Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): Bulgaria
The latest reading SOTW holds for Bulgaria is 70.63% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.TOTAL.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
- 70.63
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 70.97
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 50.39
- % 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 | 70.63 |
| 2026-Q1 | 70.97 |
| 2025-Q4 | 70.78 |
| 2025-Q3 | 70.67 |
| 2025-Q2 | 71.08 |
| 2025-Q1 | 70.98 |
| 2024-Q4 | 70.80 |
| 2024-Q3 | 70.87 |
| 2024-Q2 | 71.06 |
| 2024-Q1 | 70.85 |
| 2023-Q4 | 70.45 |
| 2023-Q3 | 70.59 |
| 2023-Q2 | 70.50 |
| 2023-Q1 | 71.15 |
| 2022-Q4 | 71.55 |
| 2022-Q3 | 71.03 |
| 2022-Q2 | 70.25 |
| 2022-Q1 | 69.68 |
| 2021-Q4 | 68.78 |
| 2021-Q3 | 68.63 |
| 2021-Q2 | 68.31 |
| 2021-Q1 | 68.16 |
| 2020-Q4 | 68.81 |
| 2020-Q3 | 68.56 |
| 2020-Q2 | 67.79 |
| 2020-Q1 | 69.32 |
| 2019-Q4 | 70.04 |
| 2019-Q3 | 70.40 |
| 2019-Q2 | 70.74 |
| 2019-Q1 | 69.54 |
| 2018-Q4 | 67.47 |
| 2018-Q3 | 67.42 |
| 2018-Q2 | 67.39 |
| 2018-Q1 | 67.49 |
| 2017-Q4 | 67.40 |
| 2017-Q3 | 67.06 |
| 2017-Q2 | 66.61 |
| 2017-Q1 | 65.26 |
| 2016-Q4 | 63.30 |
| 2016-Q3 | 62.79 |
| 2016-Q2 | 63.18 |
| 2016-Q1 | 63.15 |
| 2015-Q4 | 63.37 |
| 2015-Q3 | 62.90 |
| 2015-Q2 | 62.13 |
| 2015-Q1 | 61.99 |
| 2014-Q4 | 61.17 |
| 2014-Q3 | 61.06 |
| 2014-Q2 | 60.57 |
| 2014-Q1 | 60.07 |
| 2013-Q4 | 59.32 |
| 2013-Q3 | 59.33 |
| 2013-Q2 | 59.08 |
| 2013-Q1 | 58.76 |
| 2012-Q4 | 58.91 |
| 2012-Q3 | 58.75 |
| 2012-Q2 | 58.11 |
| 2012-Q1 | 58.04 |
| 2011-Q4 | 58.02 |
| 2011-Q3 | 58.05 |
| 2011-Q2 | 57.87 |
| 2011-Q1 | 58.38 |
| 2010-Q4 | 58.65 |
| 2010-Q3 | 59.22 |
| 2010-Q2 | 59.83 |
| 2010-Q1 | 60.01 |
| 2009-Q4 | 60.84 |
| 2009-Q3 | 61.71 |
| 2009-Q2 | 62.79 |
| 2009-Q1 | 63.50 |
| 2008-Q4 | 64.32 |
| 2008-Q3 | 64.03 |
| 2008-Q2 | 63.75 |
| 2008-Q1 | 63.74 |
| 2007-Q4 | 63.02 |
| 2007-Q3 | 61.74 |
| 2007-Q2 | 61.21 |
| 2007-Q1 | 60.95 |
| 2006-Q4 | 60.01 |
| 2006-Q3 | 58.99 |
| 2006-Q2 | 58.52 |
| 2006-Q1 | 57.08 |
| 2005-Q4 | 56.48 |
| 2005-Q3 | 56.32 |
| 2005-Q2 | 55.51 |
| 2005-Q1 | 54.83 |
| 2004-Q4 | 54.68 |
| 2004-Q3 | 54.50 |
| 2004-Q2 | 54.35 |
| 2004-Q1 | 53.38 |
| 2003-Q4 | 53.17 |
| 2003-Q3 | 52.79 |
| 2003-Q2 | 52.24 |
| 2003-Q1 | 51.67 |
| 2002-Q4 | 51.24 |
| 2002-Q3 | 50.65 |
| 2002-Q2 | 50.25 |
| 2002-Q1 | 50.13 |
| 2001-Q4 | 49.27 |
| 2001-Q3 | 49.84 |
| 2001-Q2 | 49.80 |
| 2001-Q1 | 49.92 |
| 2000-Q4 | 50.48 |
| 2000-Q3 | 50.18 |
| 2000-Q2 | 50.60 |
| 2000-Q1 | 50.39 |
Source: OECD. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.