Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male was 0.9% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9%
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
23rd
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2011
All-time low
0.8%
in 2005
Years of data
12
2002–2016

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria, 2002–2016

00.20.40.60.82002200920162002: 0.843 % of male workers in the service sector2004: 0.833 % of male workers in the service sector2005: 0.833 % of male workers in the service sector2006: 0.838 % of male workers in the service sector2009: 0.839 % of male workers in the service sector2010: 0.853 % of male workers in the service sector2011: 0.883 % of male workers in the service sector2012: 0.882 % of male workers in the service sector2013: 0.88 % of male workers in the service sector2014: 0.865 % of male workers in the service sector2015: 0.868 % of male workers in the service sector2016: 0.861 % of male workers in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male workers in the service sector.

Analysis

In 2016, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria stood at 0.9%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria peaked at 0.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2005.

That places Bulgaria 23rd out of 90 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the service sector) in Bulgaria, 2002 to 2016.
Year % of male workers in the service sector Change
2002 0.8%
2004 0.8% -1.2%
2005 0.8% -0.1%
2006 0.8% +0.7%
2009 0.8% +0.1%
2010 0.9% +1.6%
2011 0.9% +3.5%
2012 0.9% -0.1%
2013 0.9% -0.2%
2014 0.9% -1.7%
2015 0.9% +0.3%
2016 0.9% -0.8%

Bulgaria compared with similar countries

  • Bulgaria's 0.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • Bulgaria's 0.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 5
2010s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 7

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 20 Portugal 0.9% compare
  2. 21 Slovenia 0.9% compare
  3. 22 Iceland 0.9% compare
  4. 24 Austria 0.9%
  5. 25 Puerto Rico 0.9%
  6. 26 Ireland 0.9% compare

See the full ranking of 90 places →

More reference data data for Bulgaria

All data for Bulgaria →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria was 0.9% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2011.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2005.
How does Bulgaria rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male?
Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 90 countries with data for 2016.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria. Statizoid. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-services-aged-15-64-male-percent-of-male-workers-in-the-service-sector/bulgaria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-services-aged-15-64-male-percent-of-male-workers-in-the-service-sector/bulgaria/">Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Bulgaria</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of male workers in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,259 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed