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Date stated in the original: 18 June 2015. Review note: 6 November 2026.

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According to the latest Eurostat data published on Tuesday, Bulgaria's unemployment rate fell by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter and by 0.8% compared with the same quarter of 2014.

The decline in Bulgaria's unemployment rate was similar to the EU average, which fell by 0.3% compared with the previous quarter and by 1.1% compared with the same quarter of 2014.

Eurostat estimates showed that the number of employed people in Europe in the first quarter of 2015 was 228.1 million.

Latvia and Hungary recorded the largest declines in unemployment rates in the first quarter, while Greece and Malta deteriorated.

The continued slight decline in the unemployment rate confirms the stability of the economic recovery in Bulgaria, as in much of the Union.