Statistical data

Preliminary data of NSI for the third quarter of 2011 indicated that total hourly labour cost rose by 7.2% compared to the third quarter of 2010.

Results from the survey on ICT usage in enterprises 2011 established a steady growth in the share of companies that rely on the increasingly usage of ICT and e-commerce to improve their own business.

The ICT survey in households 2011 reports high growth in the share of households having access to the Internet at home and broadband connection.

The National Statistical Institute presents to the users results from annual surveys in the domain of environmental statistics for 2010.

The European survey on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) is an instrument for providing comparative statistics for the income distribution, level and structure of poverty and social exclusion.

The consumer price index (CPI) in November 2011 compared to October 2011 was 100.3%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.3%.
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) in November 2011 compared to October 2011 was 100.1%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.1%.

In the period January - October 2011 the Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 28.8% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and exceeded 12.3 billion levs while the imports increased by 23.6% and amounted to 15.4 billion levs

In the period January - October 2011 the total value of the exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 32.6 billion levs and compared to the corresponding period of 2010 the exports increased by 31.3% while the total value of all imported goods was 36.8 billion levs and increased by 22.3%.

In the period January - September 2011 the Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 34.6% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 18.1 billion levs while the imports increased by 20.5% and amounted to 18.7 billion levs.

In September 2011 the exports to the EU increased by 22.7% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and exceeded 2.0 billion levs while the imports increased by 10.3% and exceeded 2.1 billion levs.

According to the preliminary data of the NSI, in October 2011 the index of production in section ‘Construction’, calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data was 0.2% above the level of the previous month.

The preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index seasonally adjusted increased by 0.4% in October 2011 as compared to September 2011. The working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 2.4% as compared to the same month of 2010.