ICT specialists in employment in Bulgaria

ICT specialists made up 4.8% of total employment in Bulgaria in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: ICT specialists in employment Unit: % of total employment Data: 2004 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Bulgaria, 2025 4.8% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 4.6%
European Union, 2025 5.0%e (Estimated) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 4.9% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 18th of 33 See the full ranking

ICT specialists in employment in Bulgaria over time

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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Flags: e estimated; be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 4.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 33 countries with data for 2025, Bulgaria has the 18th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 5.0%.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
isoc_sks_itspt · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=PC_EMP
Observation period
2004 to 2025 for Bulgaria
Provider update
17 April 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat