Labour market - FUAs — Labour force in Varna
Varna: Labour market - FUAs — Labour force was 188,738 Persons in 2024. ▼ Falling
Labour market - FUAs — Labour force in Varna, 2003–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Varna recorded 188,738 Persons for labour market - fuas — labour force in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — labour force in Varna peaked at 214,229 Persons in 2008 and was at its lowest, 182,765 Persons, in 2023.
That places Varna 392nd 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 | 207,773 Persons | 201,917 Persons | 214,229 Persons | 7 |
| 2010s | 203,567 Persons | 200,184 Persons | 207,252 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 191,192 Persons | 182,765 Persons | 201,187 Persons | 5 |
More work & labour data for Varna
- Labour market - FUAs — Employment 181,169 Persons (2024)
- Economy - FUAs — Employment at place of work 171,456 Persons (2022)
- Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 224.15 (2023)
- Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 26,600 (2023)
- Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 12,812 (2020)
- Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 13,911 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labour market - fuas — labour force in Varna?
- Labour market - fuas — labour force in Varna was 188,738 Persons in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest labour market - fuas — labour force recorded in Varna?
- The highest recorded value was 214,229 Persons in 2008.
- What is the lowest labour market - fuas — labour force recorded in Varna?
- The lowest recorded value was 182,765 Persons in 2023.
- How does Varna rank for labour market - fuas — labour force?
- Varna ranks 392nd out of 579 regions with data for 2024.
- Is labour market - fuas — labour force rising or falling in Varna?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Varna 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>