Employment by professional status in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Employment by professional status was 2,930 Persons in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
2,930 Persons
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
26th
of 33 countries
All-time high
3,361 Persons
in 2008
All-time low
2,703 Persons
in 2001
Years of data
26
2000–2025

Employment by professional status in Bulgaria, 2000–2025

01.0k2.0k3.0k2000201220252000: 2.8k Persons2001: 2.7k Persons2002: 2.7k Persons2003: 2.8k Persons2004: 2.9k Persons2005: 3.0k Persons2006: 3.1k Persons2007: 3.3k Persons2008: 3.4k Persons2009: 3.3k Persons2010: 3.1k Persons2011: 3.0k Persons2012: 2.9k Persons2013: 2.9k Persons2014: 3.0k Persons2015: 3.0k Persons2016: 3.0k Persons2017: 3.2k Persons2018: 3.2k Persons2019: 3.0k Persons2020: 2.9k Persons2021: 2.9k Persons2022: 2.9k Persons2023: 2.9k Persons2024: 2.9k Persons2025: 2.9k Persons

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.

Analysis

In 2025, employment by professional status in Bulgaria stood at 2,930 Persons.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employment by professional status in Bulgaria peaked at 3,361 Persons in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2,703 Persons, in 2001.

That places Bulgaria 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,995 Persons 2,703 Persons 3,361 Persons 10
2010s 3,029 Persons 2,934 Persons 3,153 Persons 10
2020s 2,924 Persons 2,877 Persons 2,941 Persons 6

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 23 Israel 4,442 Persons compare
  2. 24 Greece 4,340 Persons compare
  3. 25 Denmark 3,098 Persons compare
  4. 27 Norway 2,923 Persons compare
  5. 28 New Zealand 2,877 Persons compare
  6. 29 Ireland 2,818 Persons compare

See the full ranking of 43 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is employment by professional status in Bulgaria?
Employment by professional status in Bulgaria was 2,930 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest employment by professional status recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 3,361 Persons in 2008.
What is the lowest employment by professional status recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 2,703 Persons in 2001.
How does Bulgaria rank for employment by professional status?
Bulgaria ranks 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
Is employment by professional status rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Employment by professional status (ICSE-93)
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
43 places, 2,053 data points, 1955–2025
Last refreshed

The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.