Bulgaria: Part time employment, female (% of total female employment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Bulgaria's part time employment, female (% of total female employment) fell 0.04 percentage points on 2023 (from 14.99% to 14.95%).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.69 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.06 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.29 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 51% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Bulgaria had the 32nd highest value of the 34 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Bulgaria in the 2024 ranking

• South Africa — 29th of 34: 19.76%
• Romania — 30th of 34: 16.9%
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 31st of 34: 16.65%
• Kosovo — 33rd of 34: 10.42%
• Montenegro — 34th of 34: 6.08%

What this measures

Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 25 values

Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) in nearby economies

• Albania — 23.24% (2024)
• Armenia — 34.05% (2023)
• Austria — 64.52% (2025)
• Belarus — 89.67% (2025)
• Belgium — 56.35% (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 7.3% (2025)
• Croatia — 29.13% (2024)
• Cyprus — 35.82% (2024)
• Czechia — 35.86% (2024)

More social protection & labor data for Bulgaria

• Net migration — -2,961 (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 533 (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 15.38% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 23.49% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 19.55% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 69.71% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 76.51% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Bulgaria's part time employment, female (% of total female employment)?

14.95% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 6.39 percentage points from 8.57% in 2000. The highest value was 16.64% in 2004 and the lowest 7.59% in 2002.

How does Bulgaria rank?

32nd highest of 34 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in part time employment, female (% of total female employment) unusual for Bulgaria?

In 2024, Bulgaria's part time employment, female (% of total female employment) fell 0.04 percentage points on 2023 (from 14.99% to 14.95%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.PART.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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