| SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | | |
| Selection Criteria for Sustainable Development Indicators for Bulgaria | | |
| Theme 1. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | | |
| 1.1. Growth rate of real GDP per inhabitant | Time series | Metadata |
| 1.2. General government consolidated gross debt | Time series | Metadata |
| 1.3. Investment (total, business and public) | Time series | Metadata |
| 1.4. Growth rate of labour productivity per hour worked | Time series | Metadata |
| 1.5. R&D expenditure (total, public R&D expenditures and business R&D expenditures) | Time series | Metadata |
| 1.6. Employment rates (20 - 64 years of age) by gender | Time series | Metadata |
| 1.7. Dispersion of regional employment rate | Time series | Metadata |
| 1.8. Unemployment rate (total, by age groups) | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 2. SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION | | |
| 2.1. Municipal waste generated per capita | Time series | Metadata |
| 2.2. Share of treated municipal waste of total municipal waste generated, by type of treatment method | Time series | Metadata |
| 2.3. Final energy consumption by sectors | Time series | Metadata |
| 2.4. Primary energy consumption | Time series | Metadata |
| 2.5. Water Exploitation Index | Time series | Metadata |
| 2.6. Livestock density index | Time series | Metadata |
| 2.7. Area under organic farming | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 3. SOCIAL INCLUSION | | |
| 3.1. At-risk-of-poverty rate before and after social transfers | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.2. S80/20 income quintile share ratio | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.3. People living in jobless households | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.4. Wages and salaries gap between men and women | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.5. Long-term unemployment rate | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.6. Early leavers from education and training | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.7. Participation rate of the population (7-15 years of age) in compulsory education | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.8. Persons with low educational attainment, by age groups | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.9. Participation in life-long learning | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.10. Low reading literacy performance of pupils | Time series | Metadata |
| 3.11. Persons regularly using the Internet (every day or at least once a week) | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 4. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES | | |
| 4.1. Total fertility rate | Time series | Metadata |
| 4.2. Demographic replacement rate | Time series | Metadata |
| 4.3. Life expectancy at age 65, by gender | Time series | Metadata |
| 4.4. Aggregate replacement ratio | Time series | Metadata |
| 4.5. At-risk-of poverty rate for persons aged 65 years and over | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 5. PUBLIC HEALTH | | |
| 5.1. Life expectancy at birth, by gender | Time series | Metadata |
| 5.2. Death rate due to chronic diseases | Time series | Metadata |
| 5.3. Percentage of regular smokers | Time series | Metadata |
| 5.4. Relative share of overweight people | Time series | Metadata |
| 5.5. Self-perceived health | Time series | Metadata |
| 5.6. Practicing physicians | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 6. CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLEAN ENERGY | | |
| 6.1. CO2 emissions per inhabitant | Time series | Metadata |
| 6.2. Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption | Time series | Metadata |
| 6.3. Energy dependency | Time series | Metadata |
| 6.4. Share of combined heat and power (CHP) electricity generation in total gross electricity generation | Time series | Metadata |
| 6.5. Electricity generated from renewable sources – share of gross electricity consumption | Time series | Metadata |
| 6.6. Gross inland energy consumption by fuel | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 7. SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT | | |
| 7.1. Modernization of transport infrastructure, by type | Time series | Metadata |
| 7.2. Share of renewable energy in fuel consumption of transport | Time series | Metadata |
| 7.3. Modal split of freight transport | Time series | Metadata |
| 7.4. Share of international carriages in railway transport | Time series | Metadata |
| 7.5. Share of electrical transport in urban public transport | Time series | Metadata |
| 7.6. Share of new registered and registered brand new vehicles | Time series | Metadata |
| 7.7. People killed in road accidents | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 8. NATURAL RESOURCES | | |
| 8.1. Population connected to urban wastewater treatment plants with at least secondary treatment | Time series | Metadata |
| 8.2. Expenditure on waste water treatment | Time series | Metadata |
| 8.3. Share of protected natural areas | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 9. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP | | |
| 9.1. Official development assistance - Source: Organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD), Eurostat, European Commission services | Time series | Metadata |
| Theme 10. GOOD GOVERNANCE | | |
| 10.1. Persons using the Internet for interacting with public authorities | Time series | Metadata |
| 10.2. Voter turnout in national and EU parliamentary elections | Time series | Metadata |
