIME.RT.Q · BGR
Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.
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- Latest
- 83.70
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 84.16
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 68.72
- % of population in subgroup · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 106
- Every reading SOTW holds
Bulgaria · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 83.70 |
| 2026-Q1 | 84.16 |
| 2025-Q4 | 83.89 |
| 2025-Q3 | 83.95 |
| 2025-Q2 | 84.67 |
| 2025-Q1 | 84.56 |
| 2024-Q4 | 84.17 |
| 2024-Q3 | 84.36 |
| 2024-Q2 | 84.28 |
| 2024-Q1 | 83.60 |
| 2023-Q4 | 83.39 |
| 2023-Q3 | 82.91 |
| 2023-Q2 | 82.54 |
| 2023-Q1 | 82.98 |
| 2022-Q4 | 83.38 |
| 2022-Q3 | 83.02 |
| 2022-Q2 | 82.19 |
| 2022-Q1 | 81.83 |
| 2021-Q4 | 81.01 |
| 2021-Q3 | 80.93 |
| 2021-Q2 | 80.50 |
| 2021-Q1 | 80.22 |
| 2020-Q4 | 80.47 |
| 2020-Q3 | 80.58 |
| 2020-Q2 | 79.32 |
| 2020-Q1 | 81.89 |
| 2019-Q4 | 82.08 |
| 2019-Q3 | 82.45 |
| 2019-Q2 | 83.05 |
| 2019-Q1 | 81.75 |
| 2018-Q4 | 79.81 |
| 2018-Q3 | 79.73 |
| 2018-Q2 | 79.70 |
| 2018-Q1 | 79.89 |
| 2017-Q4 | 79.83 |
| 2017-Q3 | 79.13 |
| 2017-Q2 | 79.12 |
| 2017-Q1 | 77.86 |
| 2016-Q4 | 75.97 |
| 2016-Q3 | 75.52 |
| 2016-Q2 | 75.62 |
| 2016-Q1 | 75.97 |
| 2015-Q4 | 76.49 |
| 2015-Q3 | 75.84 |
| 2015-Q2 | 75.34 |
| 2015-Q1 | 75.22 |
| 2014-Q4 | 74.39 |
| 2014-Q3 | 74.21 |
| 2014-Q2 | 74.07 |
| 2014-Q1 | 73.65 |
| 2013-Q4 | 72.74 |
| 2013-Q3 | 72.94 |
| 2013-Q2 | 73.00 |
| 2013-Q1 | 72.52 |
| 2012-Q4 | 72.83 |
| 2012-Q3 | 72.77 |
| 2012-Q2 | 72.32 |
| 2012-Q1 | 72.54 |
| 2011-Q4 | 72.82 |
| 2011-Q3 | 72.84 |
| 2011-Q2 | 72.51 |
| 2011-Q1 | 73.30 |
| 2010-Q4 | 73.89 |
| 2010-Q3 | 74.28 |
| 2010-Q2 | 74.98 |
| 2010-Q1 | 75.26 |
| 2009-Q4 | 77.02 |
| 2009-Q3 | 78.11 |
| 2009-Q2 | 79.43 |
| 2009-Q1 | 80.17 |
| 2008-Q4 | 81.33 |
| 2008-Q3 | 81.20 |
| 2008-Q2 | 81.23 |
| 2008-Q1 | 81.39 |
| 2007-Q4 | 80.70 |
| 2007-Q3 | 79.50 |
| 2007-Q2 | 78.77 |
| 2007-Q1 | 78.45 |
| 2006-Q4 | 77.11 |
| 2006-Q3 | 75.81 |
| 2006-Q2 | 75.71 |
| 2006-Q1 | 74.09 |
| 2005-Q4 | 73.47 |
| 2005-Q3 | 73.70 |
| 2005-Q2 | 72.86 |
| 2005-Q1 | 71.95 |
| 2004-Q4 | 71.54 |
| 2004-Q3 | 71.68 |
| 2004-Q2 | 71.36 |
| 2004-Q1 | 70.20 |
| 2003-Q4 | 69.71 |
| 2003-Q3 | 69.75 |
| 2003-Q2 | 68.95 |
| 2003-Q1 | 68.57 |
| 2002-Q4 | 68.10 |
| 2002-Q3 | 67.23 |
| 2002-Q2 | 67.38 |
| 2002-Q1 | 67.52 |
| 2001-Q4 | 66.68 |
| 2001-Q3 | 67.23 |
| 2001-Q2 | 67.29 |
| 2001-Q1 | 67.40 |
| 2000-Q4 | 68.47 |
| 2000-Q3 | 68.08 |
| 2000-Q2 | 68.83 |
| 2000-Q1 | 68.72 |
Source: OECD. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.