# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Yuzhen tsentralen (NUTS-2 BG42)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Yuzhen tsentralen (NUTS-2 BG42) was 3.2% in 2025, up 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.9% (2022) to 9.3% (2015), averaging 4.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BG-42.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2003-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (23 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/bulgaria/unemployment-rate-15-74-yuzhen-tsentralen-nuts-2-bg42

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 2.9% |
| 2023 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 3.0% |
| 2018 | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 5.3% |
| 2016 | 7.1% |
| 2015 | 9.3% |
| 2014 | 12.0% |
| 2013 | 13.5% |
| 2012 | 13.8% |
| 2011 | 12.9% |
| 2010 | 11.5% |
| 2009 | 7.3% |
| 2008 | 5.1% |
| 2007 | 5.6% |
| 2006 | 8.2% |
| 2005 | 11.0% |
| 2004 | 9.7% |
| 2003 | 11.9% |

## API

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

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