Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2014
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2014 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.2% compared to the third quarter of 2013.
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2014 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.2% compared to the third quarter of 2013.
According to first estimate on economic accounts for agriculture of the National Statistical Institute, prepared as of November 2014, the real income index (income at factor cost) in agriculture decreased by 10.7% as compared with 2013. In 2013 compared to 2012 the decrease is insignificant by 0.3%.
Consumption per capita varied between 49% and 136% of the EU28 average.
In 2014 56.7% of households in Bulgaria had access to the internet at home, which was a growth of 3.0 percentage point, compared to the previous year. There was also a growth of 2.5 percentage points of the individuals aged 16 - 74 years who used the internet every day or at least once per week and 21.3% of them used cloud services to store or share files on the internet.
In 2014, the relative share of enterprises having internet access reached 91.4%, or with 2.3 percentage points more in comparison with the previous year. Information and communication technologies were most widely used by the largest enterprises (250 or more persons employed), 99.5% of them had an internet access, while in small enterprises (10 - 49 persons employed) this relative share was 89.9%. More than half of the enterprises with internet access (53.7%) maintained their own webpage or website.
In October 2014, 1 935 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 69.5 thousands and the bed-places were 143.6 thousands. In comparison with October 2013 the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) increased by 1.9% and the bed-places in them - by 3.5%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in October 2014 was 702.1 thousands or by 2.2% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year. The total revenues from nights spent in October 2014 reached 34.5 million BGN or by 3.7% more compared to October 2013.
In the period January - October 2014 the Bulgarian exports to third countries decreased by 7.1% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 13.5 Billion BGN while the imports decreased by 2.8% and added up to 16.5 Billion BGN.
In the period January - October 2014 the total value of all exported goods (both for third countries and EU) amounted to 35.9 Billion BGN and compared to the corresponding period of 2013 the exports decreased by 1.4% while the total value of all imported goods added up to 42.4 Billion BGN and increased by 0.9%.