Water abstraction by sources - total for the country, by Statistical Region and River Basin District
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | “Environmental and Energy accounts” Department |
Contact name | Alexandra Ivanova |
Contact person function | Chief expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 650 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 15 February 2024 |
Metadata last posted | 15 February 2024 |
Metadata last update | 15 February 2024 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | Information on water reflects different aspects of water supply, water use, disposal and wastewater treatment and discharge at national and regional level. Information on water abstraction makes it possible to identify the main sources and to quantify the distribution of water use between different activities. The quantity of fresh and non-fresh water used are presented by categories of water supply and by basic economic activities - agriculture, mining and manufacturing, energy, services and households. Quantitative data are provided for public water supply about collection, treatment and water supply. The quantities of generated wastewater are divided by main sources of anthropogenic activity. The observation of wastewater flows is from water source to water receiver. The total quantity of wastewater discharged into water bodies is divided by place of discharge and their treatment in urban and other wastewater treatment plants, as well as independent treatment of wastewater from the population. Data on urban wastewater treatment plants (UWWTP) according to the available treatment technology - primary, secondary and tertiary are presented. Data about the relative share of population connected to water services, sewage and wastewater treatment as well as the share of population with irregular water supply due to water shortage are presented. The information about available water supply and sewage network reflects the state of infrastructure and the growth rates of renovation. Detailed data about the type of pipes and years in which they have been put into exploitation is collected once at every five years. The data are produced at administrative - territorial level and River Basin District level. The presented results on water use are calculated on the basis of reported statistical data, proportions and estimates. |
Classification system | · National Classification of Economic Activities (NCEA-2003, for international use NACE.BG 2003); · Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG 2008); · Unified Classification of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units in · List of settlements by river basins. |
Sector coverage | Information is ensured by conducting the following annual statistical surveys included in the National Statistical Programme: · Water supply, sewage and treatment - exhaustive survey. Data is collected from public water supply companies dealing with water collection, treatment, water supply and wastewater collection, discharge and treatment (water supply companies/UWWTP operators and irrigation systems). · Water use - partial statistical survey focused on the larger water users. Criterion for coverage is the usage by enterprises of more than 36 thousand m3 of water annually for their activity. Enterprises below this criterion submit data on a voluntary basis. The survey of enterprises for hydroelectricity generation is exhaustive. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Water abstraction is divided into two categories - fresh and non-fresh water. Fresh water: to surface water are allocated water on land (including the Non-fresh water: are the sea and transitional waters. To non-fresh water (sea and transitional) from 2006 to 2015 only sea waters is included - according to the Classification for characterization of surface type's water bodies in conformity with the Water Framework Directive in Bulgaria are not identified transitional waters. Due to an update of the typology and classification system of surface water bodies from 2016, marine and transitional waters are re-included in the non-fresh water data. Water supply categories: Self-supply; Public water supply, Irrigation systems and other supply: (raw and reused/ wastewater received from other users). Gross water abstraction is a sum of fresh water abstracted for distribution and self-supply of the enterprises. Water for production of hydroelectricity is a separate category and not included in the total abstraction. Self-supply of households is not covered. Returned water: The water abstracted from any fresh water source and discharged back into it without use (primarily at mining and quarrying, and construction activities). Fresh water net abstraction: the fresh water gross abstraction minus returned water. Water used is a sum of water used by the categories of supply. The indicator of water used differs from consumptive water use - when water is no longer available due to evaporation, incorporated into products and others. Water losses are formed from physical losses in the transport of water, irregular use, errors in measurements, etc. The volume of losses is aggregated for a group of operators in order to avoid the double counting. On RBD level water losses are calculated using a regionalizing factor "supplied water". It is assumed that water losses in self water supply are negligible. Water generated from point sources: water, which after use leaves the place of use and is discharged into the public sewerage and water bodies. Data is collected through statistical survey on water use, covering more significant water users. Wastewater generated by the households is result from data reported by public water works and estimation. Two categories are distinguished - wastewater and water from cooling processes. Wastewater discharged after treatment: Amount of wastewater discharged from wastewater treatment plants of the enterprises and UWWTP (according to the latest level of treatment). Wastewater of households with own/independent treatment is also considered as treated. Water discharged into water bodies: a sum of water discharged by the surveyed enterprises, public sewerage/UWWTP and households with own/independent treatment. Collected wastewater into public sewerage: calculations are based on data reported by the Public water works and estimations. The quantities from non-point sources (rain-off, drainage and other unallocated water) are also included. Urban wastewater treatment plants (UWWTP): covered are all operating plants treating wastewater from settlements. Wastewater treatment plants at enterprises, hotels, etc. are referred to a separate category. Design capacity BOD5 (tons O2/day): maximum flows and loads of the influent the facilities are designed for, which conform with the fixed standards. Public water supply and sewage network - data refer to the network operated by public water supply operators. Also is included the sewage network of municipalities with organized discharge of wastewater in urban wastewater treatment plants. Population connected to public water supply/public sewerage and UWWTP - data are the result of survey "Water supply and sewage". It is possible to overestimate the population in settlements with partially build water supply /sewage network, at which only a part of households is connected. Population with independent own wastewater treatment (via septic tanks, cesspools, etc.) is calculated as a difference between the total population and population with a public sewage system. Measuring water qualities: they are reported by the respondents through water meters, and in case of their absence - using the capacity of the pumps, multiplied by the time of their work; energy consumption of pumps, specific factor, etc. |
Statistical unit | Legal entity which corresponding the criteria for coverage of statistical surveys on water. |
Statistical population | · Suppliers of water - water supply and sewage operators and irrigation systems; · Operators of urban wastewater treatment plants; · Water users according to the criteria for coverage of ‘Survey on water use’; · Producers of hydroelectricity. |
Reference area | Territory of the |
Time coverage | 2018 - 2022 |
Base period | The selection of the base period is determined in accordance with the research objectives and tasks. |
Unit of measure | |
Water quantities: mill..m3/year; thousands m3/year; m3/per capita/day; l/per capita/day | |
Reference period | |
Year | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | · National Statistical Programme; · Voluntary providing of national and regional data on water to Eurostat/OECD - gentlemen agreement. |
Data sharing | · Data for standard statistical indicators, specialized data according to specific · Regular providing of data to the OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire “Inland water” and the Regional Water questionnaire. Annual data are reported every two years. |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data. |
Confidentiality - data treatment | Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law. |
Release policy | |
Release calendar | The date of release of statistical |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | The data in the field of water statistics are disseminated and published in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Code of Statistics Practice, respecting professional independence and objectivity to transparency, in which all users are treated fairly. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
The data are distributed annually according to the deadlines for disclosure and Rules for statistical data dissemination. | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Annual, according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Publications | · Environment; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · Regional publication; · Publications and reports to Eurostat. |
On-line database | Comprehensive data of water statistics are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Environment: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5132 |
Micro-data access | Not accessible. |
Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services. |
Documentation on methodology | Data Collection Manual for the OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire “Inland water” Ver. 4.0. |
Quality documentation | Not required. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | To improve the quality of data are applied a series of statistical procedures - from data collection to data validation. To determine the coverage of the statistical aggregations are used statistical data from other surveys and administrative data. The methodology is developed in accordance with the requirements for comparability, tools for data collection and procedures of verification and controls are improved. |
Quality assessment | |
Relevance | |
User needs | Main users of statistical information of the survey are public institutions, local authorities, companies and others. |
User satisfaction | No information. Research on consumer satisfaction is not conducted. |
Completeness | |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | |
Sampling error | Not applicable |
Non-sampling error | Not estimated |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | The data are published according to the terms in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Punctuality | All publications are published timely, according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | |
Comparability - over time | Time series by key indicators at national level are available since 1990. |
Coherence - cross domain | Partial, regarding some indicators. |
Coherence - internal | |
Cost and burden | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy |
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Data revision - practice | The identified errors at registration in the primary data and revisions are regularly recorded and stored. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | Specialized statistical surveys - see section 3.3 |
Frequency of data collection | Yearly |
Data collection | Data are collected through statistical questionnaires in electronic and paper format. Respondents provide the completed questionnaires in regional statistical offices, after which electronic forms are sent to the NSI central office. |
Data validation | Validation of primary data is an mandatory stage of the production of statistical |
Data compilation | Specialized software. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment |
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Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | “Environmental and Energy accounts” Department |
Contact name | Alexandra Ivanova |
Contact person function | Chief expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 650 |
Contact fax number | |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | Information on water reflects different aspects of water supply, water use, disposal and wastewater treatment and discharge at national and regional level. Information on water abstraction makes it possible to identify the main sources and to quantify the distribution of water use between different activities. The quantity of fresh and non-fresh water used are presented by categories of water supply and by basic economic activities - agriculture, mining and manufacturing, energy, services and households. Quantitative data are provided for public water supply about collection, treatment and water supply. The quantities of generated wastewater are divided by main sources of anthropogenic activity. The observation of wastewater flows is from water source to water receiver. The total quantity of wastewater discharged into water bodies is divided by place of discharge and their treatment in urban and other wastewater treatment plants, as well as independent treatment of wastewater from the population. Data on urban wastewater treatment plants (UWWTP) according to the available treatment technology - primary, secondary and tertiary are presented. Data about the relative share of population connected to water services, sewage and wastewater treatment as well as the share of population with irregular water supply due to water shortage are presented. The information about available water supply and sewage network reflects the state of infrastructure and the growth rates of renovation. Detailed data about the type of pipes and years in which they have been put into exploitation is collected once at every five years. The data are produced at administrative - territorial level and River Basin District level. The presented results on water use are calculated on the basis of reported statistical data, proportions and estimates. |
Classification system | · National Classification of Economic Activities (NCEA-2003, for international use NACE.BG 2003); · Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG 2008); · Unified Classification of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units in · List of settlements by river basins. |
Sector coverage | Information is ensured by conducting the following annual statistical surveys included in the National Statistical Programme: · Water supply, sewage and treatment - exhaustive survey. Data is collected from public water supply companies dealing with water collection, treatment, water supply and wastewater collection, discharge and treatment (water supply companies/UWWTP operators and irrigation systems). · Water use - partial statistical survey focused on the larger water users. Criterion for coverage is the usage by enterprises of more than 36 thousand m3 of water annually for their activity. Enterprises below this criterion submit data on a voluntary basis. The survey of enterprises for hydroelectricity generation is exhaustive. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Water abstraction is divided into two categories - fresh and non-fresh water. Fresh water: to surface water are allocated water on land (including the Non-fresh water: are the sea and transitional waters. To non-fresh water (sea and transitional) from 2006 to 2015 only sea waters is included - according to the Classification for characterization of surface type's water bodies in conformity with the Water Framework Directive in Bulgaria are not identified transitional waters. Due to an update of the typology and classification system of surface water bodies from 2016, marine and transitional waters are re-included in the non-fresh water data. Water supply categories: Self-supply; Public water supply, Irrigation systems and other supply: (raw and reused/ wastewater received from other users). Gross water abstraction is a sum of fresh water abstracted for distribution and self-supply of the enterprises. Water for production of hydroelectricity is a separate category and not included in the total abstraction. Self-supply of households is not covered. Returned water: The water abstracted from any fresh water source and discharged back into it without use (primarily at mining and quarrying, and construction activities). Fresh water net abstraction: the fresh water gross abstraction minus returned water. Water used is a sum of water used by the categories of supply. The indicator of water used differs from consumptive water use - when water is no longer available due to evaporation, incorporated into products and others. Water losses are formed from physical losses in the transport of water, irregular use, errors in measurements, etc. The volume of losses is aggregated for a group of operators in order to avoid the double counting. On RBD level water losses are calculated using a regionalizing factor "supplied water". It is assumed that water losses in self water supply are negligible. Water generated from point sources: water, which after use leaves the place of use and is discharged into the public sewerage and water bodies. Data is collected through statistical survey on water use, covering more significant water users. Wastewater generated by the households is result from data reported by public water works and estimation. Two categories are distinguished - wastewater and water from cooling processes. Wastewater discharged after treatment: Amount of wastewater discharged from wastewater treatment plants of the enterprises and UWWTP (according to the latest level of treatment). Wastewater of households with own/independent treatment is also considered as treated. Water discharged into water bodies: a sum of water discharged by the surveyed enterprises, public sewerage/UWWTP and households with own/independent treatment. Collected wastewater into public sewerage: calculations are based on data reported by the Public water works and estimations. The quantities from non-point sources (rain-off, drainage and other unallocated water) are also included. Urban wastewater treatment plants (UWWTP): covered are all operating plants treating wastewater from settlements. Wastewater treatment plants at enterprises, hotels, etc. are referred to a separate category. Design capacity BOD5 (tons O2/day): maximum flows and loads of the influent the facilities are designed for, which conform with the fixed standards. Public water supply and sewage network - data refer to the network operated by public water supply operators. Also is included the sewage network of municipalities with organized discharge of wastewater in urban wastewater treatment plants. Population connected to public water supply/public sewerage and UWWTP - data are the result of survey "Water supply and sewage". It is possible to overestimate the population in settlements with partially build water supply /sewage network, at which only a part of households is connected. Population with independent own wastewater treatment (via septic tanks, cesspools, etc.) is calculated as a difference between the total population and population with a public sewage system. Measuring water qualities: they are reported by the respondents through water meters, and in case of their absence - using the capacity of the pumps, multiplied by the time of their work; energy consumption of pumps, specific factor, etc. |
Statistical unit | Legal entity which corresponding the criteria for coverage of statistical surveys on water. |
Statistical population | · Suppliers of water - water supply and sewage operators and irrigation systems; · Operators of urban wastewater treatment plants; · Water users according to the criteria for coverage of ‘Survey on water use’; · Producers of hydroelectricity. |
Reference area | Territory of the |
Time coverage | 2018 - 2022 |
Base period | The selection of the base period is determined in accordance with the research objectives and tasks. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | Specialized statistical surveys - see section 3.3 |
Frequency of data collection | Yearly |
Data collection | Data are collected through statistical questionnaires in electronic and paper format. Respondents provide the completed questionnaires in regional statistical offices, after which electronic forms are sent to the NSI central office. |
Data validation | Validation of primary data is an mandatory stage of the production of statistical |
Data compilation | Specialized software. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | To improve the quality of data are applied a series of statistical procedures - from data collection to data validation. To determine the coverage of the statistical aggregations are used statistical data from other surveys and administrative data. The methodology is developed in accordance with the requirements for comparability, tools for data collection and procedures of verification and controls are improved. |
Quality assessment | |
Relevance | |
User needs | Main users of statistical information of the survey are public institutions, local authorities, companies and others. |
User satisfaction | No information. Research on consumer satisfaction is not conducted. |
Completeness | |
Data completeness - rate | |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | |
Sampling error | Not applicable |
Sampling errors - indicators | |
Non-sampling error | Not estimated |
Coverage error | There is no coverage error |
Over-coverage - rate | There is no over-coverage in the data |
Common units - proportion |
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Measurement error |
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Non response error | The data are validated for this type of error. Where direct measurment cannot be applied estimates are made. |
Unit non-response - rate | The unit non-responce rate is near to zero if necessary, estimates are applied. |
Item non-response - rate | The item non-responce rate is near to zero if neccessary, estimates are applied. |
Processing error | Well-established procedures and verification of all calculations are applied which minimizes the risk of type of error. |
Imputation - rate | |
Model assumption error | Not applicable |
Seasonal adjustment | |
Data revision - policy |
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Data revision - practice | The identified errors at registration in the primary data and revisions are regularly recorded and stored. |
Data revision - average size | |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | The data are published according to the terms in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Time lag - first results | |
Time lag - final results | |
Punctuality | All publications are published timely, according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Punctuality - delivery and publication | |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | |
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | |
Comparability - over time | Time series by key indicators at national level are available since 1990. |
Length of comparable time series | |
Coherence - cross domain | Partial, regarding some indicators. |
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | |
Coherence - National Accounts | |
Coherence - internal | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Annual, according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Publications | · Environment; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · Regional publication; · Publications and reports to Eurostat. |
On-line database | Comprehensive data of water statistics are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Environment: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5132 |
Data tables - consultations | |
Micro-data access | Not accessible. |
Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services. |
Metadata - consultations | |
Documentation on methodology | Data Collection Manual for the OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire “Inland water” Ver. 4.0. |
Metadata completeness – rate | |
Quality documentation | Not required. |
Cost and burden | |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data. |
Confidentiality – data treatment | Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law. |
Comment |
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The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2016 - 2019 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, ...
Statistical Reference Book 2020 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2016 - 2019 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture,...
Bulgaria 2020
Statistical Yearbook 2019
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2013 - 2018 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...
Environment 2017
Statistical Yearbook 2018 in infographics
In 2018, for the first time, we presented the results of the statistical surveys through graphics, images and other visualization tools, which resulted in a positive response among a wide range of users. We believe that this modern way of presenting statistical information will trigger the interest in those who for the first time encounter the meaning of numbers revealing important aspects of socio-economic life.
...Statistical Reference Book 2019
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2015 - 2018 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f...
Statistical Reference Book 2019 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2015 - 2018 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transp...
Statistical Yearbook 2018
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2012 - 2017 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...
Environment 2016
Statistical Reference Book 2018
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2014 - 2017 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f...
Statistical Yearbook 2017 in infographics
The publication is intended for a wider audience as statistical data are presented in a plain and easy understandable way.
The current state and changes in the socio-economic and cultural life in the country are presented not in the traditional way in tables and text, but through infographics - images, graphics and other visualization tools.
We belie...
Statistical Reference Book 2018 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2014 - 2017 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transp...
Statistical Yearbook 2017
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2012 - 2016 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...
Bulgaria 2018
Statistical Reference Book 2017
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2013 - 2016 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f...
Statistical Reference Book 2017 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2013 - 2016 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transp...
Bulgaria 2017
Statistical Yearbook 2016
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2011 - 2015 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...
Environment 2015
Statistical Reference Book 2016
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2012 - 2015 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transpor...
Statistical Reference Book 2016 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2012 - 2015 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transp...
Bulgaria 2016
Statistical Yearbook 2015
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2010 - 2014 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...
Environment 2014
Statistical Reference Book 2015
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2015 in English.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2010 - 2014 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transport, c...
Statistical Reference Book 2015 (Bulgarian version)
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2015 in Bulgarian.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2010 - 2014 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transport,...
Bulgaria 2015
The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2015 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, businessmen, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2010 - 2014 period. It also includes non-tra...
Statistical Yearbook 2014
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 82nd edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2009 - 2013 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the Nati...
Environment 2013
Environment 2012
Statistical Reference Book 2014
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2014 in English.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2009 - 2013 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, tran...
Statistical Reference Book 2014 (Bulgarian version)
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2014 in Bulgarian.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2009 - 2013 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, tr...
Bulgaria 2014
The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2014 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, businessmen, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2008 - 2013 period. It also includes non-traditional ...
Statistical Yearbook 2013
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 81st edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2008 - 2012 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the Nati...