Employment rate, ages 20 to 64: Romania vs Bulgaria

Romania: 69.0 % (2025). Bulgaria: 77.0 % (2025).

Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 in Romania and Bulgaria, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

RomaniaBulgaria
Latest figure69.0 %77.0 %
EU rank29 / 3021 / 30
Change, 1 year-0.5 %+0.2 %
Change, 5 years-1.8 %+3.4 %

Shared periods

PeriodRomaniaBulgariaGap
202569.0 %77.0 %-8.0 %
202469.5 %76.8 %-7.3 %
202368.7 %76.2 %-7.5 %
202268.5 %75.9 %-7.4 %
202167.1 %73.3 %-6.2 %
202070.8 %73.6 %-2.8 %
201970.9 %75.0 %-4.1 %
201869.9 %72.4 %-2.5 %
201768.8 %71.3 %-2.5 %
201666.3 %67.7 %-1.4 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat lfst_r_lfe2emprt

ExploreWorldAI is operated by Valkiv Ventures AB (Reg. no. 556995-1311), Kungsgatan 8, 111 43 Stockholm, Sweden. EU-hosted, with data processing assessed against the GDPR. Contact: hello@exploreworldai.com.

Machine-readable summaries for AI agents: /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt.