EU
Bulgaria
~31%
Work in exposed occupations
~911 k · estimate · 2025
3.5%
Unemployment
±0.0 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
13.5%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
0.8%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
77.0%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
9%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.58
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
2.92 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
BulgariaEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Bulgaria
- 49Not exposed
- 20Minimal
- 5Low
- 12Medium
- 9High
- 5Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
−6.5%
Change 2025→2035
550 k
Total expected openings
2025–2035
778 k
Replacement demand
−227 k
Expansion
- Food preparation assistants+54.3%
- Information and communications technology professionals+42.8%
- Assemblers+20.9%
- Personal care workers+15.8%
- Refuse workers and other elementary workers+15.6%
- Business and administration associate professionals+13.5%
- Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers−24.8%
- Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals−26.8%
- Handicraft and printing workers−27.6%
- Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers−32.1%
- Information and communications technicians−32.7%
- Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers−38.4%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
No WEF profile for this country.