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Report on Quality and Methodology of the Population and Housing Census in 2011

The National Statistical Institute published a report on the quality and methods of the Population and Housing Census in 2011. The document was prepared according to the specifications of Regulation 1151/2010 of the Commission.

Events

04.03.2015

The NSI will conduct a survey on ‘Social Inclusion and Living Conditions 2015’ during the March - May 2015 period

26.02.2015

NSI will participate in the forty-sixth session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

10.02.2015

Meeting of the European Statistical System Committee

19.01.2015

NSI started work on the project ‘Improvement of the methods for compilation of EPE in order to comply with the requirements of new module on EPE in the Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011’

Press releases

6.3.2015 - 11:00

Gross Domestic Product for the Fourth Quarter of 2014 and Preliminary Data for 2014

27.2.2015 - 11:00

Business Conjuncture, February 2015

27.2.2015 - 11:00

Producer Price Indices in Industry, January 2015

27.2.2015 - 11:00

Trips of Bulgarian Residents Abroad and Arrivals of Visitors from Abroad to Bulgaria in January 2015

27.2.2015 - 11:00

Production and Deliveries of Energy Products, December 2014

27.2.2015 - 11:00

Goods and Passengers Carried and Transport Performance by Mode of Transport in the Fourth Quarter of 2014 (preliminary data)

Data

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Key figures

-0.4% monthly inflation for January 2015 (preliminary data)
- According to the preliminary data of the NSI, the consumer price index in January 2015 compared to December 2014 was 99.6%, i.e. the monthly inflation was -0.4%.
7 245 677 is the number of population at 31 December 2013
- The population of Bulgaria at 31 December 2013 is 7 245 677 persons. 73.0%, or 5 291 675 persons are living in urban areas. 27.0%, or 1 954 002 persons are living in rural areas.
1.3% is the GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter of the previous year
- According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2014 is 1.3% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
61.4% Employment rate in the fourth quarter of 2014
- In the fourth quarter of 2014 the employment rate for population aged 15 - 64 was 61.4%, by 1.8 percentage points higher compared to the same quarter of 2013.
10.6% Unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2014
- In the fourth quarter of 2014 the unemployment rate was 10.6% and compared to the respective quarter of 2013 went down by 2.4 percentage points.
In 2014 the turnover in the retail trade increased by 0.9% compared to the previous month
- According to the preliminary seasonally adjusted data in December 2014 the turnover in ‘Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles’ division at constant prices increased by 0.9% compared to the previous month. The working day adjusted turnover grew by 6.4% as compared to the same month of the previous year.
101.1% seasonally adjusted Index of Industrial Production in December 2014
- The index of industrial production in December 2014 compared to the previous month calculated from seasonally adjusted data was 101.1%, i.e. production increased by 1.1%.
98.8% Total Producer Price Index in January 2015
- Total Producer Price Index in January 2015 decreased by 1.2% compared to the previous month while compared to the same month of 2014 the prices fell by 2.9%.
99.7% seasonally adjusted Index Construction Production in December 2014
- The seasonally adjusted Construction Production Index in December 2014 was 99.7% and a decrease was by 0.3% compared to the previous month.