Gross domestic product (GDP) - national level - Third quarter of 2025 - flash estimates

In the third quarter of 2025, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 3.2% compared to the third quarter of the previous year and by 0.7% compared to the second quarter of 2025, according to the seasonally adjusted data.

Growth rates on an annual basis

In the third quarter of 2025, according to seasonally adjusted data, GDP increased by 3.2% compared to the third quarter of the previous year. The Gross Value Added (GVA) increased by 3.3%.

Final consumption registered an increase of 9.5%, and gross fixed capital formation registered an increase of 9.2% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of the previous year at seasonally adjusted data. Exports of goods and services decreased by 9.2%, while imports of goods and services increased by 2.2%.

Quarter on quarter growth rates

According to the seasonally adjusted data, GDP had a growth rate of 0.7% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter (Annex, Table 1). The increase of GVA in the third quarter of 2025 was 0.9%.

According to the flash estimate of GDP by final expenditure approach, a reason for the positive GDP growth at seasonally adjusted data in the third quarter of 2025, compared to the previous quarter, was the increase in final consumption by 2.2% and gross fixed capital formation by 2.1%.

GDP in monetary terms, current prices

According to the flash GDP estimates for the third quarter of 2025, GDP at current prices was 62 016.5 million BGN (Annex, Table 2). The Gross Value Added in the third quarter of 2025 amounted to 54 608.0 million BGN.

In the structure of GDP by expenditure approach, the largest share of 76.7% was for the final consumption, which in nominal terms is 47 558.5 million BGN. In the third quarter of 2025, the gross capital formation was 13 770.2 million BGN and had a share of 22.2% in GDP. The external balance (exports minus imports) was positive.

Methodological notes

The Eurostat Handbook on quarterly National Accounts defines the flash estimates as:

‘...the earliest picture of the economy according to national accounts concepts, which is produced and published as soon as possible after the end of the quarter, using a more incomplete set of information than that used for traditional quarterly accounts…’.

Flash estimates of GDP, in the context of general conditions for the preparation of short-term indicators, are based on preliminary short-term information (subject to subsequent update and revisions), expert assessments and models for the components of the GDP structure, for which direct basic information at the time of calculation is not available.

Flash estimates of GDP for the third quarter of 2025 were prepared 44 days after the reference period. They are presented in a standard format for publication of quarterly national accounts data - growth rates as compared to the previous quarter and compared to the same period of the previous year, current prices and relative shares of the components in GDP.

According to the Release Calendar, NSI will prepare and publish preliminary quarterly estimates of GDP for the third quarter of 2025 on December 5, 2025.

The seasonal adjustment of statistical indicators in NSI is organized in accordance with the ESS Guidelines on Seasonal Adjustment. The seasonal adjustment of GDP data is made with the TRAMO/SEATS algorithm applied. The set of variables for seasonal adjustment covers Gross Value Added, Gross Domestic Product and its components from the expenditure side. A direct seasonal adjustment method is applied, where indicators and their components are adjusted independently.

Annex