# Employment Rate (20-64) — Yugoiztochen (NUTS-2 BG34)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Yugoiztochen (NUTS-2 BG34) was 75.0% in 2025, down 1.7 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 64.8% (2015) to 76.7% (2024), averaging 72.2%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BG-34.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-yugoiztochen-nuts-2-bg34

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 75.0% |
| 2024 | 76.7% |
| 2023 | 75.9% |
| 2022 | 74.5% |
| 2021 | 71.6% |
| 2020 | 72.6% |
| 2019 | 74.6% |
| 2018 | 71.7% |
| 2017 | 70.3% |
| 2016 | 66.7% |
| 2015 | 64.8% |
| 2014 | 62.2% |
| 2013 | 61.6% |
| 2012 | 62.4% |
| 2011 | 62.0% |
| 2010 | 63.6% |
| 2009 | 67.9% |
| 2008 | 69.5% |
| 2007 | 66.8% |
| 2006 | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 61.7% |
| 2004 | 61.2% |
| 2003 | 58.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG-34.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG-34.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```