Bulgaria - Unemployment Rate 2006
8.95%
−1.22pp from 2005
Bulgaria's unemployment rate was 8.95% in 2006, decreased +1.22pp from 10.08% in 2005. This was the 132nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | 0.58% | -92.4% |
| 2nd | Myanmar | 0.68% | 0.6% |
| 3rd | Chad | 0.72% | 8.0% |
| 4th | Qatar | 0.87% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Benin | 0.89% | 3.4% |
| 6th | Bahrain | 1.02% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Tonga | 1.09% | -57.1% |
| 8th | Cambodia | 1.16% | 9.3% |
| 9th | Lao PDR | 1.20% | -11.2% |
| 10th | Thailand | 1.22% | -35.8% |
| 11th | Kuwait | 1.30% | -10.7% |
| 12th | Mali | 1.40% | 2.0% |
| 13th | Cuba | 1.91% | -1.9% |
| 14th | Solomon Islands | 1.92% | 2.0% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | 2.05% | -61.5% |
| 16th | Uganda | 2.26% | 19.2% |
| 17th | Liberia | 2.28% | -5.5% |
| 18th | Papua New Guinea | 2.29% | -4.2% |
| 19th | Seychelles | 2.51% | -30.7% |
| 20th | Niger | 2.53% | -18.5% |
| 21st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.58% | -68.4% |
| 22nd | Kenya | 2.67% | -2.4% |
| 23rd | Senegal | 2.76% | 2.8% |
| 24th | Iceland | 2.83% | -1.8% |
| 25th | Madagascar | 2.95% | 12.4% |
| 26th | Guatemala | 2.96% | -3.2% |
| 27th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.96% | -63.5% |
| 28th | United Arab Emirates | 2.96% | -5.0% |
| 29th | Mozambique | 3.04% | 0.1% |
| 30th | Bhutan | 3.13% | 1.0% |
| 31st | Guinea-Bissau | 3.14% | -1.3% |
| 32nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.17% | 7.7% |
| 33rd | Burundi | 3.19% | 0.7% |
| 34th | Liechtenstein | 3.22% | -13.9% |
| 35th | Korea | 3.25% | -13.2% |
| 36th | Tanzania | 3.30% | 3.3% |
| 37th | San Marino | 3.31% | -6.9% |
| 38th | Malaysia | 3.32% | -6.5% |
| 39th | Norway | 3.40% | -26.4% |
| 40th | Ecuador | 3.55% | -50.0% |
| 41st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.55% | -0.7% |
| 42nd | Mexico | 3.57% | 1.2% |
| 43rd | Honduras | 3.57% | -27.2% |
| 44th | Bangladesh | 3.59% | -15.5% |
| 45th | Timor-Leste | 3.63% | 0.6% |
| 46th | Tajikistan | 3.65% | 73.8% |
| 47th | Burkina Faso | 3.67% | -8.3% |
| 48th | Cameroon | 3.73% | -15.3% |
| 49th | Nigeria | 3.75% | 0.6% |
| 50th | Macao SAR, China | 3.82% | -7.9% |
| 51st | New Zealand | 3.86% | 1.5% |
| 52nd | Sierra Leone | 3.89% | 4.2% |
| 53rd | Denmark | 3.90% | -18.8% |
| 54th | Fiji | 3.96% | -45.8% |
| 55th | Switzerland | 4.00% | 6.2% |
| 56th | Philippines | 4.05% | -64.3% |
| 57th | Peru | 4.17% | -56.5% |
| 58th | Japan | 4.19% | -5.3% |
| 59th | Togo | 4.23% | 1.9% |
| 60th | Moldova | 4.26% | -41.6% |
| 61st | Ireland | 4.36% | -6.2% |
| 62nd | Oman | 4.39% | -4.4% |
| 63rd | China | 4.43% | -2.0% |
| 64th | Singapore | 4.48% | 43.4% |
| 65th | Comoros | 4.48% | -1.0% |
| 66th | Cyprus | 4.59% | -13.3% |
| 67th | United States | 4.62% | -9.0% |
| 68th | Luxembourg | 4.73% | 15.9% |
| 69th | Zimbabwe | 4.77% | 2.9% |
| 70th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.77% | -16.3% |
| 71st | Australia | 4.79% | -4.9% |
| 72nd | Guinea | 4.86% | 1.0% |
| 73rd | Ghana | 4.90% | -15.8% |
| 74th | Malawi | 4.95% | 0.4% |
| 75th | Netherlands | 5.01% | -28.1% |
| 76th | Paraguay | 5.28% | 9.4% |
| 77th | Nicaragua | 5.31% | -4.5% |
| 78th | Austria | 5.32% | -11.7% |
| 79th | Samoa | 5.32% | 2.1% |
| 80th | United Kingdom | 5.47% | 13.4% |
| 81st | Channel Islands | 5.57% | -4.5% |
| 82nd | Central African Republic | 5.61% | -1.4% |
| 83rd | Dominican Republic | 5.65% | -31.4% |
| 84th | Eritrea | 5.71% | -0.2% |
| 85th | Lithuania | 5.78% | -30.6% |
| 86th | Panama | 5.79% | -40.8% |
| 87th | Estonia | 5.92% | -26.3% |
| 88th | Costa Rica | 5.93% | -10.6% |
| 89th | Slovenia | 5.95% | -9.2% |
| 90th | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.02% | -0.1% |
| 91st | Uzbekistan | 6.04% | 101.2% |
| 92nd | Brunei Darussalam | 6.06% | 1.5% |
| 93rd | Saudi Arabia | 6.25% | 3.4% |
| 94th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.27% | -21.3% |
| 95th | Canada | 6.48% | -3.9% |
| 96th | Sri Lanka | 6.50% | -15.6% |
| 97th | El Salvador | 6.57% | -10.5% |
| 98th | Turkmenistan | 6.60% | -11.9% |
| 99th | Jamaica | 6.61% | -41.2% |
| 100th | Azerbaijan | 6.62% | -8.8% |
| 101st | Italy | 6.78% | -12.7% |
| 102nd | Malta | 6.80% | -2.1% |
| 103rd | Ukraine | 6.81% | -5.2% |
| 104th | Latvia | 7.03% | -30.0% |
| 105th | Russian Federation | 7.06% | -1.3% |
| 106th | Sweden | 7.07% | -10.6% |
| 107th | Czechia | 7.14% | -10.0% |
| 108th | Mongolia | 7.19% | 2.5% |
| 109th | Romania | 7.27% | 2.0% |
| 110th | Guam | 7.40% | 5.7% |
| 111th | Hungary | 7.49% | 10.2% |
| 112th | Bahamas, The | 7.54% | -25.9% |
| 113th | Indonesia | 7.55% | -32.8% |
| 114th | India | 7.55% | 0.0% |
| 115th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.61% | -0.7% |
| 116th | Portugal | 7.65% | -8.3% |
| 117th | Kazakhstan | 7.79% | -3.8% |
| 118th | Afghanistan | 7.90% | 0.2% |
| 119th | Vanuatu | 8.01% | -1.4% |
| 120th | Belarus | 8.07% | 22.8% |
| 121st | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.17% | 1.0% |
| 122nd | Belgium | 8.25% | -2.7% |
| 123rd | Maldives | 8.35% | 14.1% |
| 124th | Iraq | 8.41% | -1.9% |
| 125th | Spain | 8.45% | -7.7% |
| 126th | Lebanon | 8.68% | 5.2% |
| 127th | European Union | 8.69% | -9.8% |
| 128th | Barbados | 8.73% | -3.8% |
| 129th | France | 8.83% | -0.5% |
| 130th | Greece | 8.91% | -10.9% |
| 131st | Finland | 8.94% | 5.4% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 8.95% | -12.0% |
| 133rd | Chile | 9.02% | -3.0% |
| 134th | Mauritius | 9.04% | -5.5% |
| 135th | Suriname | 9.14% | -17.5% |
| 136th | Aruba | 9.30% | 5.7% |
| 137th | Mauritania | 9.31% | -2.9% |
| 138th | Belize | 9.39% | -14.6% |
| 139th | Morocco | 9.67% | -12.9% |
| 140th | Brazil | 9.69% | -8.1% |
| 141st | Virgin Islands (US) | 9.73% | -4.8% |
| 142nd | Argentina | 10.08% | -12.9% |
| 143rd | Türkiye | 10.23% | 11.2% |
| 144th | Gambia, The | 10.24% | 3.2% |
| 145th | Germany | 10.28% | -6.6% |
| 146th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 10.49% | -8.5% |
| 147th | Armenia | 10.50% | -66.4% |
| 148th | Nepal | 10.61% | 0.2% |
| 149th | Guyana | 10.70% | -3.5% |
| 150th | Israel | 10.71% | -4.4% |
| 151st | Uruguay | 10.84% | -10.7% |
| 152nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 11.01% | -2.6% |
| 153rd | Colombia | 11.09% | -6.1% |
| 154th | Croatia | 11.13% | -36.7% |
| 155th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.52% | 0.2% |
| 156th | Rwanda | 11.59% | -2.2% |
| 157th | French Polynesia | 11.77% | 0.4% |
| 158th | South Sudan | 12.27% | 0.0% |
| 159th | Algeria | 12.27% | -19.6% |
| 160th | Yemen, Republic of | 12.35% | 1.1% |
| 161st | Tunisia | 12.51% | -2.4% |
| 162nd | Zambia | 13.23% | -16.8% |
| 163rd | Cabo Verde | 13.38% | -37.5% |
| 164th | Slovak Republic | 13.40% | -18.1% |
| 165th | Georgia | 13.57% | -10.1% |
| 166th | Poland | 13.79% | -23.6% |
| 167th | Jordan | 14.00% | -5.7% |
| 168th | New Caledonia | 15.26% | -3.3% |
| 169th | Sudan | 15.54% | -8.6% |
| 170th | Albania | 15.63% | 10.8% |
| 171st | Haiti | 15.87% | 9.0% |
| 172nd | St. Lucia | 16.00% | -14.4% |
| 173rd | Lesotho | 16.05% | 0.1% |
| 174th | Angola | 16.12% | -1.1% |
| 175th | São Tomé and Principe | 16.65% | 1.1% |
| 176th | Botswana | 17.78% | -10.4% |
| 177th | Gabon | 17.81% | 5.3% |
| 178th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.71% | 0.2% |
| 179th | Libya | 18.81% | 0.8% |
| 180th | West Bank and Gaza | 19.01% | -19.1% |
| 181st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.16% | -1.5% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | 19.56% | -1.2% |
| 183rd | Serbia | 20.85% | -4.5% |
| 184th | Namibia | 21.85% | -1.2% |
| 185th | South Africa | 22.30% | -9.5% |
| 186th | Montenegro | 24.82% | -18.1% |
| 187th | Djibouti | 26.38% | -0.2% |
| 188th | Eswatini | 27.69% | 1.7% |
| 189th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.11% | 0.0% |
| 190th | North Macedonia | 36.39% | -2.3% |
FAQ
What was Bulgaria's unemployment rate in 2006?▾
Bulgaria's unemployment rate in 2006 was 8.95%. This ranked 132nd globally.
How did Bulgaria's unemployment rate change in 2006?▾
Bulgaria's unemployment rate decreased by 12.0% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2006?▾
North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2006 at 36.39%.
What is the unemployment rate of Bulgaria in 2006?▾
The unemployment rate of Bulgaria in 2006 was 8.95%. This ranked 132nd globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Bulgaria's unemployment rate?▾
Bulgaria's unemployment rate went from 10.08% in 2005 to 8.95% in 2006, a 12.0% decrease.
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