05.01.2023

11 DISTRICTS IN OUR COUNTRY ARE "DONORS" OF WORKERS FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES

More than 5 percent of the population of 11 districts in the country (Vidin, Vratsa, Gabrovo, Kardjali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Razgrad, Sliven, Smolyan, Targovishte, Haskovo) has gone abroad in the last 10 years.

These areas are the biggest "donors" of labor for foreign countries, mainly from the European Union, the General Labor Inspectorate informs on its website.

The preferred countries of employment in the last five years are mainly EU countries. The leaders are Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, Belgium, Austria, France and the Czech Republic.

The main reason why Bulgarians look for work abroad is the pay. Nearly 96 percent of labor emigrants expect higher salaries than those in our country and hope to accumulate savings that will help them in the future. The data show that this motivation does not depend on education, financial situation and place of residence.

People of all ages work abroad - from 18 to 55. However, active Bulgarians over 30 years of age predominate, according to data from the Labor Inspectorate. From the point of view of gender, men predominate in the ratio of 53% to 47%, but the share of women gradually increases with increasing age, and in the age group 46 - 55 years they already dominate.

According to the research, in recent years, the share of people who go abroad has shown a downward trend. Some of the reasons for this are the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus and the recession in Europe as a result of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

The study carried out by General Labor Inspectorate is within the framework of the cross-border project "Cooperation for decent work", financed by the Fund for bilateral relations under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014 - 2021.

The Agency is a project partner, and the entire study is available on its official website, in the "Activity" section, "Projects" section, "Project DFPO-1.002-0002-C01 "Collaboration for decent working conditions" subsection https://gli.government.bg/bg/taxonomy/term/508   It was published as part of Objective No. 6 of the project "Conducting national sociological surveys on issues related to undeclared work and work abroad".