# Employment Rate (20-64) — Yuzhen tsentralen (NUTS-2 BG42)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Yuzhen tsentralen (NUTS-2 BG42) was 73.0% in 2025, down 1.1 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 65.8% (2015) to 74.2% (2023), averaging 71.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BG-42.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-yuzhen-tsentralen-nuts-2-bg42

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 73.0% |
| 2024 | 74.1% |
| 2023 | 74.2% |
| 2022 | 72.7% |
| 2021 | 70.8% |
| 2020 | 72.0% |
| 2019 | 73.9% |
| 2018 | 71.4% |
| 2017 | 71.3% |
| 2016 | 66.1% |
| 2015 | 65.8% |
| 2014 | 65.5% |
| 2013 | 63.4% |
| 2012 | 61.2% |
| 2011 | 60.1% |
| 2010 | 62.3% |
| 2009 | 66.9% |
| 2008 | 69.8% |
| 2007 | 67.3% |
| 2006 | 63.0% |
| 2005 | 60.3% |
| 2004 | 61.9% |
| 2003 | 58.1% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG-42.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG-42.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```