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Bulgaria: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

73.16percent · 2025+5.2% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202573.158
202473.204
202374.024
202273.735
202171.982
202072.438
201973.389
201871.511
201771.457
201668.73
201569.518
201468.857
201368.537
201267.315
201166.122
201066.867
200967.334
200867.979
200766.386
200664.46
200562.093
200462.785
200361.632
200262.86
200163.534
200061.466
199961.56
199860.885
199760.959
199660.137
199560.21
199460.17
199360.098
199260.028
199159.838
199059.667

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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