According to the preliminary data in 2019 the total amount of expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 1 002.1 million BGN, and the personnel engaged in conducting research and experimental development amounted to 26 399 (in full-time equivalent).
Research and development activity (R&D)
Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)
Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | Science, Innovaton and Information Society Department |
Contact name | Reni Petkova |
Contact person function | Head of department |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 103 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 09 March 2020 |
Metadata last posted | 09 March 2020 |
Metadata last update | 09 March 2020 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | The statistical survey on research and development activity (R&D) provides internationally comparable information about the characterization of resources (expenditure and personnel) on research and development in Bulgaria. |
Classification system | · Classification of economic activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008); · Fields of Research and Development (FORD) classification; · Classification of territorial units for statistics in Bulgaria (NUTS). |
Sector coverage | R&D survey covers R&D performed in all four institutional sectors: Business enterprise (BES), Government (GOV), Higher education (HES), Private non-profit (PNP). |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge. R&D activity covers basic research, applied research and experimental development. The indicator 'R&D expenditure' is defined as all expenditures for R&D performed within a statistical unit, whatever the source of funds. Total intramural R&D expenditure (GERD) comprises current costs and capital expenditure on R&D. The indicator 'R&D personnel' measures the human resources going directly into R&D activity, responsible for creation, application and dissemination of new knowledge. R&D personnel include all persons engaged directly in R&D, as well as those providing direct support on R&D (R&D managers, administrators, technicians and clerical staff). R&D personnel comprise following categories: · Researchers; · Other R&D personnel. Researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods. Other R&D personnel comprise Technicians and Other supporting staff. Technicians participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods and the use of research equipment, normally under the supervision of researchers. Other supporting staff includes skilled and unskilled craftsmen, and administrative, secretarial and clerical staff participating in R&D projects or directly associated with such projects. |
Statistical unit | Enterprise. |
Statistical population | R&D survey covers all scientific institutions and organizations, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Agricultural Academy, higher education institutes, university hospitals, enterprises and other organizations, which irrespective of their main activity perform R&D as well - i.e. if at least one person of the personnel is engaged in R&D during the year. |
Reference area | Bulgaria. |
Time coverage | Since 1996 - the last reference year. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Unit of measure | |
R&D expenditure - thousand BGN; R&D personnel - in head count (HC); full-time equivalent (FTE). | |
Reference period | |
Calendar year. | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | EU Legislation: · Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology; · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of 26 October 2012 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology. National Legal basis: · Law on Statistics; · National Statistical Programme. |
Data sharing | Not applicable. |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy |
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Confidentiality - data treatment | The individual (primary) data are confidential according to the Law on Statistics and European legislation. To ensure their protection and inability to be identified, the aggregated indicators are also defined as confidential when the indicator is calculated from one or two enterprises or one enterprise formed more than 85% of the total value of this indicator. |
Release policy | |
Release calendar | The deadline for dissemination of the statistical information on R&D activity is specified in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website. |
User access | Data are published on the NSI website and on NSI information system INFOSTAT and are available to all users of statistical information. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Preliminary data - 10 months after the end of the reference period; Final data - 14 months after the end of the reference period | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | News release on the basis of preliminary data from the survey. |
Publications | · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference book; · 'Bulgaria'(brochure). |
On-line database | Data are available for all users on the NSI website and on NSI information system INFOSTAT under the heading R&D, Innovation and Information Society. |
Micro-data access | Micro data are neither distributed nor provided to the users. |
Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services of NSI. |
Documentation on methodology | Methodological manual 'Frascati' (Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development - Frascati Manual, OECD, 2015), adopted by Eurostat for statistical surveys on R&D. |
Quality documentation | Quality reports on R&D statistics. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | Statistical practices used to compile R&D data are in compliance with Frascati Manual recommendations. |
Quality assessment | Quality assessment is based on standard quality criteria - relevance, accuracy and reliability, timeliness, comparability and coherence. |
Relevance | |
User needs | Main users of R&D data are ministries, research institutions and other users in the country, as well as Eurostat, OCDE and other international organizations. |
User satisfaction | User satisfaction survey is not conducted. |
Completeness | In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of the Commission the required data completeness is ensured for all variables. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | The statistical data are of good accuracy and reliability. |
Sampling error | The survey is exhaustive and there are no sampling errors. |
Non-sampling error | |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | Preliminary data - 10 months after the end of the reference period. Final data - 14 months after the end of the reference period. |
Punctuality | Deadlines for R&D data delivery, specified in the Release Calendar, are strictly respected. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | Data for Bulgaria are comparable with the data for the rest EU member states. |
Comparability - over time | Data are comparable over time. |
Coherence - cross domain | R&D data are coherent with data obtained from the Innovation survey. |
Coherence - internal | No significant deviations between preliminary and final R&D data. |
Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | R&D survey. |
Frequency of data collection | Yearly. |
Data collection | Exhaustive survey for all enterprises and organizations performing R&D as a primary or secondary activity. Data are collected using a paper and electronic (on-line) questionnaire included in the annual reports on the activities of enterprises, budget organizations and financial institutions. |
Data validation | Data validation is done through arithmetic and logic control of input data and comparison of the output data with the results of previous R&D surveys and data from administrative sources. |
Data compilation | The R&D survey is exhaustive survey and no estimates are made. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment |
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Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | Science, Innovaton and Information Society Department |
Contact name | Reni Petkova |
Contact person function | Head of department |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 103 |
Contact fax number | |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | The statistical survey on research and development activity (R&D) provides internationally comparable information about the characterization of resources (expenditure and personnel) on research and development in Bulgaria. |
Classification system | · Classification of economic activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008); · Fields of Research and Development (FORD) classification; · Classification of territorial units for statistics in Bulgaria (NUTS). |
Sector coverage | R&D survey covers R&D performed in all four institutional sectors: Business enterprise (BES), Government (GOV), Higher education (HES), Private non-profit (PNP). |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge. R&D activity covers basic research, applied research and experimental development. The indicator 'R&D expenditure' is defined as all expenditures for R&D performed within a statistical unit, whatever the source of funds. Total intramural R&D expenditure (GERD) comprises current costs and capital expenditure on R&D. The indicator 'R&D personnel' measures the human resources going directly into R&D activity, responsible for creation, application and dissemination of new knowledge. R&D personnel include all persons engaged directly in R&D, as well as those providing direct support on R&D (R&D managers, administrators, technicians and clerical staff). R&D personnel comprise following categories: · Researchers; · Other R&D personnel. Researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods. Other R&D personnel comprise Technicians and Other supporting staff. Technicians participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods and the use of research equipment, normally under the supervision of researchers. Other supporting staff includes skilled and unskilled craftsmen, and administrative, secretarial and clerical staff participating in R&D projects or directly associated with such projects. |
Statistical unit | Enterprise. |
Statistical population | R&D survey covers all scientific institutions and organizations, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Agricultural Academy, higher education institutes, university hospitals, enterprises and other organizations, which irrespective of their main activity perform R&D as well - i.e. if at least one person of the personnel is engaged in R&D during the year. |
Reference area | Bulgaria. |
Time coverage | Since 1996 - the last reference year. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | R&D survey. |
Frequency of data collection | Yearly. |
Data collection | Exhaustive survey for all enterprises and organizations performing R&D as a primary or secondary activity. Data are collected using a paper and electronic (on-line) questionnaire included in the annual reports on the activities of enterprises, budget organizations and financial institutions. |
Data validation | Data validation is done through arithmetic and logic control of input data and comparison of the output data with the results of previous R&D surveys and data from administrative sources. |
Data compilation | The R&D survey is exhaustive survey and no estimates are made. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | Statistical practices used to compile R&D data are in compliance with Frascati Manual recommendations. |
Quality assessment | Quality assessment is based on standard quality criteria - relevance, accuracy and reliability, timeliness, comparability and coherence. |
Relevance | |
User needs | Main users of R&D data are ministries, research institutions and other users in the country, as well as Eurostat, OCDE and other international organizations. |
User satisfaction | User satisfaction survey is not conducted. |
Completeness | In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of the Commission the required data completeness is ensured for all variables. |
Data completeness - rate | R&D data are produced in all required breakdowns for the obligatory variables according to Regulation (EU) No 995/2012. Additional data breakdowns are also compiled in order to satisfy user needs. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | The statistical data are of good accuracy and reliability. |
Sampling error | The survey is exhaustive and there are no sampling errors. |
Sampling errors - indicators | The survey is exhaustive and there are no sampling errors. |
Non-sampling error | |
Coverage error | There are no indications for coverage errors. |
Over-coverage - rate | There is no over-coverage. |
Common units - proportion | Not applicable. |
Measurement error | In order to minimize the measurement errors, because of misunderstanding of the respondents, R&D questionnaire is attended with methodological explanatory notes in line with Frascati Manual recommendations. |
Non response error | Actions to reduce the non-response include sending the reminder letters, supplemented if needed, by telephone calls and/or direct contact with the respondents for collection of data. |
Unit non-response - rate | Unit non-response error is within 1%. |
Item non-response - rate | There is not item non-response error. |
Processing error | Processing errors are negligible due to extensive arithmetic and logical checking control of data. |
Imputation - rate | Not applicable. |
Model assumption error | Not applicable. |
Seasonal adjustment | Not applicable. |
Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Data revision - average size | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | Preliminary data - 10 months after the end of the reference period. Final data - 14 months after the end of the reference period. |
Time lag - first results | Preliminary data - 10 months after the end of the reference period. |
Time lag - final results | Final data - 14 months after the end of the reference period. |
Punctuality | Deadlines for R&D data delivery, specified in the Release Calendar, are strictly respected. |
Punctuality - delivery and publication | R&D data are published at the date specified in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the NSI. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | Data for Bulgaria are comparable with the data for the rest EU member states. |
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | Not applicable. |
Comparability - over time | Data are comparable over time. |
Length of comparable time series | |
Coherence - cross domain | R&D data are coherent with data obtained from the Innovation survey. |
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | Not applicable. |
Coherence - National Accounts | R&D data are used for estimation of capitalization of R&D expenditure in the national accounts. |
Coherence - internal | No significant deviations between preliminary and final R&D data. |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | News release on the basis of preliminary data from the survey. |
Publications | · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference book; · 'Bulgaria'(brochure). |
On-line database | Data are available for all users on the NSI website and on NSI information system INFOSTAT under the heading R&D, Innovation and Information Society. |
Data tables - consultations | |
Micro-data access | Micro data are neither distributed nor provided to the users. |
Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services of NSI. |
Metadata - consultations | |
Documentation on methodology | Methodological manual 'Frascati' (Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development - Frascati Manual, OECD, 2015), adopted by Eurostat for statistical surveys on R&D. |
Metadata completeness – rate | |
Quality documentation | Quality reports on R&D statistics. |
Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy |
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Confidentiality – data treatment | The individual (primary) data are confidential according to the Law on Statistics and European legislation. To ensure their protection and inability to be identified, the aggregated indicators are also defined as confidential when the indicator is calculated from one or two enterprises or one enterprise formed more than 85% of the total value of this indicator. |
Comment |
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Friday, 30 October 2020 - 11:00
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Thursday, 31 October 2019 - 11:00
In 2018, the total amount of expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 827.6 million BGN, which was 8.9% more than the previous year.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2018 - 11:00
In 2017, the total amount of expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 760.2 million BGN, which was 3.5% more than the previous year.
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Tuesday, 31 October 2017 - 11:00
In 2016, the total amount of expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 734.0 million BGN which was 13.7% less than the previous year.
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Monday, 31 October 2016 - 11:00
In 2015, the total amount of expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 847.2 million BGN which was 27.4% more than the previous year.
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Friday, 30 October 2015 - 11:00
In 2014, the total amount of expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 656.1 million BGN which was 25.8% more than the previous year.
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Wednesday, 15 October 2014 - 11:00
In 2013, the total amount of expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 521.2 million BGN which was 5.0% more than the previous year.
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013 - 11:00
In 2012, the total amount of the expenditure on research and development (R&D) was 495.9 million BGN, which was by 15.5% more in comparison with the previous year. The R&D intensity amounted to 0.64% of GDP and was by 0.07 percentage points higher compared to 2011.
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Monday, 15 October 2012 - 11:00
In 2011 the total amount of the expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 429.6 million BGN or by 1.9% more in comparison with the previous year, as their growth compared to the previous years in absolute value had no impact on the R&D intensity (R&D expenditure as % of GDP) which is one of the key indicators for measuring progress of the European Union (EU) in achieving the targets of the new Europe 2020 strategy - a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
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Friday, 14 October 2011 - 11:00
In 2010 the total amount of the expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) is 420.1 million BGN which increases by 16.4% in comparison with the previous year and the annual growth tendency retains for the period of 2006 - 2010.
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