# Bulgaria Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted

Bulgaria Total employment (domestic concept), thousand persons, seasonally & calendar adjusted was up 0.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 3,603.3 THS_PER.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.3% (Q2 2020) to 2.5% (Q3 2017), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BG.EMPLOY.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: THS_PER
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/bulgaria/total-employment-domestic-concept-thousand-persons-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 3,603.3 THS_PER | 0.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,610.2 THS_PER | 1.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,612.2 THS_PER | 2.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,602.6 THS_PER | 2.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,596.4 THS_PER | 2.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,564.3 THS_PER | 1.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,539.4 THS_PER | 1.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,525.5 THS_PER | 1.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,514.7 THS_PER | 1.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,504.7 THS_PER | 0.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,499.8 THS_PER | 1.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,480.7 THS_PER | 0.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,479.8 THS_PER | 1.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,483.1 THS_PER | 1.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,465.4 THS_PER | 1.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,462.7 THS_PER | 1.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,437.1 THS_PER | 0.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,429.5 THS_PER | 1.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,421.2 THS_PER | 0.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,417.6 THS_PER | 0.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,405.2 THS_PER | 0.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,389.0 THS_PER | −1.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,396.9 THS_PER | −1.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 3,385.6 THS_PER | −2.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG.EMPLOY.Q.SA"

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