Eurostat data show that the unemployment rate in the EU was 8.9 percent in February 2016, stable compared to January 2016, and down from 9.7 percent in February 2015. As opposed to the whole of the EU, in Bulgaria unemployment dropped to 7.4..
Latest figures released by the National Statistical Institute suggest that in 2015 unemployment in Bulgaria was 2.3 percentage points down on 2014 and stood at 9.1%. With men unemployment was 2.5 percentage points and with women 2 percentage points..
