Indicators

Inflation: Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)

Annual change, %. Below: month-on-month change, %.

Source: Eurostat: ei_cphi_m

Headline, core and component inflation

HICP, annual change, %. Core: excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco.

Core inflation includes services and non-energy industrial goods; the lines are not parts that add up.

Source: Eurostat: ei_cphi_m

Inflation by consumption group

HICP, annual change by ECOICOP 2 group, %. Sorted by the latest month.

From 2026 the HICP follows ECOICOP 2: there are 13 groups, and "Information and communication", "Recreation, sport and culture", "Restaurants and accommodation services" and "Insurance and financial services" have new content. Eurostat has recalculated the history.

Source: Eurostat: ei_cphi_m

Cumulative price increase by group since 2019

Change in the index relative to its 2019 average, %

The same base as on "The economy and everyday life" page: the 2019 average.

Source: Eurostat: ei_cphi_m

Inflation: Bulgaria, the euro area and three countries in the region

HICP, annual change, %

Romania, Croatia and Serbia are shown for regional context. The "Bulgaria and its peers" page uses a different, fixed set of countries.

Source: Eurostat: ei_cphi_m

HICP: indices by main component

Indices, 2025 = 100

The components overlap: core inflation includes services. They are not a division of the basket into parts.

Source: Eurostat: ei_cphi_m

Contributions to annual inflation

Contribution of each group, percentage points. The line is the published headline inflation.

The contributions follow Eurostat's chain-linking method: the HICP is linked in December, so each contribution has a part from this year and a part from the previous one. The four groups cover the whole basket; the remainder is only the rounding of the published indices.

Source: Eurostat: ei_cphi_m

Industrial producer prices: overall index

Industry (B–D), domestic and non-domestic markets together. Annual change, %. Below: month-on-month change, %.

Sources: Eurostat: sts_inpp_m, sts_inppd_m, sts_inppnd_m

Producer prices: Bulgaria and the euro area

Industry (B–D), all markets. Annual change, %

Sources: Eurostat: sts_inpp_m, sts_inppd_m, sts_inppnd_m

Producer prices: domestic and non-domestic markets

Annual change, %. Below: domestic minus non-domestic market, percentage points.

Sources: Eurostat: sts_inpp_m, sts_inppd_m, sts_inppnd_m

Producer prices: intermediate and consumer goods

Annual change, %. Below: consumer minus intermediate goods, percentage points.

A negative gap means intermediate goods prices are rising faster than consumer goods prices.

Sources: Eurostat: sts_inpp_m, sts_inppd_m, sts_inppnd_m

Real GDP growth

Seasonally adjusted data. Annual change, %. Below: quarter-on-quarter change, %.

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_gdp

Real GDP growth: EU countries

Annual change, %

The ranking includes the countries that have published the latest common quarter. A country that has not yet published it, or already has a newer period, is listed below the chart with its own period.

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_gdp

Contributions to annual GDP growth by expenditure component

Percentage points, as published by Eurostat. The line is real GDP growth.

The contributions are Eurostat's official ones (namq_10_gdp, CON_PPCH_SM). Their sum plus the statistical discrepancy gives exactly the published growth.

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_gdp

Contributions to quarterly GDP growth

Percentage points, quarter on quarter. The line is real GDP growth.

Eurostat's official contributions (CON_PPCH_PRE); the remainder is the statistical discrepancy to the published quarterly growth.

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_gdp

The main components of demand: real growth

Real volume, annual change, %

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_gdp

Contributions to gross value added growth by industry

Contribution to annual real GVA growth, percentage points. The ten A10 groups.

The contributions are an approximation: the change in the industry's real volume, divided by total GVA a year earlier. Chain-linked volumes do not add up exactly, so the gap to total growth is shown separately.

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_a10

Structure of gross value added by industry

Share of GVA at current prices, %, annual data

The share is at current prices: chain-linked volumes do not add up.

Sources: Eurostat: nama_10_a10, nama_10_a10_e

GDP per capita: Bulgaria and the EU27

Current prices, EUR per inhabitant, annual data

In euro at current prices, without adjusting for price levels. For a comparison in purchasing power standards, see CONV-01.

Source: Eurostat: nama_10_pc

GDP and main expenditure components at current prices

EUR million per quarter, seasonally adjusted

The components do not add up to GDP: changes in inventories and the statistical discrepancy are not shown.

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_gdp

Activity indicators: annual change

Industry, manufacturing, services (H–N excluding K), construction and retail trade. Annual change, %.

Sources: Eurostat: sts_inpr_m, sts_sepr_m, sts_copr_m; NSI: Retail trade

Industrial production

Industry (B–D). Annual change in the calendar adjusted index, %. Below: monthly change in the seasonally adjusted index, %.

Source: Eurostat: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production: by activity

Indices, 2021 = 100, calendar adjusted

Source: Eurostat: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production: Bulgaria and the euro area

Annual change in the calendar adjusted index (2021 = 100), %

Source: Eurostat: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production: regional comparisons

Indices, first common month in the period shown = 100

Source: Eurostat: sts_inpr_m

Manufacturing: regional comparisons

Indices, first common month in the period shown = 100

Source: Eurostat: sts_inpr_m

Manufacturing output: peer countries

Seasonally adjusted indices, 2015 average = 100

Source: Eurostat: sts_inpr_m

Construction output: index

Total construction (buildings and civil engineering). Index, 2021 = 100, seasonally and calendar adjusted.

Source: Eurostat: sts_copr_m

Construction output: change

Total construction. Annual change in the calendar adjusted index, %. Below: monthly change in the seasonally adjusted index, %.

Source: Eurostat: sts_copr_m

Services production: change

Services H–N excluding K (without trade and finance). Annual change, %. Below: month-on-month change, %.

Eurostat has published this index for Bulgaria since 2022.

Source: Eurostat: sts_sepr_m

Services: by activity

Annual change in the calendar adjusted indices, %. The four activities do not make up the whole of the H–N excluding K aggregate.

Source: Eurostat: sts_sepr_m

Services production: regional comparisons

Indices, first common month in the period shown = 100

Source: Eurostat: sts_sepr_m

Industry and services side by side

Calendar adjusted indices, first common month in the period shown = 100

The services index for Bulgaria starts in 2022, so the common period cannot be longer.

Sources: Eurostat: sts_inpr_m, sts_sepr_m

Retail trade: sales volume

Retail trade except motor vehicles (G47), constant prices. Annual change in the seasonally adjusted index, %. Below: month-on-month change, %.

Source: NSI: Retail trade

Retail trade: volume index

G47, constant prices. Index, 2021 = 100, seasonally adjusted

Source: NSI: Retail trade

Retail trade: by category

Annual change in volume, %. The three groups are part of G47; not every activity is shown.

Source: NSI: Retail trade

Goods exports

Balance of payments, EUR million per month, with a 12-month moving average

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Goods imports

Balance of payments, EUR million per month, with a 12-month moving average

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Trade balance

Goods exports minus imports, EUR million per month, with a 12-month moving average. Negative: imports are larger.

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Goods exports and imports: 3-month rolling change

The average of the last 3 months against the same 3 months a year earlier, %

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Trade balance: 12-month sum

Goods exports minus imports, EUR million over the last 12 months

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Goods exports by product group

Share of exports over the last 12 months, %. Groups as in the BNB's trade statistics.

The four groups make up 100% of exports; the BNB's "Other" group is empty throughout the period shown.

Source: BNB: Foreign trade (FTRD)

Goods exports by destination

Share of exports over the last 12 months, %, the eight largest markets

Source: BNB: Foreign trade (FTRD)

Export and import prices and the terms of trade

NSI price (unit value) indices, 2015 = 100. The terms of trade are the export price index divided by the import price index, × 100.

Source: NSI: Export and import price indices

Trade in goods: % of GDP

Balance of payments: 12-month sum relative to GDP over the last four completed quarters

Goods in the balance of payments and in the NSI's customs statistics are different concepts and are not interchangeable.

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Unemployment: Bulgaria and the EU27

Harmonised rate, aged 15–74, % of the labour force, seasonally adjusted

Source: Eurostat: une_rt_m

Employment rate, aged 20–64

Employed as a share of the population aged 20–64, %, seasonally adjusted, quarterly data

Sources: Eurostat: lfsi_emp_q, jvs_q_r21

Job vacancies

Vacancies as a share of all jobs (occupied and vacant), %, NACE Rev. 2.1 A–T, not seasonally adjusted

Sources: Eurostat: lfsi_emp_q, jvs_q_r21

Unit labour costs and labour productivity

Per hour worked, annual change, %

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_lp_ulc

Compensation per hour against productivity per hour

Annual growth in compensation of employees per hour worked minus annual growth in real productivity per hour worked, percentage points. Positive: compensation is outpacing productivity.

Compensation per hour is derived from the published ULC and productivity: ULC = compensation per hour ÷ productivity per hour.

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_lp_ulc

Growth of the average gross monthly wage

All economic activities, monthly data. Annual change, %, and 12-month average

Sources: NSI: Average wages and salaries

Nominal and real average gross monthly wage

Indices, 2021 average = 100. The real wage is the nominal wage divided by the HICP.

Sources: NSI: Average wages and salaries; Eurostat: ei_cphi_m; NSI + Eurostat

Wage, inflation and real wage: annual change

Average gross monthly wage, the HICP, and the real wage as the ratio of the two indices, %

Sources: NSI: Average wages and salaries; Eurostat: ei_cphi_m; NSI + Eurostat

Wages by economic activity: change

Average gross monthly wage, annual change, %

Source: NSI: Average wages and salaries

Wages by economic activity: level

Average gross monthly wage, EUR, latest month

Source: NSI: Average wages and salaries

Labour cost index: Bulgaria and the EU27

Wages and employers' social contributions per hour worked, B–S, annual change, %, calendar adjusted

Source: Eurostat: lc_lci_r2_q

Employees

Thousands of people under labour and civil service contracts, at the end of the month

Source: NSI: Employees under labour contract

Newly registered unemployed

Flow: thousands of people who registered at labour offices during the month, with a 3-month average. Not seasonally adjusted.

Source: Employment Agency: Monthly bulletins

Newly registered unemployed: annual change

Employment Agency. On the same month of the previous year, %; not seasonally adjusted

Source: Employment Agency: Monthly bulletins

Registered unemployed

Stock: thousands of people on the registers at the end of the month. Below: annual change, %.

People registered at labour offices are not the harmonised unemployment rate, which comes from the labour force survey and also counts the unregistered. The stock here is also different from the flow of newly registered (UNEMP-04).

Source: Employment Agency: Monthly bulletins

Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI)

Index, long-term average = 100, seasonally adjusted

Source: Eurostat: ei_bssi_m_r2

Consumer confidence indicator

Balance of responses (positive minus negative), seasonally adjusted

Source: Eurostat: ei_bssi_m_r2

Confidence by sector

Balance of responses, seasonally adjusted

Balance levels are not comparable across sectors: each questionnaire has its own average. Compare the direction, and each line against its own history, not one line against another.

Source: Eurostat: ei_bssi_m_r2

Electricity generation by source

Net generation, GWh per month

"Other sources" is the measured total generation minus the four main sources.

Sources: Eurostat: nrg_cb_pem, nrg_cb_em

Electricity generation: shares

Share of monthly net generation, %

A missing month for a source is missing, not zero.

Sources: Eurostat: nrg_cb_pem, nrg_cb_em

Electricity imports and exports

GWh per month. Net exports are exports minus imports.

Sources: Eurostat: nrg_cb_pem, nrg_cb_em

Electricity generation: trends

12-month moving average of monthly generation, GWh per month (not an annual total)

Sources: Eurostat: nrg_cb_pem, nrg_cb_em

GDP per capita in PPS: Bulgaria and peer countries

Volume index of GDP per capita in purchasing power standards, EU27 = 100, annual data

The latest year is a preliminary estimate and is revised together with the whole history.

Source: Eurostat: prc_ppp_ind_1

Actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita in PPS

EU27 = 100, annual data. AIC also includes health and education paid for by the state.

Source: Eurostat: prc_ppp_ind_1

Labour productivity per hour worked in PPS

Nominal labour productivity per hour worked, EU27 = 100, annual data

Source: Eurostat: nama_10_lp_ulc

Employment rate, aged 20–64: Bulgaria and the EU27

Employed as a share of the population aged 20–64, %, annual data

Source: Eurostat: lfsi_emp_a

Comparative price level of AIC

Price level of actual individual consumption, EU27 = 100

Source: Eurostat: prc_ppp_ind_1

Price levels by category: Bulgaria

Comparative price level, EU27 = 100, latest year, COICOP 2018

Under COICOP 2018, the categories are published from 2022.

Source: Eurostat: prc_ppp_ind_1

Labour costs per hour: Bulgaria relative to the EU27

Business economy (B–N), a Bulgarian hour worked as a share of the EU27 average, %

The levels come from the four-yearly labour cost survey (2008, 2012, 2016) and from Eurostat's annual estimates since 2020.

Source: Eurostat: lc_lci_lev

Current account: monthly

Balances, EUR million per month. Goods + services + primary + secondary income = current account.

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

The current account and its balances: % of GDP

12-month sum relative to GDP over the last four completed quarters

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Goods exports and imports: % of GDP

Flows: 12-month sum relative to GDP over the last four completed quarters

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Current account by quarter: % of GDP

Sum of the last four quarters, % of GDP for the same four quarters

The monthly balances are summed into quarters; the four parts add up exactly to the current account.

Source: Eurostat: namq_10_gdp

Goods exports and imports: annual change

Nominal value in euro, annual change in the monthly values, %. Not a real volume: it includes price changes.

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_m

Services exports by type

Share of services exports over the last four quarters, %

"Travel" covers personal and business travel, including spending on education and health care abroad. International passenger transport is recorded under "Transport". "Remaining services" is the residual to total services exports and is not the official "Other business services" category.

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_q

Services exports by type: value

Sum of the last four quarters, EUR million

"Travel" covers personal and business travel, including spending on education and health care abroad. International passenger transport is recorded under "Transport". "Remaining services" is the residual to total services exports and is not the official "Other business services" category.

Sources: Eurostat: bop_c6_q

Services exports: travel and computer services

Nominal value, annual change, %

Source: Eurostat: bop_c6_q

Income on foreign direct investment in Bulgaria

EUR million per quarter. Below: reinvested earnings as a share of total income (dividends + reinvested earnings), 4 quarters, %.

Source: BNB: Foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria by instrument

Transactions (net incurrence of liabilities), sum of the last 4 quarters, EUR million

The three instruments add up exactly to the total (BPM6). Reinvested earnings are the profits of foreign-owned enterprises that are not paid out as dividends and are recorded as new investment.

Source: BNB: Foreign direct investment

Net international investment position

Assets minus liabilities to non-residents at the end of the year, % of GDP. Negative: liabilities exceed assets.

Source: Eurostat: tipsii10

House prices: Bulgaria and selected EU countries

House price index, annual change, %

Source: Eurostat: prc_hpi_q

House price index

2015 average = 100, quarterly data

Source: Eurostat: prc_hpi_q

House price index: peer countries

2015 average = 100, quarterly data

Greece does not report a house price index to Eurostat.

Source: Eurostat: prc_hpi_q

Building permits

Gross floor area, all buildings (residential and non-residential), annual change, %

Permits are planned construction, not completed homes and not current supply.

Source: Eurostat: sts_cobp_q

House prices relative to wages

Indices, 2021 average = 100, quarterly. The ratio shows how far house prices have outpaced wages relative to 2021.

The wage is the average of the three months of the quarter. The ratio is not a measure of affordability: it takes no account of interest rates, the down payment or household income.

Sources: Eurostat: prc_hpi_q; NSI; Eurostat + NSI

Credit growth by sector

Loans to households and NPISHs and to non-financial corporations, annual change, %

"Total" is the sum of the two sectors, not all credit in the economy.

Source: BNB: Monetary statistics: loans and deposits

Deposit growth by sector

Deposits of households and NPISHs and of non-financial corporations, annual change, %

"Total" is the sum of the two sectors, not all deposits in the banking system.

Source: BNB: Monetary statistics: loans and deposits

Household loans and deposits

Households and NPISHs, annual change in volume, %

Growth in bank deposits is not the same as household saving.

Source: BNB: Monetary statistics: loans and deposits

Loans to households by purpose

Loans for house purchase and consumer loans to households and NPISHs, annual change, %

Source: BNB: Monetary statistics: loans and deposits

Structure of loans to households

Share of all loans to households and NPISHs, %

The four types add up exactly to all loans to households and NPISHs.

Source: BNB: Monetary statistics: loans and deposits

Interest rates and APRC on new loans to households

New business, %: interest rate and annual percentage rate of charge (APRC)

The APRC includes interest and related charges. New business also includes renegotiated loans. From January 2026 the data are for loans in euro; the BNB notes a break in comparability with earlier periods.

Source: BNB: Interest rate statistics

Loans: volume by sector

Outstanding amount at the end of the month, EUR billion

Source: BNB: Monetary statistics: loans and deposits

Deposits: volume by sector

Outstanding amount at the end of the month, EUR billion

Source: BNB: Monetary statistics: loans and deposits

Loans and deposits: % of GDP

Households and NPISHs and non-financial corporations. The outstanding amount at the end of the month relative to nominal GDP over the last four completed quarters.

Source: BNB + Eurostat: Monetary statistics: loans and deposits

Gross external debt: % of GDP

Debt to non-residents, relative to GDP over the last four completed quarters

Public external debt is the public sector's debt to non-residents. It is not the whole of government debt, which also includes domestic debt.

Source: BNB + Eurostat: Gross external debt

Gross external debt: level

EUR billion at the end of the month. The private and public sectors add up to the total.

Source: BNB: Gross external debt