Links | months of 2020 | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | ||
Gross production | 1 | 3 960 | 3 782 | 3 908 | 3 066 | 2 736 | 3 149 | 3 348 | 3 311 | 3 083 | 3 000 |
Net production | 2 | 3 588 | 3 439 | 3 575 | 2 796 | 2 504 | 2 905 | 3 073 | 3 032 | 2 815 | 2 704 |
Import | 3 | 532 | 459 | 377 | 304 | 293 | 183 | 197 | 223 | 241 | 331 |
Export | 4 | 441 | 702 | 879 | 522 | 452 | 751 | 685 | 707 | 594 | 403 |
Total net consumption | 5=2+3-4 | 3 679 | 3 196 | 3 073 | 2 578 | 2 345 | 2 337 | 2 585 | 2 548 | 2 461 | 2 632 |
Production and deliveries of electricity

Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | "Environmental and Energy Accounts" Department |
Contact name | Daniela Koleva - solid fuels Antonia Parvanova - oil and petroleum products Iveta Minkova - natural gas Irina Mitova - electricity |
Contact person function | Chief expert State expert State expert Chief expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P.Volov Str., Sofia 1038, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 590 +359 2 9857 589 +359 2 9857 191 +359 2 9857 476 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 05 June 2020 |
Metadata last posted | 05 June 2020 |
Metadata last update | 05 June 2020 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | Monthly data on production, imports (by country of origin), exports (by country of destination), marine bunkers, stock change and deliveries of energy products: solid fuels, oil and petroleum products, natural gas and electricity. |
Classification system | · Nomenclature of energy products as part of PRODPROM to 2007; · Nomenclature of energy products (PRODENERGY) since 01.01.2008. |
Sector coverage | Economic activities, covered in data production are: Extraction of coal, oil and natural gas; Production of petroleum products; Production of BKB; Production of electricity; Transport via pipelines; Trade (imports/exports) of energy products. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Production, imports (by country of origin), exports (by country of destination), marine bunkers, stock change and deliveries of solid fuels, oil and petroleum products, natural gas and electricity. |
Statistical unit | Statistical unit observed is enterprise. |
Statistical population | Enterprises that produce, import and/or export energy products; operators, performing licensed activities of natural gas transmission and storage. |
Reference area | For the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. |
Time coverage | Since January 2001. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Unit of measure | |
Solid fuels - thousand tons Oil and petroleum products - thousand tons Natural gas - million m3 at 15C and TJ (Gross calorific value) Electricity - GWh, for the period 2001-2016 in thousand tons and TJ also | |
Reference period | |
Calendar month. | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics, amended by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/2010 of 9 November 2017 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 2019/2146 of 26 November 2019 as regards the updates for the annual and monthly energy statistics. |
Data sharing | Not applicable. |
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 with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:EN:PDF |
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 | Date for publishing of statistical information is according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. Statistical information on the production and deliveries of energy products are published 60 days after the reference period. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | Statistical data are published on the NSI website, section Energy in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Monthly. | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Regular Press releases. |
Publications | Not applicable. |
On-line database | Detailed results are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Energy - Production and deliveries of energy products: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5019 |
Micro-data access | Not applicable. |
Other | Not applicable. |
Documentation on methodology | Annex B - Monthly energy statistics of the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics, amended by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/2010 of 9 November 2017 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 2019/2146 of 22 November as regards the updates for the monthly and annual energy statistics. |
Quality documentation | Short Quality reports. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | Methodology of Eurostat is applied. |
Quality assessment | Data are national representative. |
Relevance | |
User needs | No study has been conducted on the needs of users and the number of visits in the online database so far. |
User satisfaction | Not applicable. |
Completeness | Data completely cover the requirements of the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics, amended by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/2010 of 9 November 2017 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 2019/2146 of 26 November as regards the updates for the annual and monthly energy statistics. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | Data are reliable, the accuracy is good. |
Sampling error | Not applicable. |
Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | 60 days after the reference month. |
Punctuality | Data are published on time according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | Not applicable. |
Comparability - over time | Completely comparable time series without any breaks. |
Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | Revisions are possible in case of errors. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | Survey by electronic questionnaire. |
Frequency of data collection | Monthly. |
Data collection | Data collection is carried out with a questionnaire in Excel format, sent by e-mail. |
Data validation | The questionnaires contain logical and arithmetical controls. Validation is done at regional level - in RSO and at national level - in NSI, and is expressed in comparison with the previous periods and other internal sources of information. |
Data compilation | Aggregating of data at national level using Visual Basic. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment | |
Up to 2019 data on production and imports of oil are confidential and are not published. From 2020 only oil production is confidential. |
Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | "Environmental and Energy Accounts" Department |
Contact name | Daniela Koleva - solid fuels Antonia Parvanova - oil and petroleum products Iveta Minkova - natural gas Irina Mitova - electricity |
Contact person function | Chief expert State expert State expert Chief expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P.Volov Str., Sofia 1038, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 590 +359 2 9857 589 +359 2 9857 191 +359 2 9857 476 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 05 June 2020 |
Metadata last posted | 05 June 2020 |
Metadata last update | 05 June 2020 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | Monthly data on production, imports (by country of origin), exports (by country of destination), marine bunkers, stock change and deliveries of energy products: solid fuels, oil and petroleum products, natural gas and electricity. |
Classification system | · Nomenclature of energy products as part of PRODPROM to 2007; · Nomenclature of energy products (PRODENERGY) since 01.01.2008. |
Sector coverage | Economic activities, covered in data production are: Extraction of coal, oil and natural gas; Production of petroleum products; Production of BKB; Production of electricity; Transport via pipelines; Trade (imports/exports) of energy products. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Production, imports (by country of origin), exports (by country of destination), marine bunkers, stock change and deliveries of solid fuels, oil and petroleum products, natural gas and electricity. |
Statistical unit | Statistical unit observed is enterprise. |
Statistical population | Enterprises that produce, import and/or export energy products; operators, performing licensed activities of natural gas transmission and storage. |
Reference area | For the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. |
Time coverage | Since January 2001. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Unit of measure | |
Solid fuels - thousand tons Oil and petroleum products - thousand tons Natural gas - million m3 at 15C and TJ (Gross calorific value) Electricity - GWh, for the period 2001-2016 in thousand tons and TJ also | |
Reference period | |
Calendar month. | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics, amended by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/2010 of 9 November 2017 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 2019/2146 of 26 November 2019 as regards the updates for the annual and monthly energy statistics. |
Data sharing | Not applicable. |
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 with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:EN:PDF |
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 | Date for publishing of statistical information is according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. Statistical information on the production and deliveries of energy products are published 60 days after the reference period. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | Statistical data are published on the NSI website, section Energy in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Monthly. | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Regular Press releases. |
Publications | Not applicable. |
On-line database | Detailed results are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Energy - Production and deliveries of energy products: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5019 |
Micro-data access | Not applicable. |
Other | Not applicable. |
Documentation on methodology | Annex B - Monthly energy statistics of the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics, amended by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/2010 of 9 November 2017 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 2019/2146 of 22 November as regards the updates for the monthly and annual energy statistics. |
Quality documentation | Short Quality reports. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | Methodology of Eurostat is applied. |
Quality assessment | Data are national representative. |
Relevance | |
User needs | No study has been conducted on the needs of users and the number of visits in the online database so far. |
User satisfaction | Not applicable. |
Completeness | Data completely cover the requirements of the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics, amended by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/2010 of 9 November 2017 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 2019/2146 of 26 November as regards the updates for the annual and monthly energy statistics. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | Data are reliable, the accuracy is good. |
Sampling error | Not applicable. |
Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | 60 days after the reference month. |
Punctuality | Data are published on time according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | Not applicable. |
Comparability - over time | Completely comparable time series without any breaks. |
Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | Revisions are possible in case of errors. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | Survey by electronic questionnaire. |
Frequency of data collection | Monthly. |
Data collection | Data collection is carried out with a questionnaire in Excel format, sent by e-mail. |
Data validation | The questionnaires contain logical and arithmetical controls. Validation is done at regional level - in RSO and at national level - in NSI, and is expressed in comparison with the previous periods and other internal sources of information. |
Data compilation | Aggregating of data at national level using Visual Basic. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment | |
Up to 2019 data on production and imports of oil are confidential and are not published. From 2020 only oil production is confidential. |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2020 - 11:00
In October 2020 compared to September 2020 an increase is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 31.0%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 40.0%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 2.2%, transport diesel - by 4.8%. A decrease is reported for the production of electricity - by 2.7%. No change for the production of natural gas.
In October 2020 compared to September 2020 an increase is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 31.7%, transport diesel - by 13.1%, natural gas- by 44.4% and electricity- by 6.9%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 31.9% and unleaded motor gasoline - by 12.8%.
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Monday, 30 November 2020 - 11:00
In September 2020 compared to August 2020 a decrease is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 11.2%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 16.7%, transport diesel - by 7.0%, and electricity - by 6.9%. No change for the production of unleaded motor gasoline and natural gas.
In September 2020 compared to August 2020 an increase is reported for the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 17.5% and natural gas - by 9.6%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 11.7%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 6.0%, transport diesel - by 17.7%, and electricity - by 3.4%.
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Friday, 30 October 2020 - 11:00
In August 2020 compared to July 2020 an increase is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 21.2% and natural gas - by 25.0%. A decrease is reported for the production of unleaded motor gasoline - by 15.0%, transport diesel - by 11.5%, and electricity - by 1.1%. No change for the production of liquefied petroleum gases.
In August 2020 compared to July 2020 an increase is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 19.9%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 5.3%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 28.2%, and transport diesel - by 12.6%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of natural gas - by 8.8%, and electricity - by 1.4%.
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Wednesday, 30 September 2020 - 11:00
In July 2020 compared to June 2020 an increase is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 13.7%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 20.0%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 42.7%, transport diesel - by 31.2%, and electricity - by 6.3%. No change for the production of natural gas.
In July 2020 compared to June 2020 an increase is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 12.6%, transport diesel - by 6.2%, and electricity - by 10.6%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 9.5%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 4.9%, and natural gas - by 2.3%.
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Friday, 28 August 2020 - 11:00
In June 2020 compared to May 2020 an increase is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 6.7%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 19.0%, transport diesel - by 31.1%, and electricity - by 15.1%. No change for the production of liquefied petroleum gases and natural gas.
In June 2020 compared to May 2020 an increase is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 7.8%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 16.7%, and transport diesel - by 19.0%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of unleaded motor gasoline - by 4.7%, natural gas - by 5.4%, and electricity - by 0.3%.
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Thursday, 30 July 2020 - 11:00
In May 2020 compared to April 2020 a decrease is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 31.6%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 40.6%, transport diesel - by 41.1%, and electricity - by 10.8%. No change for the production of liquefied petroleum gases and natural gas.
In May 2020 compared to April 2020 an increase is reported for the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 100.0%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 87.0%, and transport diesel - by 41.7%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 30.6%, natural gas - by 20.3%, and electricity - by 9.1%.
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Monday, 29 June 2020 - 11:00
In April 2020 compared to March 2020 a decrease is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 11.5%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 37.5%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 17.2%, transport diesel - by 10.4%, natural gas - by 20.0% and electricity - by 21.5%.
In April 2020 compared to March 2020 a decrease is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 11.4%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 40.0%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 17.9%, transport diesel - by 30.7%, natural gas - by 23.2% and electricity - by 16.1%.
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Friday, 29 May 2020 - 11:00
In March 2020 compared to February 2020 an increase is reported for the production of electricity - by 3.3%. During the same period, a decrease is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 16.7%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 20.0%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 7.2% and transport diesel - by 2.3%. No change for the production of natural gas.
In March 2020 compared to February 2020 an increase is reported for the deliveries of transport diesel - by 10.7%. During the same period, a decrease is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 16.2%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 11.8%, natural gas - by 4.4% and electricity - by 3.8%. No change for the deliveries of unleaded motor gasoline.
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Thursday, 30 April 2020 - 11:00
In February 2020 compared to January 2020 an increase is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 2.6%. During the same period, a decrease is reported for the production of unleaded motor gasoline - by 7.4%, transport diesel - by 1.2%, natural gas - by 16.7% and electricity - by 4.5%. No change for the production of liquefied petroleum gases.
In February 2020 compared to January 2020 an increase is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 2.8%. During the same period, a decrease is reported for the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 20.9%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 30.0%, transport diesel - by 16.2%, natural gas - by 12.2% and electricity - by 13.0%.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2020 - 11:00
In January 2020 compared to December 2019 an increase is reported for the production of unleaded motor gasoline - by 1.4% and natural gas - by 20.0%. During the same period, a decrease is reported for the production of solid fuels - by 9.1%, transport diesel - by 2.6%, and electricity - by 2.7%. No change for the production of liquefied petroleum gases.
In January 2020 compared to December 2019 an increase is reported for the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 4.9%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 21.2%, natural gas - by 7.8%, and electricity - by 8.8%. During the same period, a decrease is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels - by 8.8% and transport diesel - by 4.3%.
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Statistical Yearbook 2018
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Statistical Yearbook 2017
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