# Employment Rate (20-64) — Severozapaden (NUTS-2 BG31)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Severozapaden (NUTS-2 BG31) was 71.6% in 2025, up 2.3 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 2003.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 59.1% (2016) to 71.6% (2025), averaging 64.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BG-31.EMPRATE.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2003-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (23 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/bulgaria/employment-rate-20-64-severozapaden-nuts-2-bg31

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 71.6% |
| 2024 | 69.3% |
| 2023 | 67.2% |
| 2022 | 66.8% |
| 2021 | 64.4% |
| 2020 | 63.6% |
| 2019 | 64.9% |
| 2018 | 63.6% |
| 2017 | 62.6% |
| 2016 | 59.1% |
| 2015 | 60.1% |
| 2014 | 58.9% |
| 2013 | 58.7% |
| 2012 | 58.0% |
| 2011 | 58.0% |
| 2010 | 60.1% |
| 2009 | 63.9% |
| 2008 | 65.9% |
| 2007 | 64.0% |
| 2006 | 59.8% |
| 2005 | 54.9% |
| 2004 | 54.7% |
| 2003 | 53.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG-31.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG-31.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```