Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2022 was 5.6% down from 6% in February 2021
Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2022 was 5.6 per cent, down from six per cent in February 2021 and unchanged from January 2022, according to seasonally-adjusted figures published by EU statistics agency Eurostat on March 31. The February 2022 figure... Read More →
Bulgaria records 4.2% economic growth in 2021
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 4.2 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said on March 8. In real terms, gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 was 132.7 billion leva in current prices, or... Read More →
Bulgaria records 937M leva Budget surplus in January 2022
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 937 million leva in the first month of the year, or 0.7 per cent of this year’s estimated gross domestic product, just short of the ministry’s forecast of 940 million... Read More →
Bulgarian economy grew by 1.0% in Q4 2021
Bulgaria’s economy grew by one per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a flash estimate on February 16. In real terms, gross domestic product (GDP) in Bulgaria in October-December 2021 was... Read More →
Record Growth of the Bulgarian Economy for 2021
The new data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on several main economic indicators are extremely positive. From them, it can be concluded that the Bulgarian economy has already overcome the crisis related to the coronavirus and is entering a period of... Read More →
Business climate in Bulgaria improved in January 2022
A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that managers see the business climate in Bulgaria as having improved, the second consecutive month of perceived improvement, following several months in a row of decline in 2021.... Read More →
Bulgaria reports 0.6% economic growth in Q3 2021
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on December 7, falling short of the 0.9 per cent NSI flash estimate released last... Read More →
S&P Global raises Bulgaria’s 2021 economic growth forecast to 4%
Bulgaria’s economy was expected to grow by “almost four per cent this year”, according to a forecast by credit ratings agency S&P Global Ratings, up from an earlier estimate of 2.9 per cent. The agency’s forecast for economic growth in Bulgaria in... Read More →
Bulgarian economy grew by 0.9% in Q3 2021
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2021, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a flash estimate on November 16. In real terms, gross domestic product (GDP) in Bulgaria in April-June was 35.58 billion... Read More →
Bulgaria January-September 2021 Budget surplus at 1.07B BGN
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first nine months of 2021 was 1.07 billion leva, in line with the ministry’s forecast issued last month. This was higher than during the same period of last... Read More →