In 2005, 53,356 or 63.0% out of all employees engaged in Bulgarian state administration are women while men are 31,393 (37.0%). Women civil servants in the state administration are 24,225 (64.7%), while men civil servants are 13,247 which is 35.4%. In 2005 the rate of women civil servants obviously has increased.

In 2004, 53.7% of all civil servants in the state administration were women although men civil servants were 46.3%. There was even bigger difference in ratios of women and men regarding the number of employees working on labor contracts in the state administration. 29,131 or 68.9% of the total 47,277.5 employees on labor contracts in the state administration are women, compared to 18,146 men which is 31.1%.

Compared to 2004, when 55.9% of the senior positions in the state administration were occupied by women and 44.1% – occupied by men in 2005 the ratio is in men’s favor. Of the total 14,130 senior positions 7,528 (53.3%) are occupied by men and 6,602 (46.7%) by women. The reason for that ratio is the extremely high rate of men working on labor contracts on senior positions at the local level. Of the total 4,466 senior positions in the local administration 3,376 (75.9%) are occupied by men on labor contracts. Men working on labor contracts predominate on senior positions in the central administration: 1,055 positions (51.7%) are occupied by men.

As far as it concerns leading positions in central and local administration occupied by civil servants, it is true that women’s number dominates – 3,584 (56.9% of total 6,298) in the central and 1,418 (61.4%) of total 2,311 in the local administration.

Source: Report on the status of the administration, 2005 (in Bulgarian) http://www.mdaar.government.bg/docs/Annual%20Report%20%202005.pdf