In 2022: Unemployment increased in two-thirds of the Regions in Bulgaria

In two-thirds of the regions in Bulgaria, unemployment increased last year, according to the annual report of the Employment Agency.

Vidin region had the highest reported rate of unemployed last year - 14.1 percent compared to 12.3 a year earlier. Montana, Vratsa, Silistra also have over 10% unemployed.

The municipalities with the highest average annual unemployment rate - 4 times above the average last year were Makresh 71 percent, Dimovo - 58 percent, Ruzhintsi - 39 percent, and all three are in the Vidin region.

Newly registered in the labor offices last year were 264,000. Most of them came from the service sector - 124,000. The statistics report that the long-term unemployed were 35,500 or one in four unemployed, such as in the districts of Vidin, Montana, Vratsa and Shumen are the most.