Bulgaria vs Sweden: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Bulgaria's Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 62.36, compared to Sweden's 67.63. That makes Bulgaria's value 7.8% lower than Sweden's.
Bulgaria
Rank #148 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 62.36
- Year-over-year
- -0.3%
- 10-year change
- +3.7%
- Peak
- 63.46 (2019)
- Trough
- 57.68 (2006)
Sweden
Rank #111 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 67.63
- Year-over-year
- -0.2%
- 10-year change
- +0.5%
- Peak
- 68.16 (2023)
- Trough
- 67.32 (2015)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.