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Employment in services in Bulgaria

Employment in services in Bulgaria was 67.4% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.4 pts from 2024. That is the 21st highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

202567.4%
Change on 2024+0.4 pts
Rank21st of 27EU countries ranked
Series high67.42025
Series low45.41991

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Employment in services in Bulgaria, 1991 to 2025

455055606570199119962001200620112016202120251991: 45.4 %1992: 46.2 %1993: 47.4 %1994: 48.4 %1995: 49.6 %1996: 50.6 %1997: 50.5 %1998: 51.3 %1999: 53.6 %2000: 54 %2001: 57.5 %2002: 56.6 %2003: 56.7 %2004: 56.3 %2005: 56.8 %2006: 57.4 %2007: 57 %2008: 56.1 %2009: 57.5 %2010: 59.9 %2011: 62 %2012: 62 %2013: 63 %2014: 63.1 %2015: 62.9 %2016: 62.9 %2017: 63.5 %2018: 63 %2019: 63.7 %2020: 62.5 %2021: 63.6 %2022: 63.2 %2023: 64.2 %2024: 67 %2025: 67.4 %4050607019912003201520251991: 45.4 %1992: 46.2 %1993: 47.4 %1994: 48.4 %1995: 49.6 %1996: 50.6 %1997: 50.5 %1998: 51.3 %1999: 53.6 %2000: 54 %2001: 57.5 %2002: 56.6 %2003: 56.7 %2004: 56.3 %2005: 56.8 %2006: 57.4 %2007: 57 %2008: 56.1 %2009: 57.5 %2010: 59.9 %2011: 62 %2012: 62 %2013: 63 %2014: 63.1 %2015: 62.9 %2016: 62.9 %2017: 63.5 %2018: 63 %2019: 63.7 %2020: 62.5 %2021: 63.6 %2022: 63.2 %2023: 64.2 %2024: 67 %2025: 67.4 %
%. Source: World Bank (modelled estimate), Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 35 values
Period%
202567.4
202467
202364.2
202263.2
202163.6
202062.5
201963.7
201863
201763.5
201662.9
201562.9
201463.1
201363
201262
201162
201059.9
200957.5
200856.1
200757
200657.4
200556.8
200456.3
200356.7
200256.6
200157.5
200054
199953.6
199851.3
199750.5
199650.6
199549.6
199448.4
199347.4
199246.2
199145.4

Bulgaria compared with nearby places

Austria: 72.6 %Belgium: 79.8 %Bulgaria: 67.4 %Cyprus: 81.6 %Czechia: 62.4 %Germany: 73 %Denmark: 79.6 %Estonia: 71 %Spain: 76.8 %Finland: 75.7 %France: 78.3 %Greece: 73 %Croatia: 69.3 %Hungary: 65.4 %Ireland: 77.9 %Italy: 70.2 %Lithuania: 69.4 %Luxembourg: 91.5 %Latvia: 71.5 %Malta: 81.4 %Netherlands: 84.5 %Poland: 63.8 %Portugal: 72.7 %Romania: 56.5 %Sweden: 81.4 %Slovenia: 64.4 %Slovakia: 63.3 %
  • Under 66
  • 66 to 71
  • 71 to 75
  • 75 to 80
  • 80 and over
Employment in services, 2025, %. Bulgaria is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

People employed in services (ISIC Rev. 4 sections G to U), including trade, transport, hotels and restaurants, finance, public administration, education and health, as a percentage of total employment. ILO modelled estimates, ages 15 and over.

ILO modelled estimates: model outputs that fill years without a survey, not survey results. The latest year is a nowcast and is revised as surveys arrive. Sectors follow ISIC; where a country counts the armed forces, they are in services.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS) (Employment in services, Bulgaria, 1991 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS

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Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS), Employment in services, Bulgaria, 1991 to 2025. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/bulgaria. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). Employment in services, Bulgaria, 1991 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/bulgaria.

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World Bank (2026) Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS), Employment in services, Bulgaria, 1991 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/bulgaria (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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@misc{world_employment_in_services_bulgaria_2025,
  author = {{World Bank}},
  title = {{Employment in services (\% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS): Employment in services, Bulgaria, 1991 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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}
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What is the employment in services in Bulgaria?

Employment in services in Bulgaria was 67.4% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 0.4 pts from 2024. That is the 21st highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest employment in services in Bulgaria?

67.4% in 2025, the highest value since 1991 in this series.

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