Bulgaria vs Germany: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Bulgaria
3.5%
in 2025
Germany
3.8%
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
132nd
Germany rank
129th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 3.8% against 3.5% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Germany ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 132nd and Germany ranks 129th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.