Industrial production indices - January 2026

Industrial production indices - January 2026

The Industrial Production Index decreased by 2.6% in January 2026 compared to the previous month. The data are preliminary and seasonally adjusted.

In comparison with January 2025, a decline of 8.6% was registered in the calendar-adjusted Industrial Production Index.

 

Monthly changes

In January 2026, compared to the previous month, a decrease was seen in the mining and quarrying industry - by 18.3%, as well as in the manufacturing - by 3.3%, while an increase was registered in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - by 2.3%.

More significant decline in the manufacture was reported in the manufacture of electrical equipment - by 39.6%, in the manufacture of leather and related products - by 23.2%, and in other manufacturing - by 21.0%.

An increase was observed in the manufacture of basic metals - by 35.0%, and in the manufacture of tobacco products - by 13.2%.

Annual changes

On an annual basis, a drop of the Industrial Production Index was registered in the mining and quarrying industry - by 23.2%, in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - by 18.6%, and in manufacturing - by 5.3%.

In manufacturing, a significant decline in production compared to the same month of the previous year was seen in the manufacture of leather and related products - by 33.1%, in the manufacture of other transport equipment - by 19.8%, and in the manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products - by 19.4%.

A rise was reported in the manufacture of tobacco products - by 67.1%, and in the manufacture of basic metals - by 44.1%.

Methodological notes

The monthly indices of industrial production are calculated in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Business Statistics.

In relation to the membership of Bulgaria in the euro area from the 1st of January 2026, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) is obliged to produce and publish Industrial Production Indices on the Non-domestic Market in the euro area and in the non-euro area. This is valid for all country members of the euro area.

The Monthly Industrial Production and Industrial Turnover Indices measure changes in production and turnover values of industrial enterprises. This information can be used to access the current economic development and for short-term forecasts. Indices do not measure the actual production level; they aim to measure the average change in the value of production between two points in time. Indices are compiled based on information collected through a representative sampling survey on industrial enterprises. The sample covers enterprises with an annual turnover of more than 97% of the total turnover in the industry.

The Industrial Production Indices are calculated at a constant base year, that is to say they are weighted with the structure of the value added at factor costs in the base year.

Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method which eliminates the seasonal component of the time series.

Calendar adjustment is an adjustment for variations in the monthly data, caused by calendar effects, the different number of calendar and working days in the months, national holidays and outliers (for example, the presence of more non-working days in May could contribute to the decline in production in some activities).

 

Annex

Table 1

Changes of Industrial Production Indices compared to the previous month
(Per cent)
Economic activities NACE.BG - 2008 VIII.2025 IX.2025 X.2025 XI.2025 XII.2025 I.2026*
Industry B_TO_E36 0.3 2.9 -2.4 -1.4 -0.1 -2.6
Mining and quarrying B 8.7 -4.2 -13.0 22.9 -14.8 -18.3
Mining of coal and lignite B05 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas  B06 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mining of metal ores B07 3.8 3.4 -5.5 8.3 -12.4 -13.5
Other mining and quarrying B08 3.8 -3.8 -7.1 4.9 6.1 -2.4
Mining support service activities   B09 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Manufacturing C 0.6 2.1 -3.4 1.4 0.2 -3.3
Manufacture of food products C10 -0.4 -4.9 -0.8 6.6 -0.1 0.3
Manufacture of beverages C11 -0.5 1.7 -3.4 6.9 4.8 -9.7
Manufacture of tobacco products C12 -5.1 17.9 -17.5 3.2 25.2 13.2
Manufacture of textiles C13 -4.5 -7.7 6.4 5.8 -8.2 -8.0
Manufacture of wearing apparel C14 -1.3 0.5 4.4 -4.5 4.6 1.2
Manufacture of leather and related products C15 10.9 7.2 -6.5 -3.5 -0.7 -23.2
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials C16 1.2 3.3 -5.9 2.0 5.4 2.3
Manufacture of paper and paper products C17 -1.7 0.7 1.5 -6.3 1.1 3.3
Printing and reproduction of recorded media C18 2.4 -2.6 1.2 -8.4 7.3 -4.5
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products   C19 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products C20 5.0 -5.0 -7.8 5.1 2.6 2.3
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations C21 7.9 -0.5 -3.9 5.0 -11.3 7.4
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products C22 -1.4 3.7 -3.0 5.8 -6.2 8.2
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products C23 -0.8 1.8 -3.5 3.5 -7.0 -7.0
Manufacture of basic metals C24 -4.9 5.6 5.9 -1.1 -10.8 35.0
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment C25 5.8 5.0 -8.6 -12.3 8.6 1.6
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products C26 5.4 15.6 -11.6 3.7 14.1 -16.6
Manufacture of electrical equipment C27 2.1 4.2 -0.1 21.7 25.0 -39.6
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. C28 7.9 -2.3 -1.3 1.9 5.5 -9.8
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers C29 -7.1 4.0 2.9 -10.9 5.8 -10.1
Manufacture of other transport equipment C30 -3.4 36.9 8.7 -16.2 2.9 -3.1
Manufacture of furniture C31 5.5 4.7 4.3 -6.7 -2.1 -0.4
Other manufacturing C32 -13.3 11.9 7.1 -12.9 14.6 -21.0
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment C33 6.2 4.6 -22.4 11.8 -5.9 -1.3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply D -14.6 15.8 10.1 -34.5 29.9 2.3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply D35 -14.6 15.8 10.1 -34.5 29.9 2.3
Seasonally adjusted.
* Preliminary data.
„..“ - Confidential data.

Table 2

Changes of Industrial Production Indices compared to the same month of the previous year
(Per cent)
Economic activities NACE.BG - 2008 VIII.2025 IX.2025 X.2025 XI.2025 XII.2025 I.2026*
Industry B_TO_E36 -9.0 -5.7 -7.5 -9.0 -6.7 -8.6
Mining and quarrying B -6.9 -18.9 -10.7 12.5 -22.3 -23.2
Mining of coal and lignite B05 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas  B06 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mining of metal ores B07 -2.5 -14.6 -10.9 27.2 -12.4 -18.1
Other mining and quarrying B08 -8.1 -5.3 -16.5 -12.8 2.3 -10.3
Mining support service activities   B09 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Manufacturing C -5.0 -0.1 -6.2 -4.3 -1.2 -5.3
Manufacture of food products C10 -13.0 -17.4 -21.9 -8.9 -9.7 -5.7
Manufacture of beverages C11 -14.8 -13.9 -14.9 -3.1 1.6 -11.6
Manufacture of tobacco products C12 6.5 27.2 7.9 26.4 36.2 67.1
Manufacture of textiles C13 -7.5 -33.2 -15.3 -0.6 -13.2 -13.9
Manufacture of wearing apparel C14 -20.6 -20.3 -15.4 -24.1 -2.8 -2.1
Manufacture of leather and related products C15 0.8 18.0 -4.3 -7.8 1.5 -33.1
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials C16 -9.1 -11.9 -13.7 -13.6 -10.0 -4.9
Manufacture of paper and paper products C17 -22.6 -25.6 -18.7 -23.3 -16.7 -2.5
Printing and reproduction of recorded media C18 2.8 -7.8 -3.7 -14.4 -4.2 -9.1
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products   C19 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products C20 -11.4 -11.3 -14.4 -18.4 -10.3 -3.4
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations C21 1.3 15.8 -2.7 17.2 -13.4 2.5
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products C22 -8.5 -5.3 -6.4 -1.9 -10.5 4.8
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products C23 21.0 23.1 12.3 13.3 -10.7 -19.4
Manufacture of basic metals C24 -19.6 -19.9 -8.4 -6.4 -3.3 44.1
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment C25 2.5 18.6 -6.3 -13.3 -2.2 -12.7
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products C26 5.2 18.2 4.0 3.4 21.1 16.0
Manufacture of electrical equipment C27 -4.9 4.5 -1.4 14.2 57.7 -6.6
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. C28 7.6 1.9 -1.2 8.1 11.7 -2.0
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers C29 -11.1 0.2 13.0 -6.6 10.1 -17.8
Manufacture of other transport equipment C30 -54.3 -8.6 -8.6 -17.7 -15.8 -19.8
Manufacture of furniture C31 15.5 24.0 27.1 18.7 11.6 16.1
Other manufacturing C32 0.1 25.7 3.4 -4.5 0.6 -5.6
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment C33 14.4 10.1 -24.8 5.9 -5.5 -17.2
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply D -31.0 -25.0 -10.9 -43.4 -14.1 -18.6
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply D35 -31.0 -25.0 -10.9 -43.4 -14.1 -18.6
Calendar-adjusted.
* Preliminary data.
„..“ - Confidential datа.

Table 3

Industrial Production Indices (Seasonally adjusted, 2021 = 100)
NACE.BG - 2008 І.2025 ІІ.2025 ІІІ.2025 ІV.2025 V.2025 VI.2025 VII.2025 VІІІ.2025 ІX.2025 X.2025 XI.2025 XII.2025 І.2026*
B_TO_E36 96.5 96.0 91.2 92.7 93.4 91.6 91.6 91.9 94.5 92.3 91.0 90.9 88.5
B 85.1 79.8 84.3 83.1 83.9 97.3 86.4 93.9 89.9 78.2 96.1 81.9 66.9
B05 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
B06 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
B07 99.9 97.3 98.6 95.1 91.4 105.0 101.3 105.2 108.7 102.8 111.3 97.5 84.4
B08 85.6 67.2 73.2 77.6 76.2 73.5 76.6 79.5 76.5 71.1 74.6 79.1 77.3
B09 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
C 103.3 101.8 101.4 99.6 101.6 99.2 101.1 101.7 103.9 100.3 101.8 102.0 98.6
C10 95.6 88.6 89.4 90.9 91.6 88.8 89.9 89.6 85.2 84.5 90.1 90.0 90.3
C11 102.1 99.9 95.0 96.7 95.3 94.5 91.0 90.6 92.2 89.0 95.1 99.7 90.1
C12 86.5 92.3 91.2 116.3 102.2 99.2 92.6 87.9 103.6 85.5 88.2 110.5 125.0
C13 52.4 53.8 53.3 54.3 51.6 47.8 54.9 52.4 48.4 51.5 54.5 50.0 46.0
C14 78.4 77.6 74.0 76.9 72.5 77.8 71.2 70.3 70.6 73.7 70.3 73.6 74.5
C15 63.3 60.6 59.5 67.8 65.1 63.2 57.6 63.9 68.5 64.1 61.9 61.4 47.2
C16 89.9 86.7 84.6 82.4 78.7 78.5 77.6 78.6 81.1 76.3 77.8 82.0 83.9
C17 73.7 76.1 74.7 73.9 71.5 70.3 72.5 71.2 71.7 72.8 68.2 69.0 71.3
C18 90.9 88.1 93.5 90.6 91.9 93.0 88.1 90.2 87.8 88.9 81.4 87.3 83.4
C19 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
C20 97.4 94.0 93.5 91.7 98.5 89.1 92.2 96.8 91.9 84.8 89.1 91.4 93.5
C21 117.3 107.0 114.1 108.3 110.8 127.0 115.3 124.4 123.8 118.9 124.9 110.8 119.0
C22 81.5 80.7 81.6 82.1 79.7 81.0 78.4 77.3 80.2 77.8 82.3 77.2 83.5
C23 113.7 99.1 103.2 95.3 106.5 103.8 106.6 105.7 107.5 103.8 107.5 99.9 93.0
C24 72.3 74.6 75.0 72.5 72.9 70.8 77.2 73.4 77.6 82.1 81.2 72.5 97.8
C25 191.1 159.0 179.5 167.7 170.0 144.9 170.0 179.9 188.8 172.6 151.4 164.4 167.1
C26 92.1 107.7 121.1 99.7 102.6 108.4 102.2 107.6 124.4 109.9 114.0 130.0 108.4
C27 98.5 96.1 98.9 108.5 101.7 98.7 96.8 98.8 102.9 102.8 125.2 156.5 94.6
C28 93.4 98.2 100.7 93.5 94.8 93.2 91.8 99.0 96.7 95.5 97.3 102.6 92.6
C29 113.2 111.9 116.2 115.0 120.7 113.1 112.6 104.6 108.9 112.0 99.8 105.6 94.9
C30 104.1 123.5 83.3 105.4 98.0 87.8 68.0 65.7 89.9 97.7 81.9 84.2 81.6
C31 80.2 90.1 97.3 89.7 93.6 86.2 89.3 94.3 98.7 102.9 96.0 94.1 93.6
C32 110.7 132.9 112.9 131.2 130.5 113.6 128.9 111.8 125.1 134.0 116.8 133.8 105.7
C33 127.4 108.0 103.9 109.3 99.9 117.0 118.4 125.8 131.5 102.1 114.1 107.4 106.0
D 75.8 83.9 47.8 73.5 67.7 63.2 63.1 53.8 62.3 68.6 44.9 58.4 59.7
D35 75.8 83.9 47.8 73.5 67.7 63.2 63.1 53.8 62.3 68.6 44.9 58.4 59.7
* Preliminary data.
„..“ - Confidential data.

Table 4

Industrial Production Indices (Calendar-adjusted, 2021 = 100)
NACE.BG - 2008 І.2025 ІІ.2025 ІІІ.2025 ІV.2025 V.2025 VI.2025 VII.2025 VІІІ.2025 ІX.2025 X.2025 XI.2025 ХІІ.2025 І.2026*
B_TO_E36 90.8 90.7 91.8 89.1 89.1 92.9 94.4 89.7 96.8 98.1 95.4 94.9 83.0
B 82.6 75.1 81.8 75.5 76.8 93.9 82.5 94.2 96.9 85.5 104.0 92.6 63.4
B05 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
B06 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
B07 92.4 84.8 95.4 90.6 91.4 113.6 96.5 112.6 117.7 97.8 122.5 108.7 75.7
B08 62.8 52.7 69.6 76.1 79.2 78.6 80.5 83.5 81.4 79.9 83.8 80.4 56.3
B09 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
C 93.4 93.1 103.7 98.0 100.7 103.3 104.9 98.4 106.9 108.4 106.5 101.4 88.5
C10 87.3 77.0 88.7 87.6 90.3 89.2 89.8 91.2 88.2 93.4 94.2 93.0 82.3
C11 74.6 72.5 86.4 93.0 97.1 113.1 111.3 110.5 103.5 81.4 87.6 96.5 65.9
C12 52.9 63.4 96.4 127.3 119.4 121.1 118.1 90.2 114.6 89.0 81.3 100.6 88.3
C13 47.5 54.1 56.6 54.0 54.9 50.9 56.4 43.8 49.2 54.7 58.9 44.7 40.9
C14 80.9 77.3 72.4 69.7 65.5 85.0 80.4 65.6 69.3 78.2 72.4 71.8 79.2
C15 62.6 58.5 62.5 67.3 62.0 67.9 61.9 51.2 68.7 71.5 71.4 57.7 41.9
C16 76.1 77.4 85.6 82.7 81.7 82.0 82.3 75.9 84.1 81.0 84.4 77.7 72.4
C17 69.2 70.9 77.0 71.0 71.1 74.0 76.6 66.4 72.0 81.2 73.4 62.5 67.4
C18 81.8 79.5 95.6 89.1 92.0 97.1 86.8 83.4 84.2 95.2 91.6 92.9 74.4
C19 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
C20 91.7 89.2 101.8 92.7 97.8 91.5 93.0 92.7 90.8 85.0 91.7 90.5 88.5
C21 114.0 96.2 125.0 106.2 107.2 141.8 112.1 116.1 116.2 125.9 131.2 110.1 116.9
C22 74.7 75.5 84.6 81.8 79.2 85.5 81.7 72.3 82.9 84.1 86.3 69.3 78.2
C23 84.9 83.3 103.3 96.1 112.9 109.0 115.6 108.7 113.1 113.7 115.3 92.2 68.4
C24 70.9 71.9 80.3 73.1 75.6 72.4 78.2 66.8 76.5 89.6 86.9 63.0 102.1
C25 153.8 139.7 180.7 169.5 166.6 147.3 182.9 177.7 192.5 184.0 164.0 169.5 134.2
C26 85.5 104.7 127.9 96.8 98.7 114.5 104.8 94.5 128.3 122.1 120.6 126.3 99.2
C27 91.6 95.9 102.5 107.9 95.5 106.1 100.2 91.4 105.8 108.7 128.2 136.6 85.6
C28 83.7 95.5 107.7 94.7 92.9 98.1 93.6 87.7 98.5 103.5 101.8 100.0 82.1
C29 115.7 114.9 125.6 114.9 119.4 116.5 106.6 92.1 108.1 119.4 106.6 93.5 95.1
C30 81.5 124.3 81.7 110.4 98.0 91.3 62.9 59.4 88.7 112.8 79.9 75.5 65.4
C31 70.2 83.9 103.1 87.9 93.6 90.7 91.8 89.8 99.7 111.9 100.3 91.1 81.5
C32 95.2 117.3 113.2 127.5 129.1 129.0 130.5 110.0 130.3 149.0 124.1 123.1 89.9
C33 94.3 92.0 103.3 99.3 93.6 120.6 120.0 123.3 141.0 106.5 124.2 141.9 78.1
D 87.2 90.7 53.4 63.4 51.3 52.4 59.8 52.6 58.0 65.8 49.1 70.2 71.0
D35 87.2 90.7 53.4 63.4 51.3 52.4 59.8 52.6 58.0 65.8 49.1 70.2 71.0
* Preliminary data.
„..“ - Confidential data.

Detailed data can be found on the website of NSI at the sections:
Industrial Production Indices