GUS: 64.9% of women of working age are employed

Central Statistical Office (GUS) reports that 64.9 percent of women of working age were employed in the third quarter of 2015. 5.4 percent of women were unemployed and 29.7 percent were economically inactive. The highest employment rate of women is observed in the age group 45-54 years (amounting to 73.6 percent). In the range of 15-24 years - only 21.5 percent; age 25-34 - 71.6 percent; and from 55 to 59 years - 53.1 percent. Among women older than 60, the employment rate dropped to 7.6 percent.