Statistical data

For January 2025, the reported revenues of sub-sector ‘Central Government’ were in the amount of BGN 4 882.07 million and the expenditures were in the amount of  BGN 4 915.93 million, and for the sub-sector ‘Social Security Funds’ the revenues amounted to BGN 2 845.61 million and the expenditures were BGN 2 695.11 million.

The data for the ‘Central Government’ sub-sector are formed on the basis of the monthly cash statements of the budget units, as well as on estimates of the state enterprises reclassified in the sub-sector, and the data for the ‘Social Security Funds’ sub-sector - on the basis of the monthly cash statements of the National Insurance Institute and the National Health Insurance Fund.

The information is published on the basis of Article 3 (2) of Directive 2011/85 of the EU.

Detailed data can be found on NSI’s website under the heading 'Government Finance Statistics'.

In December 2024, compared to November 2024, an increase was reported in the production of: motor gasoline - by 73.6%, electricity - by 27.0%, solid fuels - by 12.8%, and transport diesel - by 11.2%. A decrease was reported in the production of liquefied petroleum gases - by 16.7%. There was no change in the production of natural gas.

Compared to December 2023, an increase was reported in the production of: liquefied petroleum gases - by 66.7%, motor gasoline - by 10.2%, solid fuels - by 7.4%, electricity - by 1.3%, and transport diesel - by 0.7%. There was no change in the production of natural gas.

In December 2024, compared to November 2024, an increase was reported in the deliveries of: solid fuels - by 11.2%, electricity - by 9.3%, and natural gas - by 2.1%. A decrease was reported in the deliveries of: motor gasoline - by 34.9%, and transport diesel - by 13.2%. There was no change in the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases.

Compared to December 2023, an increase was reported in the deliveries of: transport diesel - by 9.9%, motor gasoline - by 7.9%, electricity - by 4.6%, solid fuels - by 3.7%, and natural gas - by 1.4%. A decrease was observed in the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases - by 20.5%.

In February 2025, the total business climate indicator increases by 2.3 percentage points compared to the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is observed in the industry, construction and retail trade, while in the service sector a reduction is registered.

The uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and insufficient demand remain the main obstacles for the activity of the enterprises in the sectors.

The Total Producer Price Index in Industry rose by 4.9% in January 2025 compared to the previous month. An increase of 11.7% was registered in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, in the manufacturing industry - by 6.1%, and in the mining and quarrying industry - by 3.5%.

The Producer Price Index on the Domestic Market increased by 5.4% in January 2025 compared to December 2024. The domestic prices grew in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - by 17.5%, and in the manufacturing industry - by 6.0%, while in the mining and quarrying industry a decrease by 0.1% was reported.

The Total Producer Price Index went up by 12.5% in January 2025 compared to the same month in 2024. An increase was observed in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - by 34.2%, in the mining and quarrying industry - by 27.1%, as well as in the manufacturing industry - by 8.5%.

The Producer Price Index on the Domestic Market increased by 14.4% compared to January 2024. The prices rose in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - by 41.2%, in the mining and quarrying industry - by 19.3%, and in the manufacturing industry - by 6.9%.

The National Statistical Institute has published final 2023 data on research and development (R&D) activity. In 2023, the total amount of expenditure on research and development activity (R&D) was 1 467.5 million BGN, which was 15.9% more than the previous year. The personnel engaged in R&D activity amounted to 25 410 persons (in full-time equivalent), which was 6.2% less compared to 2022.

Detailed data are published on the website of NSI under the heading “Research and development activity (R&D)”.

In January 2025, the number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 600.4 thousand, or 11.7% above the registered number in January 2024. An increase in the trips with all the observed purposes was registered.

The number of visits of non-residents to Bulgaria was 739.0 thousand, or 0.3% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year. А decrease by 5.9% was registered in the trips with other purposes, while those with holiday and recreation purposes and with professional purposes increased by 6.5% and 2.9% respectively. The transit passes through the country were 28.4% (210.1 thousand) of all visits of non-residents to Bulgaria.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, there was an increase in both the goods carried by freight transport and the transport performance by 6.2% and 15.0% respectively in comparison with the previous quarter. The data are preliminary and seasonally adjusted.

The passengers carried by passenger transport (land, water and urban electrical transport) decreased by 6.6%, while the transport performance rose by 1.6% due to an increase in international carriages and the average distance travelled respectively.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year:

• The goods carried by land transported were 7.9% less and the transport performance decreased by 2.6%;
• The inland waterway and maritime transport carried 39.8 thousand tonnes more goods, and the performance, measured in tonne-kilometers, recorded a 20.0% rise;
• The number of passengers carried by land transport dropped by 3.7%, whereas the performance marked a 4.3% rise;
• The water passenger transport marked a decline of 0.4 thousand passengers, while the performance increased by 1.2%;
• The urban electric transport enterprises carried 10.7 thousand passengers more and the performance also rose by 27.4%.

In 2024, the average annual gross wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract was 27 881 BGN according to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute. In comparison with 2023, the increase was 13.9%, as in the public sector it was 14.8% and in the private sector - 13.5%.

Detailed data can be found on the NSI website under the heading 'Annual statistics on employment and labour cost'.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, 1.1 million Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority of them - 74.4% travelled only in the country, 20.5% - only abroad, and 5.1% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2023, the number of travelled persons aged 15 and over decreased by 7.2%.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets in all sectors of the economy amounted to 9 676 million BGN, which is 31.6% more compared to the previous quarter. The data are preliminary.

Detailed data are published on the website of NSI under the heading “Investments”.