December 2007 showed a slight, but "typical end-of-year" increase in unemployment, a Cabinet media statement said.

Unemployment offices had 255 910 people registered as unemployed in December. This was 10 635 or 4.3 per cent higher than the month before. Compared to the same period in 2006, unemployment was down by 81 886.

In December 8976 people got jobs, the statement said, 88.5 per cent of these found work through placement offices of the labour office.

Average unemployment in Bulgaria for 2007 was 7.75 per cent, which was 1.86 per cent lower than 2006.