Labour Force (Total) fell 0.644% to 3.29 mil in Bulgaria in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 3.93 mil in 1992 and an all time low of 3.27 mil in 2016. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Greece amounted to 4.62 mil, 8.38 mil in Romania, 3.18 mil in Serbia and 32.6 mil in Turkey in 2021.
Bulgaria has been ranked 99th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Albania | mil | 1.31 | 1.35 | 1.38 | 1.41 | 1.43 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | mil | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.21 | 1.19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | mil | 3.33 | 3.27 | 3.36 | 3.34 | 3.39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | mil | 1.90 | 1.84 | 1.82 | 1.79 | 1.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil | 4.81 | 4.81 | 4.79 | 4.77 | 4.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | mil | 4.61 | 4.67 | 4.71 | 4.74 | 4.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | mil | 0.950 | 0.945 | 0.953 | 0.958 | 0.965 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | mil | 1.03 | 1.02 | 0.942 | 0.816 | 0.907 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | mil | 9.11 | 8.92 | 9.06 | 9.00 | 8.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | mil | 3.14 | 3.23 | 3.25 | 3.27 | 3.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 30.8 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 33.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 21.2 | 21.1 |
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