09.01.2024

HOW MANY UNEMPLOYED COMPETE FOR ONE JOB VACANCY

On average, six unemployed people compete for one vacant job, according to the latest data of the Employment Agency for the whole country as of November 30, 2023.

The competition is greatest in the Targovishte region, where 19 people compete for each vacant position, and the smallest - in the capital Sofia and the regions of Ruse, Silistra, Varna, Kyustendil and Dobrich - four each for 1 free place.

The unemployment rate for the country, according to the latest data from the Employment Agency, is 5.5 percent or just over 156,000 people. 31,000 of them are long-term unemployed with registration at the labor offices for over a year, and the districts with the most people in this group are Blagoevgrad, Vratsa, Montana and Shumen - all of them with over 2,000 people.

In the city of Sofia, unemployment is the lowest - 1.6 percent, followed by Varna region with 3.5 percent. The percentage is highest in Vidin – 15 and Montana – just under 13.

The Employment Agency also monitors the level of people without a livelihood under the age of 29. For the entire country, they are just under 19,000 people, with the city of Sofia and the regions of Blagoevgrad and Plovdiv having the most unemployed youth.