Unemployment rate: Romania vs Bulgaria

Romania: 6.1 % (2025). Bulgaria: 3.5 % (2025).

Unemployment rate in Romania and Bulgaria, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

RomaniaBulgaria
Latest figure6.1 %3.5 %
EU rank13 / 3027 / 30
Change, 1 year+0.7 %-0.7 %
Change, 5 years0.0 %-2.6 %

Shared periods

PeriodRomaniaBulgariaGap
20256.1 %3.5 %+2.6 %
20245.4 %4.2 %+1.2 %
20235.6 %4.3 %+1.3 %
20225.6 %4.2 %+1.4 %
20215.6 %5.2 %+0.4 %
20206.1 %6.1 %0.0 %
20194.9 %5.2 %-0.3 %
20185.3 %6.2 %-0.9 %
20176.1 %7.2 %-1.1 %
20167.2 %8.6 %-1.4 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat une_rt_a

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