Women in Bulgaria

Women in Bulgaria
Elisaveta Bagriana, Bulgarian poet and three time Nobel prize nominee (1893-1991)
General statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)7 (2020)
Women in parliament25.8% (2019)
Women over 25 with secondary education90.9% (2010)
Women in labour force58.2% (employment rate)
Gender Inequality Index
Value0.210 (2021)
Rank52nd out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index
Value0.706 (2025)
Rank83rd out of 148

Women in Bulgaria refers to women who live in and are from Bulgaria. Women's position in Bulgarian society has been influenced by a variety of cultures and ideologies, including the Byzantine and Ottoman cultures, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, communist ideology, and contemporary globalized Western values.