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31% of Bulgarians aged between 15 and 64 are economically inactive

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The economic activity coefficient of the Bulgarians aged between 15 and 64 is at 69.2%, or 0.9% higher as compared to the first quarter of 2016. The economically inactive people in the same age group amounted to 1.422 million, or 30.8% of the population. 132.100 of them are regarded as discouraged people who do not search for any jobs, because they lost hope to find such, the National Statistical Institute informs.




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