site.btaUnemployment Up Slightly in Bulgaria, Stable in EU and Euro Area in June 2025, M/M

Bulgaria's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.7% in June 2025, marking a slight increase compared to the previous month, when it was 3.5%, and a decrease from the 4.0% recorded in June 2024, according to data released by Eurostat on Thursday.

A total of 114,000 people were unemployed in the country in June 2025, which is 7,000 more than in May 2025, but also 7,000 fewer compared to June 2024.

In June 2025, the euro area unemployment rate was 6.2%, stable compared with May 2025 and down from 6.4% in June 2024. The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in June 2025, also stable compared with May 2025 and down from 6.0% in June 2024.

Eurostat estimates that 12.967 million persons in the EU, of whom 10.700 million in the euro area, were unemployed in June 2025. Compared with May 2025, unemployment decreased by 23,000 in the EU and by 62,000 in the euro area. Compared with June 2024, unemployment decreased by 125,000 in the EU and by 293,000 in the euro area.

The highest unemployment rates in June were recorded in Spain (10.4%), Finland (9.3%), and Sweden (8.7%). The lowest rates were reported in Malta (2.5%), the Czech Republic (3.0%), and Poland (3.5%).

Youth unemployment

Youth unemployment in Bulgaria stood at 10.5% in June 2025, which marks an increase compared to 9.9% in May 2025 and a decrease from 11.8% in June 2024.

In June 2025, 2.857 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU, of whom 2.241 million were in the euro area. In June 2025, the youth unemployment rate was 14.7% in the EU, stable compared with May 2025, and 14.1% in the euro area, down from 14.3% in the previous month.

Compared with May 2025, youth unemployment decreased by 4,000 in the EU and by 34,000 in the euro area.

Compared with June 2024, youth unemployment decreased by 25,000 in the EU and by 85,000 in the euro area.

Unemployment by sex

In June 2025, the unemployment rate for women was 3.3% in Bulgaria, up by 0.1 percentage points compared to May, but down by 0.5 percentage points compared to June 2024.

In the EU, the unemployment rate for women was 6.0% down from 6.1% in the previous month, and the unemployment rate for men was 5.7%, stable compared to May 2025. In the euro area, the unemployment rate for women was 6.4%, down from 6.5% in the previous month, and the unemployment rate for men was 6.0%, stable compared to May 2025.