Statistical data

Poverty and social inclusion indicators are part of the general EU indicators for tracing the progress in the field of poverty and social exclusion. Main source of statistical data, on which basis the general indicators are calculated is the annually conducted Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC).
NSI presents final results for 2010 based on the conducted in 2011 SILC.

In 2012 more than a half of the households (50.9%) in Bulgaria had access to the internet at home, or a growth of 5.9 percentage point is observed compared to the previous year. There was also an increase in the relative share of individuals aged 16-71 years who were using internet at least once per week.

In January 2012 the relative share of non-financial enterprises (10 and more employed) with internet access reached 87.4%, or with 0.5 percentage points more in comparison to the same period of the previous year and 48.8% had their own webpage or website.

The consumer price index in November 2012 compared to October 2012 was 99.9%, i.e. the monthly inflation was - 0.1%.

In October 2012, 1 776 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed places were functioned in Bulgaria. In comparison with the previous month the total number of accommodation establishments decreased by 23.7% and the bed-places in them - by 44.4%. The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments amounted to 650.4 thousands as 415.9 thousands of them were spent by Bulgarian residents and 234.5 thousands - by foreigners. The total revenues from nights spent were 29.3 million BGN or by 67.9% less compared to September.

In the period January – October 2012 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 11.1% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 13.9 Billion Levs while the imports increased by 12.8% and added up to 17.3 Billion Levs.
In the first ten months of 2012 the total value of all exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 33.8 Billion Levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2011 the exports increased by 2.2% while the total value of all imported goods reached 41.6 Billion Levs and grew by 10.8%.

In the period January - September 2012 the Bulgarian exports to the EU decreased by 2.6% compared to the corresponding period of 2011 and amounted to 17.8 Billion Levs while the imports increased by 10.4% and added up to 21.7 Billion Levs.
In September 2012 the exports to the EU decreased by 4.8% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to 2.1 Billion Levs while the imports decreased by 2.5% and added up to 2.3 Billion Levs.

According to the preliminary data of the NSI, in October 2012 the index of production in section ‘Construction’, calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data, was 2.2% above the level of the previous month.

The preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index seasonally adjusted decreased by 0.4% in October 2012 as compared to September 2012. The working day adjusted Industrial Production Index fell by 4.1% in October 2012 in comparison with the same month of 2011.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the third quarter of 2012 is 0.5% compared with the same quarter of the previous year.