Eurostat: 10% of Bulgarians Perform Heavy Physical Labor

Around 10 percent or one in 10 Bulgarians are working hard physical labor, according to data from Eurostat's analysis of labor conditions in EU countries in 2017
According to the analysis, about 28 per cent of the Bulgarians work in the same way (28 per cent) in moderate physical effort, while another 34 per cent work in a sitting position.

Being entirely negative, about 20 percent of Bulgarians rate the organization of the workplace and the related health problems. The majority of workers - 60 percent - consider the work environment and work organization to be satisfactory. Another 20 per cent of surveyed compatriots appreciate their working conditions as "excellent".

About a quarter of the working Bulgarians in a forced posture in the workplace (seated or standing up) share about already emerging or potential health risks from these working conditions.

According to NSI data at the end of 2017, some 3.2 million people were employed in the labor or official position. Of them, the largest share, nearly 24 percent, was employed in the manufacturing industry - about 700 thousand people.

The second largest is the group of people dealing with trade - about 390 thousand people. About 167,000 people worked in the field of education, 142,000 in healthcare, in the construction sector - 122,000 in the administration - 117,000, in the state administration - about 111,000.

The smallest number was employed in the mining industry - 21,700 and in real estate transactions - 21,550.

About 40 percent or almost 4 out of 10 workers in the EU have been in a sitting position, according to Eurostat data - office workers, drivers, computer specialists, administrative staff, and others.

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