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According to Bulgaria’s Employment Agency, the unemployment rate in September was 10.6%, down by 0.1% month on month. File photo
The unemployment rate in September was 10.6%, down by 0.1% month on month, according to data of Bulgaria's Employment Agency, which keeps track of the number of unemployed registered at Labor Offices.
According to data of Eurostat, the unemployment rate in Bulgaria in August 2012 was 12.5%.
According to statistics of the Employment Agency, a total of 349 409 people declared they were unemployed in September, down by 2097 month on month.
At the same time, a total of 23 876 people found jobs in September, up by 3804 month on month and up by 6000 year on year.
In September 2012, companies declared a total of 12505 vacancies, up by 1321 from August.
The highest number of vacancies were opened in the spheres of administrative and auxiliary activities (2882), followed by education (2248), the processing industry (2133), trade (1330) and construction (635).
Job vacancy levels across Europe showed limited movement at the end of 2025, with Bulgaria remaining among the countries with the lowest rates, according to Eurostat data.
Bulgaria's inflation rate stood at 3.1% in June, according to data released by Eurostat
Bulgaria recorded an increase of nearly 29% in the number of nights spent in domestic tourism in the month of May 2024
Eurostat, the European Union's statistics agency, unveiled alarming findings regarding Bulgaria's COVID-19 mortality rates in 2021, shedding light on the nation's sobering position atop the EU's death rate chart
Eurostat's latest report revealed a slowdown in annual inflation across the European Union, with the figure dropping to 2.6% in March 2024 from 2.8% the previous month
Bulgaria’s industrial sector faces a notable downturn, registering an 8.4% year-on-year decline in seasonally adjusted production for February 2024, as per the latest estimates from Eurostat
Bulgaria has secured a six-month extension of the Lukoil waiver, following a decision by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has decided to increase the countercyclical capital buffer to 2.25%, in a move aimed at easing pressure on the rapidly growing housing credit market and strengthening the resilience of the banking system.
Energy expert Boyan Rashev has warned that Europe could be moving toward what he described as an “energy lockdown” scenario if fuel supply pressures continue to worsen
Fuel prices in Bulgaria have continued to edge upward, with diesel and gasoline both registering increases in the days following the Easter holiday
Bulgaria’s tourism sector has never been stronger and has been achieving steady growth for the past few years.
Industrial output in Bulgaria posted a modest monthly increase in February 2026, but continued to decline sharply on an annual basis, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted data from the National Statistical Institute.
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