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  • 29 Apr
  • 2025
  • Population (Demography, Migration and Projections)

Population and Demographic processes - 2024 - final data

As of December 31, 2024, the population of Bulgaria was 6 437 360 persons. Compared to 2023, the country’s population had decreased by ...

  • 25 Apr
  • 2025
  • Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators

Staistics of income and living conditions - Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators - 2024

In 2024, the average monthly poverty line for the country was 763.83 BGN per person. The number of persons who were below this line were 1 401.3 thous ...

  • 25 Apr
  • 2025
  • Health

Creches - 2024

The number of detached crèches and groups in kindergartens functioning in the country as of 31.12.2024 was 839, with 33 480 places in them. The number ...

  • 17 Apr
  • 2025
  • Households Income, Expenditure and Consumption

Household income, expenditure and consumption - 2024

According to data from the Household Budget Survey, the annual total income average per capita was 12 857 BGN in 2024, there was an increase of 18.5% ...

  • 21 Mar
  • 2025
  • Quarterly Labour Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted, working day adjusted, seasonally adjusted)

Labour cost index - Fourth quarter of 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.8% (according to preliminary data). The ...

  • 14 Mar
  • 2025
  • Labour Force Survey

Main Labour Force Survey Results - 2024 - Annual data

The unemployment rate was 4.2% and compared to 2023 it decreased by 0.1 percentage points.

  • 18 Feb
  • 2025
  • Households Income, Expenditure and Consumption

Household income, expenditure and consumption - Fourth quarter of 2024

According to data from the Household Budget Survey, during the fourth quarter of 2024 the quarterly total income average per household member was 3 37 ...

  • 14 Feb
  • 2025
  • Short-term statistics on employment and labour cost

Employees and average wages and salaries - Fourth quarter of 2024

Number of employees at the end of December 2024 decreased by 0.5%, compared to the end of September, and reached 2.31 million. In the fourth quarter o ...

  • 14 Feb
  • 2025
  • Labour Force Survey

Main Labour Force Survey Results - Fourth quarter of 2024

According to the results from the Labour Force Survey, in the fourth quarter of 2024: - The unemployment rate was 3.8%, by 0.4 percentage points lowe ...

  • 7 Feb
  • 2025
  • Housing Fund

Short-term statistics of residential buildings - Fourth quarter of 2024 - preliminary data

According to the National Statistical Institute preliminary data, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the number of newly built residential buildings was 1 ...

  • 20 Dec
  • 2024
  • Short-term statistics on employment and labour cost

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2024

In the third quarter of 2024, compared to the third quarter of 2023, the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.8% (according to preliminary data). The t ...

  • 16 Dec
  • 2024
  • Labour Force Survey

Pension and Labour market participation - Module to the Labour Force Survey in 2023

The National Statistical Institute has published data from the LFS module 2023 “Pension and labour market participation”, covering persons aged 50 to ...

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