# Regions of Bulgaria (NUTS 2) by youth unemployment rate, 2018

All 6 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2018, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 24 (lfst_r_lfu3rt) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu3rt/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 24 (lfst_r_lfu3rt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu3rt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/youth-unemployment-rate/bulgaria-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/youth-unemployment-rate/bulgaria-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Severozapaden | 24.8 |
| 2 | Severen tsentralen | 20.3 |
| 3 | Yugoiztochen | 15.5 |
| 4 | Severoiztochen | 14.7 |
| 5 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 10.6 |
| 6 | Yugozapaden | 5.6 |