Labour market - FUAs — Labour force in Plovdiv
Plovdiv: Labour market - FUAs — Labour force was 234,472 Persons in 2024. ▼ Falling
Labour market - FUAs — Labour force in Plovdiv, 2003–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Plovdiv recorded 234,472 Persons for labour market - fuas — labour force in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — labour force in Plovdiv peaked at 278,120 Persons in 2008 and was at its lowest, 233,287 Persons, in 2022.
That places Plovdiv 323rd out of 579 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 266,320 Persons | 256,868 Persons | 278,120 Persons | 7 |
| 2010s | 261,858 Persons | 252,168 Persons | 270,694 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 242,016 Persons | 233,287 Persons | 254,933 Persons | 5 |
More work & labour data for Plovdiv
- Labour market - FUAs — Employment 227,678 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 — labour force in Plovdiv?
- Labour market - fuas — labour force in Plovdiv was 234,472 Persons in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest labour market - fuas — labour force recorded in Plovdiv?
- The highest recorded value was 278,120 Persons in 2008.
- What is the lowest labour market - fuas — labour force recorded in Plovdiv?
- The lowest recorded value was 233,287 Persons in 2022.
- How does Plovdiv rank for labour market - fuas — labour force?
- Plovdiv ranks 323rd out of 579 regions with data for 2024.
- Is labour market - fuas — labour force rising or falling in Plovdiv?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Labour force. 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>