Balgarianovinite.com Unemployment in Bulgaria fell from 3.6% in October 2025 to 3.5% in November 2025, according to seasonally adjusted data from Eurostat published on Thursday. November unemployment in Bulgaria was the third lowest in the EU. The lowest rates were recorded in Malta (3.1%) and Czechia and Poland (both 3.2%).
According to Eurostat, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the eurozone was 6.3% in November 2025, down from 6.4% in October 2025 but up from 6.2 % in November 2024. In the European Union, the unemployment rate remained at 6.0% in November, unchanged from the previous month but above the 5.8% rate recorded in November 2024.
Eurostat estimates that there were 13.225 million unemployed people in the EU in November 2025, of whom 10.937 million were in the euro area.
Compared with October 2025, the number of unemployed people fell by 97,000 in the EU and by 71,000 in the euro area. However, on an annual basis, unemployment rose by 416,000 in the EU and by 253,000 in the eurozone.
Youth unemployment
Bulgaria also reported an improvement in youth unemployment, falling from 13.2% in October 2025 to 12.6% in November 2025.
In November, 2.923 million young people under the age of 25 were unemployed in the EU, of whom 2.318 million were in the eurozone. The youth unemployment rate was 15.1% in the EU, compared with 15.2% in October and 14.6% in the eurozone, compared with 14.8% the previous month.
Compared with October 2025, youth unemployment fell by 44,000 in the EU and by 42,000 in the eurozone. On an annual basis, however, it increased by 24,000 in the EU and by 11,000 in the eurozone. Bulgaria’s November Unemployment Third Lowest in EU 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-08 13:30:44 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law