# Employment Rate (20-64) — Yugozapaden (NUTS-2 BG41)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Yugozapaden (NUTS-2 BG41) was 81.5% in 2025, up 1.6 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 72.2% (2015) to 81.7% (2022), averaging 78.3%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BG-41.EMPRATE.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (26 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/bulgaria/employment-rate-20-64-yugozapaden-nuts-2-bg41

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 81.5% |
| 2024 | 79.9% |
| 2023 | 80.5% |
| 2022 | 81.7% |
| 2021 | 79.0% |
| 2020 | 78.5% |
| 2019 | 80.4% |
| 2018 | 78.3% |
| 2017 | 76.7% |
| 2016 | 73.1% |
| 2015 | 72.2% |
| 2014 | 70.1% |
| 2013 | 69.2% |
| 2012 | 69.2% |
| 2011 | 69.6% |
| 2010 | 71.9% |
| 2009 | 76.4% |
| 2008 | 77.5% |
| 2007 | 75.0% |
| 2006 | 71.3% |
| 2005 | 67.7% |
| 2004 | 66.4% |
| 2003 | 64.2% |
| 2002 | 61.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG-41.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG-41.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```