Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Plovdiv
Plovdiv: Labour market - FUAs — Employment was 227,678 Persons in 2024. ▬ Flat
Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Plovdiv, 2003–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
The most recent figure for labour market - fuas — employment in Plovdiv is 227,678 Persons, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — employment in Plovdiv peaked at 263,978 Persons in 2008 and was at its lowest, 222,898 Persons, in 2011.
That places Plovdiv 313th out of 577 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 244,138 Persons | 226,296 Persons | 263,978 Persons | 7 |
| 2010s | 237,620 Persons | 222,898 Persons | 255,802 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 234,093 Persons | 226,454 Persons | 246,204 Persons | 5 |
More work & labour data for Plovdiv
- Labour market - FUAs — Labour force 234,472 Persons (2024)
- Economy - FUAs — Employment at place of work 259,263 Persons (2022)
- Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 339.18 (2023)
- Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 21,200 (2023)
- Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 18,192 (2020)
- Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 19,368 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labour market - fuas — employment in Plovdiv?
- Labour market - fuas — employment in Plovdiv was 227,678 Persons in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Plovdiv?
- The highest recorded value was 263,978 Persons in 2008.
- What is the lowest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Plovdiv?
- The lowest recorded value was 222,898 Persons in 2011.
- How does Plovdiv rank for labour market - fuas — employment?
- Plovdiv ranks 313th out of 577 regions with data for 2024.
- Is labour market - fuas — employment rising or falling in Plovdiv?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Plovdiv data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Labour market - FUAs — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides labour market indicators for FUAs of more than 250 000 inhabitants, including labour force, participation rate, employment, employment to population ratio, unemployment and unemployment rate.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> When labour statistics are unavailable at a more granular level than FUAs (e.g. municipal level), the indicators are estimated by adjusting the regional (OECD TL2 and TL3 regions) values to the FUA boundaries, based on the population distribution in each region. Regional values (labour force, employment and unemployment) in TL3 regions are used as data inputs and combined with gridded population data <a href=https://doi.org/10.2760/098587>(European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023)</a>. FUA boundaries are intersected with TL3 borders to compute the share of the regional population that lives within FUAs in each region. This share is then applied to the variable of interest (e.g. employment) and allocated to the FUA. In case several regions intersect the FUA, the adjusted values of intersecting regions are summed. For countries where TL3-level data is not available, data for TL2 regions is used. This approach assumes that the variable of interest has the same spatial distribution as population. Therefore, the modelled indicators should be interpreted with caution.<br /><br /> When a more granular level is available, data is aggregated for each FUA. For example in the United States, labour market data is available at the county-level (<a href=https://www.bls.gov/lau/#cntyaa>US Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>), and then aggregated by FUA. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1dx">Labour market - FUAs</a>), <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>