Statistical data

According to preliminary data at the National Statistical Institute 312 458 non-financial enterprises have submitted their annual reports for 2012 and have made 121 923 million Levs of production value, have generated 35 536 million Levs of value have added at factor cost and have employed 1 878 935 persons.

In August 2013 the total business climate indicator preserves its level from the previous month. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in construction (by 2.4 percentage points), retail trade (by 1.0 percentage point) and service sector (by 6.6 percentage points), while a reduction of the indicator is observed only in industry (by 4.7 percentage points).

In July 2013 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 446.0 thousand or by 10.2% above the registered in July 2012. The trips with other purposes (as guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 48.2%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 35.1% and with professional purpose - 16.7%.
In July 2013, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 708.3 thousand which was by 1.5% above the level in July 2012. An increase in the visits with holiday and recreation purposes - by 3.3% as well in the professional visits - by 2.3% was registered, while the trips with other purposes decreased by 2.0%.

According to preliminary data during the second quarter of 2013 in comparison with the same period of 2012 an increase in the transported goods by land and water transport by 10.1% was observed, while the transport performance fell by 16.3%. Compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year the transported passengers by land, water and urban electrical transport were by 6.2% less, while the transport performance measured in pass-km increased by 5.8%.

In the second quarter of 2013, 896.8 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority part (80.6%) of them travelled only in the country, 14.5% - only abroad and 4.9% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2012 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over rose by 23.4%, as an increase was observed in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 25.8% as well as in the number of persons travelled abroad - by 10.8%.

According to the preliminary data for the second quarter of 2013 the total turnover index in section “Transportation, storage and post”, calculated on the basis of seasonally adjusted data decreased by 0.3% as compared to the first quarter of 2013. In section „Information and communication” the turnover index grew by 1.6%.

The index of producer prices in agriculture in the second quarter of 2013 increased by 4.1% in comparison with the same quarter of 2012 and it decreased by 0.6% compared to 2012.

The index of prices of goods and services currently consumed in agriculture in the second quarter of 2013 was 2.0% above the level in the same quarter of 2012 and it is higher with 0.2% compared to 2012.

The average quarterly total income average per household member during the second quarter of 2013 is 1 168 Levs or by 9.0% more compared to the same quarter of 2012.

The total expenditure per household member during the second quarter of 2013 is 1 059 Levs and it increases by 9.5% in comparison with the same quarter of 2012.

The consumption of main food products average per capita doesn’t change vastly during the second quarter of 2013 compared to the second quarter of 2012.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the flash GDP growth rate in the second quarter of 2013 is 0.2% compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

In the second quarter of 2013 the unemployment rate was 12.9%, by 0.6 percentage points higher compared to the same quarter of 2012.