The newly registered unemployed across
Bulgaria were a little under 380,000 between February 3 and the end of December 2020, according to the latest data of the specialized weekly labour market survey of the National Statistical Institute and the Employment Agency occasioned by Covid-19 pandemic. Over the same period, 235,000 people have found jobs through the labour offices.
The data show that in the last observation period (21-27 December), the newly registered unemployed are twice as many as employed - 3,400 and a little under 1,700 people, respectively. The greatest is the prevalence of the new unemployed over those who got jobs is registered in the regions of Burgas, Varna, Pleven, Plovdiv, Sofia and a number of others.