In 2021, some 74,100 employees were employed in the road freight sector, the highest number of employees recorded in the Bulgarian transportation industry. The Road passenger sector, the second largest, hired 26,400 workers that year.
Number of employees in the transport* industry in Bulgaria in 2021, by sector
(in 1,000)
*Figures refer to transportation and storage activities (including postal and courier services and removal services). The data are based on structural business statistics. The total employment in transportation differs from what is stated in Overview 2.1.1.
**Combining all urban and suburban land transport (motor bus, tramway, streetcar, trolley bus, underground and elevated railways.)
Figures identify the businesses whose primary activity is in the relevant mode—economic activity as classified by NACE Rev. 2.
Values for pipelines, railways, inland water transport, and sea transport are not from ESTAT; instead, they are estimates of DG MOVE.
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