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Unemployment in Bulgaria 2.3 percentage points down

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Latest figures released by the National Statistical Institute suggest that in 2015 unemployment in Bulgaria was 2.3 percentage points down on 2014 and stood at 9.1%. With men unemployment was 2.5 percentage points and with women 2 percentage points down, and stood at 9.8 and 8.4 percent respectively. Unemployed Bulgarians’ numbers came to a little over 305,000.




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