In 2025, the number of first residence permits issued to third-country nationals with a validity of at least three months was 23 577.

Fiscal data by ‘Central Government’ and ‘Social Security Funds’ sub-sectors, May 2026

In 2024, the wages and salaries costs accounted for 82.2% of total labour costs. Of the wages and salaries costs, 56.3% were for basic wages and ...

In 2025, the government budget allocations for Research and Development (GBARD) amounted to 593.9 million BGN, which was 22.9% more than the previous ...

Insurance Companies In 2024, 13 enterprises operated in the life insurance sector, and 34 in the non-life insurance sector. The number of employees a ...

According to the final data, a total of 415 087 non-financial enterprises submitted their annual activity reports for 2024 to the National Statistical ...

The total producer price index in Services of the business economy increased by 2.5% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the previous quarter and ...

The total export price index in the first quarter of 2026 was 104.3%, or 2.7 percentage points increase in the index compared to the sa ...

The main causes of death among the entire population in 2025 were again the diseases of the circulatory system. 60.9% of the deaths were caused by the ...

The housing prices increased by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the previous quarter (fourth quarter of 2025). The highest increase was ...

In 2024, compared to 2023, an increase was observed in the energy consumption in the ‘Industry’ sector - by 2.15% to 108 646.899 TJ. ...

At the end of March 2026, the number of employees under labour contracts and contracts governed by the Civil Servants Act reached 98.6 thousand. The e ...