site.btaFebruary Unemployment Rate Unchanged in Bulgaria, Decreases in EU and Eurozone

Eurostat estimates 3.9% unemployment rate in February 2025 in Bulgaria, which is unchanged from the previous month and down from 4.6% in February 2024. Unemployed persons in Bulgaria were 118,000, down by 1,000 from January and by 4,000 from 2024.

The EU unemployment rate was 5.7% in February 2025, down from 5.8% in January 2025 and from 6.1% February 2024.

In February 2025, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.1%, down from 6.2% in January 2025 and from 6.5% in February 2024.

Eurostat estimates that 12.677 million persons in the EU, of whom 10.580 million in the euro area (EA), were unemployed in February 2025.

Compared with January 2025, unemployment decreased by 131,000 in the EU and by 70 000 in the euro area.

Compared with February 2024, unemployment decreased by 643,000 both in the EU and in the euro area.

Youth Unemployment

In February, 12,000 young persons were unemployed in Bulgaria – against 11,000 in January and down from 20,000 in February 2024. The youth unemployment rate in this country is 10.7%.

In February 2025, 2.835 million young persons (under 25 years) were unemployed in the EU, of whom 2.272 million were in the euro area. In February 2025, the youth unemployment rate was 14.5% in the EU, down from 14.6% in January 2025, and 14.2% in the euro area, up from 14.1% in the previous month.

Compared with January 2025, youth unemployment decreased by 16,000 in the EU and increased by 13,000 in the euro area. Compared with February 2024, youth unemployment decreased by 63,000 in the EU and by 85,000 in the euro area.

Unemployment by Sex

In Bulgaria, the unemployment rate for women was 3.3% (unchanged from January), and the unemployment rate for men was 4.3% (slightly down compared with 4.5% in January).

In February 2025, the unemployment rate for women was 6.0% in the EU, stable compared with the previous month, and the unemployment rate for men was 5.5%, down from 5.6% in January 2025. In the euro area, the unemployment rate for women was 6.4%, stable compared with the previous month, and the unemployment rate for men was 5.9%, down from 6.0% in January 2025.