Kindergartens, children, pedagogical staff, places and groups in the kindergartens by statistical zones, statistical regions, districts and municipalities

Time series : Edu_1.5_en.xls

KINDERGARTENS, CHILDREN, PEDAGOGICAL STAFF, PLACES AND GROUPS IN THE KINDERGARTENS BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS, DISTRICTS AND MUNICIPALITIES IN 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR

(Number)
Statistical zones Statistical regions Districts Municipalities	Independent kindergartens	Children		Places		Pedagogical staff¹		Children's groups
		Children		Places		Pedagogical staff¹
		total	of which: girls	total	per 100 children	total	of which: teachers
		total	of which: girls	total	per 100 children	total	of which: teachers
Total	1 817	214 847	104 332	240 875	112.1	19 975	18 726	9 073
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	988	102 788	49 920	123 010	119.7	9 705	9 147	4 429
Severozapaden	224	20 835	10 130	25 512	122.4	2 038	1 949	933
Vidin	24	2 093	1 018	2 757	131.7	212	206	103
Belogradchik	1	142	78	135	95.1	12	12	6
Boynitsa	1	25	7	30	120.0	2	2	1
Bregovo	1	87	56	105	120.7	9	9	4
Vidin	8	1 342	653	1 703	126.9	132	127	63
Gramada	1	23	9	24	104.3	2	2	2
Dimovo	3	168	70	189	112.5	14	14	8
Kula	1	61	29	83	136.1	7	6	3
Makresh	1	24	11	67	279.2	4	4	2
Novo Selo	1	60	32	175	291.7	11	11	5
Ruzhintsi	4	117	50	195	166.7	15	15	7
Chuprene	2	44	23	51	115.9	4	4	2
Vratsa	43	5 105	2 466	6 081	119.1	528	499	222
Borovan	2	173	80	310	179.2	22	22	9
Byala Slatina	5	707	352	889	125.7	67	67	31
Vratsa	15	2 087	1 017	2 339	112.1	213	195	85
Kozloduy	7	696	344	732	105.2	66	66	30
Krivodol	2	239	111	251	105.0	22	22	10
Mezdra	5	558	265	572	102.5	67	59	25
Mizia	1	151	65	172	113.9	17	17	8
Oryahovo	4	234	117	319	136.3	26	26	11
Roman	1	161	73	407	252.8	13	12	7
Hayredin	1	99	42	90	90.9	15	13	6
Lovech	31	3 462	1 695	4 155	120.0	326	321	159
Apriltsi	1	59	28	97	164.4	9	9	4
Letnitsa	1	90	46	80	88.9	10	10	5
Lovech	8	986	486	1 101	111.7	83	80	41
Lukovit	5	572	272	810	141.6	51	50	27
Teteven	6	588	279	580	98.6	62	62	29
Troyan	7	759	379	927	122.1	78	77	36
Ugarchin	2	155	76	196	126.5	16	16	7
Yablanitsa	1	253	129	364	143.9	17	17	10
Montana	48	3 550	1 742	4 463	125.7	318	312	156
Berkovitsa	6	445	227	574	129.0	43	42	21
Boychinovtsi	6	194	87	362	186.6	18	18	10
Brusartsi	3	122	59	213	174.6	13	13	7
Valchedram	6	268	124	320	119.4	22	22	11
Varshets	1	202	104	231	114.4	17	17	10
Georgi Damyanovo	1	17	10	32	188.2	2	2	1
Lom	9	546	273	690	126.4	50	50	27
Medkovets	2	92	40	106	115.2	7	7	5
Montana	12	1 527	742	1 702	111.5	131	126	57
Chiprovtsi	1	32	18	61	190.6	4	4	2
Yakimovo	1	105	58	172	163.8	11	11	5
Pleven	78	6 625	3 209	8 056	121.6	654	611	293
Belene	2	174	78	226	129.9	22	19	7
Gulyantsi	6	206	108	255	123.8	26	25	12
Dolna Mitropolia	8	404	186	539	133.4	44	42	22
Dolni Dabnik	7	274	132	286	104.4	30	28	13
Iskar	2	142	74	143	100.7	13	13	6
Knezha	5	437	224	448	102.5	40	39	19
Levski	4	387	192	460	118.9	37	37	18
Nikopol	4	134	62	175	130.6	15	15	8
Pleven	34	3 595	1 754	4 444	123.6	337	312	147
Pordim	1	145	72	177	122.1	13	13	8
Cherven Bryag	5	727	327	903	124.2	77	68	33
Severen tsentralen	204	21 415	10 368	27 587	128.8	2 129	1 981	941
Veliko Tarnovo	74	6 607	3 257	8 393	127.0	643	572	271
Veliko Tarnovo	24	2 749	1 373	2 740	99.7	249	212	96
Gorna Oryahovitsa	10	1 165	564	1 590	136.5	118	103	49
Elena	5	240	110	270	112.5	23	22	10
Zlataritsa	4	131	63	273	208.4	14	12	6
Lyaskovets	6	325	160	486	149.5	34	30	15
Pavlikeni	10	593	309	1 042	175.7	59	54	25
Polski Trambesh	3	283	126	422	149.1	24	23	12
Svishtov	7	734	367	974	132.7	79	73	38
Strazhitsa	4	332	160	532	160.2	39	39	18
Suhindol	1	55	25	64	116.4	4	4	2
Gabrovo	19	2 777	1 375	3 668	132.1	0.3	260	119
Gabrovo	10	1 419	691	1 774	125.0	137	130	59
Dryanovo	1	183	104	214	116.9	19	18	8
Sevlievo	5	971	480	1 447	149.0	95	91	43
Tryavna	3	204	100	233	114.2	23	21	9
Razgrad	48	3 284	1 560	4 627	140.9	359	348	165
Zavet	5	240	113	405	168.8	27	26	13
Isperih	14	683	334	828	121.2	66	65	32
Kubrat	5	392	181	858	218.9	54	54	26
Loznitsa	1	178	87	379	212.9	21	21	10
Razgrad	20	1 511	723	1 700	112.5	157	148	67
Samuil	2	161	78	288	178.9	19	19	10
Tsar Kaloyan	1	119	44	169	142.0	15	15	7
Ruse	39	5 669	2 684	6 895	121.6	533	506	250
Borovo	1	52	25	76	146.2	9	9	4
Byala	2	297	150	439	147.8	28	27	14
Vetovo	3	291	133	342	117.5	32	32	15
Dve Mogili	2	159	68	188	118.2	18	18	9
Ivanovo	1	135	64	269	199.3	17	15	7
Ruse	24	4 389	2 086	4 934	112.4	395	371	187
Slivo Pole	2	247	108	527	213.4	24	24	9
Tsenovo	4	99	50	120	121.2	10	10	5
Silistra	24	3 078	1 492	4 004	130.1	320	295	136
Alfatar	1	64	33	100	156.3	9	9	4
Glavinitsa	1	230	104	320	139.1	24	24	11
Dulovo	6	837	404	1 215	145.2	91	91	44
Kaynardzha	1	193	100	247	128.0	17	17	10
Silistra	10	1 249	607	1 498	119.9	126	103	44
Sitovo	2	137	72	162	118.2	16	16	7
Tutrakan	3	368	172	462	125.5	37	35	16
Severoiztochen	295	27 669	13 477	32 958	119.1	2 652	2 513	1 198
Varna	99	15 221	7 407	14 968	98.3	1 345	1 274	588
Avren	2	218	106	696	319.3	22	22	10
Aksakovo	8	600	316	721	120.2	60	58	28
Beloslav	5	356	176	398	111.8	43	37	15
Byala	1	94	44	111	118.1	11	11	5
Varna	61	11 636	5 648	10 317	88.7	1 005	944	428
Vetrino	2	102	50	158	154.9	14	14	6
Valchi Dol	4	213	103	407	191.1	23	23	12
Devnya	1	261	135	263	100.8	26	25	13
Dolni Chiflik	5	552	273	570	103.3	45	45	21
Dalgopol	4	376	169	393	104.5	31	30	15
Provadia	5	576	277	716	124.3	49	49	27
Suvorovo	1	237	110	218	92.0	16	16	8
Dobrich	79	4 716	2 299	6 411	135.9	479	451	237
Balchik	11	557	278	595	106.8	62	59	29
General Toshevo	9	291	149	409	140.5	34	34	16
Dobrich	12	2 353	1 135	2 525	107.3	192	174	101
Dobrich - selska	30	556	273	1 361	244.8	67	67	35
Kavarna	6	378	170	673	178.0	45	42	19
Krushari	1	98	57	110	112.2	13	13	6
Tervel	9	396	192	586	148.0	54	50	25
Shabla	1	87	45	152	174.7	12	12	6
Targovishte	21	2 958	1 459	3 955	133.7	309	287	138
Antonovo	1	118	55	118	100.0	13	12	6
Omurtag	2	332	161	484	145.8	42	42	21
Opaka	1	131	60	211	161.1	14	14	7
Popovo	4	636	309	783	123.1	71	64	30
Targovishte	13	1 741	874	2 359	135.5	169	155	74
Shumen	96	4 774	2 312	7 624	159.7	519	501	235
Veliki Preslav	6	229	105	461	201.3	32	31	14
Venets	7	121	62	213	176.0	21	19	9
Varbitsa	10	273	137	643	235.5	31	31	15
Kaolinovo	15	306	150	1 016	332.0	38	38	21
Kaspichan	6	212	109	319	150.5	26	22	11
Nikola Kozlevo	7	166	91	333	200.6	23	23	11
Novi Pazar	9	460	222	747	162.4	51	49	22
Smyadovo	3	127	66	244	192.1	15	15	7
Hitrino	5	81	38	209	258.0	9	9	5
Shumen	28	2 799	1 332	3 439	122.9	273	264	120
Yugoiztochen	265	32 869	15 945	36 953	112.4	2 886	2 704	1 357
Burgas	109	13 236	6 506	14 951	113.0	1 173	1 108	542
Aytos	6	807	395	1 000	123.9	65	64	38
Burgas	35	7 146	3 564	7 006	98.0	620	565	260
Kameno	6	260	135	328	126.2	27	27	13
Karnobat	7	669	306	779	116.4	59	57	30
Malko Tarnovo	2	72	37	96	133.3	6	6	3
Nesebar	11	958	489	1 167	121.8	86	85	39
Pomorie	7	875	405	1 119	127.9	74	73	32
Primorsko	1	164	78	268	163.4	18	18	9
Ruen	14	822	376	1 415	172.1	81	80	52
Sozopol	6	320	159	378	118.1	32	32	16
Sredets	5	468	221	498	106.4	43	39	19
Sungurlare	7	351	183	523	149.0	33	33	18
Tsarevo	2	324	158	374	115.4	29	29	13
Sliven	60	6 119	2 950	6 851	112.0	497	471	258
Kotel	6	409	174	483	118.1	40	40	22
Nova Zagora	20	969	500	1 224	126.3	92	85	47
Sliven	28	4 156	1 990	4 473	107.6	324	305	164
Tvarditsa	6	585	286	671	114.7	41	41	25
Stara Zagora	77	9 943	4 749	10 974	110.4	886	814	402
Bratya Daskalovi	6	204	103	281	137.7	19	19	10
Gurkovo	1	129	59	152	117.8	10	10	5
Galabovo	2	297	144	468	157.6	28	28	16
Kazanlak	14	2 194	1 031	2 425	110.5	232	197	89
Maglizh	4	354	162	349	98.6	39	30	14
Nikolaevo	1	182	89	326	179.1	18	18	9
Opan	1	21	11	60	285.7	2	2	1
Pavel Banya	9	415	203	626	150.8	35	35	17
Radnevo	6	574	267	766	133.4	62	57	28
Stara Zagora	29	4 960	2 394	4 849	97.8	395	372	185
Chirpan	4	613	286	672	109.6	46	46	28
Yambol	19	3 571	1 740	4 177	117.0	330	311	155
Bolyarovo	1	69	36	255	369.6	9	9	4
Elhovo	2	359	187	478	133.1	36	36	18
Straldzha	2	406	180	506	124.6	31	31	16
Tundzha	5	538	248	727	135.1	57	57	28
Yambol	9	2 199	1 089	2 211	100.5	197	178	89
Yugozapadna I Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	829	112 059	54 412	117 865	105.2	10 270	9 579	4 644
Yugozapaden	467	69 484	33 616	72 403	104.2	6 401	5 907	2 870
Blagoevgrad	73	10 621	5 224	12 668	119.3	991	935	444
Bansko	3	490	236	570	116.3	42	40	20
Belitsa	1	244	125	321	131.6	20	19	12
Blagoevgrad	13	2 663	1 303	2 943	110.5	237	213	103
Gotse Delchev	12	1 310	664	1 399	106.8	132	120	54
Garmen	6	683	334	821	120.2	69	67	32
Kresna	1	123	59	145	117.9	15	15	7
Petrich	7	1 752	856	1 858	106.1	132	127	64
Razlog	1	633	330	831	131.3	56	55	27
Sandanski	8	1 267	604	1 407	111.0	109	106	50
Satovcha	14	386	190	589	152.6	59	53	25
Simitli	2	395	188	504	127.6	44	44	18
Strumyani	1	142	75	136	95.8	13	13	6
Hadzhidimovo	3	263	130	605	230.0	31	31	11
Yakoruda	1	270	130	539	199.6	32	32	15
Kyustendil	19	3 068	1 539	3 665	119.5	254	250	121
Bobov dol	2	143	65	249	174.1	14	14	7
Boboshevo	1	41	24	68	165.9	4	4	2
Dupnitsa	6	1 185	608	1 301	109.8	100	98	47
Kocherinovo	1	88	46	66	75.0	9	9	4
Kyustendil	6	1 324	659	1 612	121.8	101	99	48
Nevestino	1	40	23	63	157.5	4	4	2
Rila	1	77	32	120	155.8	8	8	4
Sapareva Banya	1	170	82	186	109.4	14	14	7
Pernik	22	3 587	1 741	4 125	115.0	313	296	139
Breznik	1	118	53	155	131.4	11	11	5
Zemen	1	16	8	2	12.5	2	2	1
Kovachevtsi	1	10	7	22	220.0	2	2	1
Pernik	15	2 811	1 371	3 204	114.0	246	230	108
Radomir	3	556	265	591	106.3	45	44	21
Tran	1	76	37	151	198.7	7	7	3
Sofia	71	7 638	3 732	8 322	109.0	658	641	316
Anton	1	41	15	89	217.1	5	5	2
Bozhurishte	2	420	192	425	101.2	33	32	15
Botevgrad	11	1 115	536	1 102	98.8	96	93	44
Godech	1	96	47	122	127.1	7	7	3
Gorna Malina	1	163	79	277	169.9	18	16	4
Dolna Banya	1	162	68	138	85.2	12	12	6
Dragoman	1	71	48	115	162.0	9	9	4
Elin Pelin	11	923	470	940	101.8	87	81	41
Etropole	3	405	177	402	99.3	39	38	16
Zlatitsa	1	165	102	254	153.9	19	19	9
Ihtiman	3	578	283	745	128.9	44	44	28
Koprivshtitsa	1	47	33	66	140.4	3	3	2
Kostenets	3	315	155	289	91.7	29	28	12
Kostinbrod	5	572	284	475	83.0	34	34	18
Mirkovo	1	61	36	67	109.8	6	6	3
Pirdop	1	249	113	359	144.2	22	22	11
Pravets	4	256	119	333	130.1	29	27	13
Samokov	5	1 106	524	1 053	95.2	85	84	42
Svoge	11	475	237	600	126.3	49	49	25
Slivnitsa	2	275	138	298	108.4	21	21	12
Chavdar	1	41	21	60	146.3	4	4	2
Chelopech	1	102	55	113	110.8	7	7	4
Sofia (stolitsa)	282	44 570	21 380	43 623	97.9	4 185	3 785	1 850
Stolichna	282	44 570	21 380	43 623	97.9	4 185	3 785	1 850
Yuzhen tsentralen	362	42 575	20 796	45 462	106.8	3 869	3 672	1 774
Kardzhali	59	4 040	1 968	5 057	125.2	418	387	191
Ardino	5	172	81	250	145.3	22	22	10
Dzhebel	4	193	95	206	106.7	22	22	11
Kirkovo	12	436	235	737	169.0	47	47	22
Krumovgrad	8	490	241	731	149.2	52	50	26
Kardzhali	21	2 237	1 091	2 352	105.1	214	187	93
Momchilgrad	6	354	154	520	146.9	40	38	19
Chernoochene	3	158	71	261	165.2	21	21	10
Pazardzhik	58	7 563	3 659	8 440	111.6	632	611	300
Batak	3	143	72	210	146.9	16	16	7
Belovo	2	179	81	195	108.9	20	19	9
Bratsigovo	4	220	105	232	105.5	23	22	10
Velingrad	8	1 120	551	1 116	99.6	89	87	45
Lesichovo	2	96	46	110	114.6	8	8	6
Pazardzhik	15	3 245	1 587	3 769	116.1	255	240	116
Panagyurishte	8	668	322	746	111.7	61	59	28
Peshtera	6	463	200	511	110.4	42	42	20
Rakitovo	4	511	260	586	114.7	42	42	20
Septemvri	4	687	330	730	106.3	54	54	28
Strelcha	1	115	53	109	94.8	10	10	5
Surnitsa	1	116	52	126	108.6	12	12	6
Plovdiv	162	21 696	10 586	20 728	95.5	1 909	1 821	864
Asenovgrad	10	1 909	897	1 956	102.5	153	147	76
Brezovo	2	132	54	183	138.6	14	14	7
Kaloyanovo	8	292	144	358	122.6	29	29	14
Karlovo	9	1 405	728	1 669	118.8	134	124	60
Krichim	2	207	104	210	101.4	20	19	9
Kuklen	1	191	92	197	103.1	17	17	7
Laki	1	39	13	88	225.6	4	4	2
Maritsa	16	1 169	557	1 388	118.7	117	104	49
Perushtitsa	2	148	68	180	121.6	19	18	8
Plovdiv	59	11 542	5 641	9 544	82.7	954	921	435
Parvomay	7	689	347	684	99.3	74	70	31
Rakovski	6	989	493	802	81.1	73	71	37
Rodopi	10	957	464	1 032	107.8	99	92	40
Sadovo	10	496	251	820	165.3	60	55	24
Sopot	3	328	146	328	100.0	35	30	13
Stamboliyski	8	684	352	661	96.6	60	60	28
Saedinenie	3	295	135	271	91.9	21	21	12
Hisarya	5	224	100	357	159.4	26	25	12
Smolyan	47	2 760	1 394	3 707	134.3	320	291	141
Banite	1	70	31	133	190.0	10	10	6
Borino	2	55	24	132	240.0	3	3	4
Devin	4	236	124	255	108.1	30	27	12
Dospat	7	227	125	329	144.9	22	22	11
Zlatograd	5	281	153	372	132.4	37	36	15
Madan	5	278	136	350	125.9	30	29	14
Nedelino	2	98	43	183	186.7	13	11	5
Rudozem	7	313	148	339	108.3	33	29	17
Smolyan	12	1 061	554	1 459	137.5	121	107	49
Chepelare	2	141	56	155	109.9	21	17	8
Haskovo	36	6 516	3 189	7 530	115.6	590	562	278
Dimitrovgrad	7	1 271	613	1 343	105.7	121	115	57
Ivaylovgrad	2	127	59	147	115.7	14	14	7
Lyubimets	1	305	146	334	109.5	25	25	12
Madzharovo	1	39	20	36	92.3	4	4	2
Mineralni Bani	1	108	46	172	159.3	15	15	7
Svilengrad	5	732	372	813	111.1	63	61	29
Simeonovgrad	2	301	137	313	104.0	18	18	12
Stambolovo	1	92	46	96	104.3	11	11	5
Topolovgrad	1	226	110	280	123.9	22	21	11
Harmanli	3	683	340	783	114.6	58	56	31
Haskovo	12	2 632	1 300	3 213	122.1	239	222	105
¹ Incl. directors without teaching activities, music instructors, methodologists and educators.
² Break in the time series due to changes in the data source.

29.04.2022

Methodology

Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Kindergartens (Pre-primary education)
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	'Education and Culture Statistics' Department
Contact name	Svilen Kateliev
Contact person function	Head of department
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 469
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified	26 April 2022
Metadata last posted	26 April 2022
Metadata last update	26 April 2022
Statistical presentation
Data description	Statistics on pre-primary education provides data on activity of the kindergartens and pre-school grades in schools. Main statistical units are children, teachers, educators and other category personnel. Main breakdowns of characteristics for collecting data on children and pedagogic personnel are: sex and year of birth. The date of the observation is December 1. Up to 2021, the source of data are kindergartens and schools where preschool education is provided, and from 2022 the source of data is the National Electronic System for Preschool and School Education (NEISPUO).
Classification system	International Standard Classification of Education, 2011 version (ISCED 2011)
Sector coverage	The survey covers all state, municipal and created according to the established legal order private kindergartens.
Statistical concepts and definitions	A pupil/student (incl. children in kindergartens) is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes the educational programmes implement in the legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. The teachers are official persons who directly conduct the training sessions according to curriculum irrespective of whether they are full or part time employees. Directors and assistant directors are observed separately although a great part of them may have lecturing functions as well. The management personnel include official persons performing management functions at the level of the educational institution. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs educational services for persons and organizations and is created according to the rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution.
Statistical unit	Pupils and education personnel.
Statistical population	Participants in formal education.
Reference area	Whole country. Data is published down to municipality level.
Time coverage	From 2000.
Base period	Not applicable.
Unit of measure
Number and per cent.
Reference period
School year.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	Law of the Level of Education, Educational Minimum and Curriculum; Law on Statistics; Commission regulation (EU) No 88/2011; Regulation (EC) N 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning; Methodological documents of Eurostat; Law on National Enlightment and the Rules on its implementation (up to 2016); Pre-school and school education act (from 2016).
Data sharing	Not applicable.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment	In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
Release policy
Release calendar	In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
User access	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Frequency of dissemination
Annual
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release in the internet site.
Publications	· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · "Bulgaria" (brochure).
On-line database	Data on Kindergartens (Pre-primary education) are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4792 and Informational System "Infostat": https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=66
Micro-data access	In accordance to the Rules on Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Other	Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Documentation on methodology	· Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf
Quality documentation	Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality management
Quality assurance	A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality assessment	The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level.
Relevance
User needs	State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.
User satisfaction	Information is not available.
Completeness	Information is not available.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable (census).
Sampling error	Not applicable (census).
Non-sampling error	Not applicable (census).
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	· Reference date: December 1; · Fieldwork: December - January; · Processing: February - March; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.
Punctuality	Data was disseminated at national level and delivered to Euorostat in time.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	Fully comparable with all EU member states.
Comparability - over time	Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation.
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Cost and burden
Information is not available.
Data revision
Data revision - policy	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - practice	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Statistical processing
Source data	All kindergartens and pre-school grades in schools, which conduct compulsory pre-school training of the children.
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	Census via statistical questionnaire 'Report on kindergarten'
Data validation	Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by the Eurostat.
Data compilation	Not applicable.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
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Kindergartens (Pre-primary education)
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	'Education and Culture Statistics' Department
Contact name	Svilen Kateliev
Contact person function	Head of department
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 469
Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description	Statistics on pre-primary education provides data on activity of the kindergartens and pre-school grades in schools. Main statistical units are children, teachers, educators and other category personnel. Main breakdowns of characteristics for collecting data on children and pedagogic personnel are: sex and year of birth. The date of the observation is December 1. Up to 2021, the source of data are kindergartens and schools where preschool education is provided, and from 2022 the source of data is the National Electronic System for Preschool and School Education (NEISPUO).
Classification system	International Standard Classification of Education, 2011 version (ISCED 2011)
Sector coverage	The survey covers all state, municipal and created according to the established legal order private kindergartens.
Statistical concepts and definitions	A pupil/student (incl. children in kindergartens) is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes the educational programmes implement in the legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. The teachers are official persons who directly conduct the training sessions according to curriculum irrespective of whether they are full or part time employees. Directors and assistant directors are observed separately although a great part of them may have lecturing functions as well. The management personnel include official persons performing management functions at the level of the educational institution. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs educational services for persons and organizations and is created according to the rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution.
Statistical unit	Pupils and education personnel.
Statistical population	Participants in formal education.
Reference area	Whole country. Data is published down to municipality level.
Time coverage	From 2000.
Base period	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	All kindergartens and pre-school grades in schools, which conduct compulsory pre-school training of the children.
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	Census via statistical questionnaire 'Report on kindergarten'
Data validation	Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by the Eurostat.
Data compilation	Not applicable.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Quality management
Quality assurance	A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality assessment	The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level.
Relevance
User needs	State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.
User satisfaction	Information is not available.
Completeness	Information is not available.
Data completeness - rate	Not applicable (census).
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable (census).
Sampling error	Not applicable (census).
Sampling errors - indicators	Not applicable (census).
Non-sampling error	Not applicable (census).
Coverage error	Not applicable (census).
Over-coverage - rate	Not applicable (census).
Common units - proportion	Not applicable (census).
Measurement error	Not applicable (census).
Non response error	Not applicable (census).
Unit non-response - rate	Not applicable (census).
Item non-response - rate	Not applicable (census).
Processing error	Not applicable (census).
Imputation - rate	Not applicable (no imputations).
Model assumption error	Not applicable (census).
Seasonal adjustment	Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments).
Data revision - policy	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - practice	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - average size	Not applicable (preliminary data not published).
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	· Reference date: December 1; · Fieldwork: December - January; · Processing: February - March; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.
Time lag - first results	20 weeks.
Time lag - final results	Not applicable (only final results published).
Punctuality	Data was disseminated at national level and delivered to Euorostat in time.
Punctuality - delivery and publication	Not applicable (data published on exact date).
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	Fully comparable with all EU member states.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient	Not applicable (no flows).
Comparability - over time	Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation.
Length of comparable time series	From 2000 year.
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics	Not applicable (annual survey).
Coherence - National Accounts	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release in the internet site.
Publications	· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · "Bulgaria" (brochure).
On-line database	Data on Kindergartens (Pre-primary education) are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4792 and Informational System "Infostat": https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=66
Data tables - consultations	Not available.
Micro-data access	In accordance to the Rules on Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Other	Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Metadata - consultations	Not available.
Documentation on methodology	· Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf
Metadata completeness – rate	Not avaliable.
Quality documentation	Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Cost and burden
Information is not available.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality – data treatment	In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
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Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2021/2022 School Year

Tuesday, 26 April 2022 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In 2021/2022 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 214.8 thousand children.
In 2021, the number of basic education graduates was 58.3 thousand students and graduates from general and vocational schools were respectively 25.2 and 17.8 thousand students.
In 2021/2022 academic year, there were 220.4 thousand students enrolled at th

Education2021_en_OCQ5H5R.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2020/2021 School Year

Monday, 26 April 2021 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In 2020/2021 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 215.7 thousand children.
In 2020, the number of basic education graduates was 59.9 thousand students and graduates from general and vocational schools were respectively 25.5 and 19.6 thousand students.
In 2020/2021 academic year, there were 219.8 thousand students enrolled in the diff

Education2020_en_8POU0B1.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2019/2020 School Year

Friday, 24 April 2020 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In the 2019/2020 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 217.9 thousand children or with 0.4% less in comparison with the previous year.
In 2019, high school graduates from general and vocational schools are respectively 25.8 and 21.6 thousand students.
In 2019/2020 academic year, 220.2 thousand persons were enrolled in the different tertiary education levels.
As of 31.1

Education2019_en_G60QZG9.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2018/2019 School Year

Thursday, 25 April 2019 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In the 2018/2019 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 218.8 thousand children or with 1.0% less in comparison with the previous year.
In 2018, high school graduates from general and vocational schools are respectively 26.5 and 23.0 thousand students.
Enrolled in the varying degrees of higher education in 2018/2019 academic year are 229.5 thousand persons.
As of 31.12.2018 for acquiring ed

Education2018_en_SJ291X2.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2017/2018 School Year

Friday, 27 April 2018 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In the 2017/2018 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 220.9 thousand children or with 1.6% less in comparison with the previous year.
In 2017, upper-secondary graduates in general and vocational schools are respectively 26.6 thousand and 21.7 thousand students.
Enrolled in the varying degrees of higher education in 2017/2018 academic year are 236.3 thousand.
As of 31.12.2017 for acquiring educa

Education2017_en_854DBUN.pdf

Main results from the Adult Education Survey (third wave, 2016)

Friday, 15 September 2017 - 11:10

Adult Education Survey is conducted once every five years in all EU Member States through a common methodology and a harmonized toolkit that provides comparable data for assessment on lifelong learning.

The National Statistical Institute presents final results from the survey conducted in the end of 2016.

AES2016_en_UVASRDP.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2016/2017 School Year

Thursday, 27 April 2017 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive studies characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

• In the 2016/2017 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 224.4 thousand children or with 3.3% less in comparison with the previous year.

Education2016_en_DCRPGL6.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2015/2016 School Year

Thursday, 28 April 2016 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive studies characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

• In the 2015/2016 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 232.0 thousand children or with 3.8% less in comparison with the previous year.

Education2015_en_733T907.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2014/2015 School Year

Tuesday, 28 April 2015 - 11:00

The main results of the yearly exhaustive surveys that characterize the activity of the educational institutions, conducted by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), are:

• The number of children in kindergartens for 2014/2015 was 241.1 thousand as an increase of 0.2% is observed in comparison with the previous school year.

Education2014_en_BYR0D7B.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2013/2014 School Year

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 - 11:00

The main results of the yearly exhaustive surveys that characterize the activity of the educational institutions, conducted by the National Statistical Institute, are:

The number of children in kindergartens for 2013/2014 was 240.6 thousand as an increase of 2.4% is observed in comparison with the previous school year.
In 2013, 28.9 and 27.4 thousand students graduated secondary education in respectively general and vocational schools.
For the 2013/2014 academic year, the number of enrollments in higher education remained almost unchange

Education2013_en_LPN9VVX.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2012/2013 School Year

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 - 11:00

The main results of the yearly exhaustive surveys that characterize the activity of the educational institutions, conducted by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), are: • The number of children in kindergartens for 2012/2013 was 235.0 thousand as an increase of 3.1% is observed in comparison with the previous school year. • In 2012, 30.3 and 29.4 thousand students graduated secondary education in respectively general and vocational schools. • For the 2012/2013 academic year, the number of enrollments in higher education remained almost unchanged in comparison with the previous academ

Participation of the Population Aged 25 - 64 in Lifelong Learning (Analysis of the Main Results of the Adult Education Survey 2011)

Wednesday, 26 September 2012 - 11:00

Adult Education Survey covers broad range of topics, connected to the education and training of adults, like participation in different forms of Lifelong Learning (formal, non-formal and informal), reasons for non-participation, access to information on possibilities for education and training, use of computers, language skills, participation in cultural and social events.

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2011/2012 School Year

Wednesday, 2 May 2012 - 11:00

The educational structure of population aged 7 and more improves considerably, following the clearly expressed tendency of increase of the number and share of population with tertiary and upper secondary education and decrease the number of people with lower secondary or lower education. As of 1.02.2011 the Population census results shows 1 348.7 thousand persons with tertiary education, or each fifth person (19.6%). With upper secondary education are 2 990.4 thousand persons (43.4%). The proportion of persons with primary or lower education is 13.9% (or every seventh in 100).

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2010/2011 School Year

Friday, 29 April 2011 - 11:00

During the 2006 - 2010 period the educational attainment of the population aged 25 - 64 continues to improve following the clear-cut tendency towards an increase of the number and share of the population with tertiary and secondary education together with the decrease of the number and share of people with primary and lower education. The relative share of the population with tertiary education (college and university) increased from 21.9% in 2006 to 23.2% in 2010 or by 1.3 points and the share of the population with secondary education increased from 52.5 to 56.2% or by 3.7 points. Parallel t

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2022

Tuesday, 6 December 2022 - 14:25

The National Statistical Institute presents to the attention of users interested in social statistics the newest annual bilingual (Bulgarian and English) electronic publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2022.

The publication contains main data from the five carried out annual comprehensive statistical surveys, which characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria for the period from 2017/2018 to 2021/2022 school (academic) years.

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens,

Statistical Reference Book 2022

Wednesday, 10 August 2022 - 11:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2022 in English.

The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2017 - 2021 period.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture,

Statistical Reference Book 2022 (Bulgarian version)

Monday, 4 July 2022 - 12:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2022 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, fo

Statistical Yearbook 2021

Thursday, 2 June 2022 - 11:30

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 89^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2015 - 2020 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2021

Wednesday, 1 September 2021 - 10:07

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils b

Statistical Reference Book 2021

Thursday, 8 July 2021 - 14:45

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2021 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry,

Statistical Reference Book 2021 (Bulgarian version)

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 - 13:50

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2021 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agri

Statistical Yearbook 2020

Wednesday, 9 June 2021 - 11:40

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 88^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2014 - 2019 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the

Statistical Yearbook 2012

Friday, 22 January 2021 - 14:18

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 80^t^h edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2007 - 2011 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

Accor

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2020

Friday, 28 August 2020 - 13:40

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di

Statistical Reference Book 2020

Friday, 26 June 2020 - 12:18

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2020 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2020 (Bulgarian version)

Thursday, 18 June 2020 - 12:07

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2020 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture,

Statistical Yearbook 2019

Friday, 29 May 2020 - 16:10

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 87^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2013 - 2018 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2019

Friday, 30 August 2019 - 14:15

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di

Statistical Yearbook 2018 in infographics

Tuesday, 25 June 2019 - 14:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to your attention the 86^th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria in infographics.

In 2018, for the first time, we presented the results of the statistical surveys through graphics, images and other visualization tools, which resulted in a positive response among a wide range of users. We believe that this modern way of presenting statistical information will trigger the interest in those who for the first time encounter the meaning of numbers revealing important aspects of socio-economic life.

Statistical Reference Book 2019

Monday, 24 June 2019 - 15:10

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2019 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f

Statistical Reference Book 2019 (Bulgarian version)

Thursday, 13 June 2019 - 15:25

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2019 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2018

Tuesday, 21 May 2019 - 09:50

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 86^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2012 - 2017 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2018

Monday, 13 August 2018 - 14:15

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di

Statistical Reference Book 2018

Friday, 29 June 2018 - 12:55

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2018 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f

Statistical Yearbook 2017 in infographics

Monday, 25 June 2018 - 10:00

The National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria offers a different view of the statistical information included in the 85th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The publication is intended for a wider audience as statistical data are presented in a plain and easy understandable way.

The current state and changes in the socio-economic and cultural life in the country are presented not in the traditional way in tables and text, but through infographics - images, graphics and other visualization tools.

We believe that the

Statistical Reference Book 2018 (Bulgarian version)

Wednesday, 13 June 2018 - 16:30

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2018 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2017

Tuesday, 29 May 2018 - 16:37

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 84^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2012 - 2016 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2017

Thursday, 31 August 2017 - 15:25

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di

Statistical Reference Book 2017

Tuesday, 27 June 2017 - 11:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2017 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f

Statistical Reference Book 2017 (Bulgarian version)

Monday, 12 June 2017 - 16:12

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2017 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2016

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - 10:40

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2011 - 2015 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2016

Monday, 22 August 2016 - 16:50

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di

Statistical Reference Book 2016

Monday, 13 June 2016 - 16:54

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2016 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2016 (Bulgarian version)

Monday, 6 June 2016 - 12:25

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2016 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2015

Friday, 20 May 2016 - 14:10

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 83^rd edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2010 - 2014 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2015

Wednesday, 26 August 2015 - 16:38

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by differ

Statistical Reference Book 2015

Wednesday, 10 June 2015 - 16:58

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2015 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2015 (Bulgarian version)

Tuesday, 2 June 2015 - 16:42

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2015 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2014

Wednesday, 13 May 2015 - 16:19

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 82^nd edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2009 - 2013 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National Sta

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 - 15:51

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education ins

Statistical Reference Book 2014

Wednesday, 18 June 2014 - 10:01

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2014 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2014 (Bulgarian version)

Monday, 9 June 2014 - 16:59

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2014 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2013

Friday, 23 May 2014 - 18:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 81^st edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2008 - 2012 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the Nati

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2013

Tuesday, 3 December 2013 - 16:53

The National Statistical Institute presents to the attention of users interested in social statistics the newest annual bilingual (Bulgarian&English) electronic publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2013.

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by differ

Statistical Reference Book 2013

Thursday, 4 July 2013 - 14:22

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2013 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, fo

Statistical Reference Book 2013 (Bulgarian version)

Wednesday, 26 June 2013 - 14:18

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2013 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agr

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2012

Friday, 14 December 2012 - 10:39

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutio

Statistical Reference Book 2012

Monday, 27 August 2012 - 17:19

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2012 in English.

The Statistical Reference Book represents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2007 - 2011 period.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture,

Statistical Reference Book 2012 (Bulgarian version)

Tuesday, 24 July 2012 - 17:01

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2012 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - ind

Statistical Yearbook 2011

Friday, 22 June 2012 - 10:53

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 79^t^h edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2005 - 2010 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2011

Thursday, 1 September 2011 - 10:38

The National Statistical Institute presents the issued annual bilingual (Bulgarian-English) electronic publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2011 to the attention of users interested in statistical editions containing information in the field of social statistics.

The publication contains general data from the carried out five annual comprehensive statistical surveys, which characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria for the 2006 - 2010 period.

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, e

Statistical Reference Book 2011

Tuesday, 26 July 2011 - 17:30

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2011 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments

Statistical Yearbook 2010

Monday, 20 June 2011 - 14:41

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 78^t^h edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2004 - 2009 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to th

Statistical Yearbook 2009

Thursday, 30 December 2010 - 14:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 77th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format. The issue is published in 2010, which marks 130 years since the establishment of a statistical institution in Bulgaria and 100 years since publishing of the first ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Bulgarian Kingdom’ in 1910.

This issue has new design and layout. It provides current statistical information about the de

Statistical Reference Book 2010

Friday, 1 October 2010 - 15:09

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2010 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments

Adult Education and Training

Wednesday, 7 July 2010 - 12:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to the users of statistical information the publication Adult Education and Training.

The publication is bilingual (Bulgarian/English) and contains general results from the carried out by NSI inquiry statistical survey (interview) in the households conducted during the period November-December of the year 2007. The survey main target is to determinate the participation rate for persons aged 25 - 64 years in the different forms of the lifelong learning. It is conducted in all member states in the EU by common me

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2010

Tuesday, 6 July 2010 - 16:01

The National Statistical Institute presents the issued annual bilingual (Bulgarian-English) publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2010 to the attention of users interested in statistical editions containing information in the field of social statistics.

The publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2010 contains general data from the carried out four annual comprehensive statistical surveys, which characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria for the 2005 - 2009 period.

The issue presents

Bulgaria 2009 - Statistical Panorama

Friday, 2 July 2010 - 17:48

The National Statistical Institute annual publication Bulgaria 2009 - Statistical Panorama (in Bulgarian and summary in English) is available to users of statistical information. In the issue are analyzed the demographic, social and economic development of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2009. Comparisons with the previuous 2008, the basic 2000 and the year 1995 are also made. The publication considers trends and structural changes occurring in the country. Results from pilot Eurostat projects and one-time surveys in the respective fields are being used.

Statistical Reference Book 2009

Friday, 4 December 2009 - 00:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2009 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The issue is with a new design and enrich contents. For the first time are included methodological and analytic notes towards all chapters. The information is illustrated with a rich graphic materials.

The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2009

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 - 11:08

The National Statistical Institute presents the issued annual bilingual (Bulgarian-English) publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2009 to the attention of users interested in statistical editions containing information in the field of social statistics.

The publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2009 contains general data from the carried out four annual comprehensive statistical surveys, which characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria for the 2004 - 2008 period.

The issue presents

Bulgaria 2008 - Statistical Panorama

Friday, 4 September 2009 - 14:55

The National Statistical Institute annual publication Bulgaria 2008 - Statistical Panorama (in Bulgarian and summary in English) is available to users of statistical information. In the issue are analyzed the demographic, social and economic development of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2008. Comparisons with the preceding years are made and the tendencies of the development and the current structural changes are considered.

The publication is formed topically by sections, as each section contains short analytical text with charts and tables. The mai

Statistical Yearbook 2008

Wednesday, 13 May 2009 - 11:03

The National Statistical Institute has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 76th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008. It provides topical statistical information on the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2002 - 2007 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National Statistical System, which co

Statistical Reference Book of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008

Friday, 27 June 2008 - 16:08

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information one of its main publications - Statistical Reference Book of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross dom

Continuing Vocational Training in Еnterprises in 2005

Tuesday, 22 January 2008 - 11:39

The National Statistical Institute informs its customers that the publication Continuing Vocational Training in Еnterprises in 2005 is already available.

The main results from the carried out in 2006 sample survey on vocational training (initial and continuing) organized by the enterprises in 2005 for their employed are presented in the publication.

The publication contains four sections:

- Methodological notes, in which the main goal and tasks, the definitions and used classifications, the object and the scope of the survey, the

Classification of Fields of Education and Training 2008

Monday, 14 January 2008 - 10:12

The National Statistical Institute informs the users of statistical information that the publication 'Classification of Fields of Education and Training 2008' is already available (in Bulgarian only). This classification is used for the purpose of classifying programmes according to fields of education and training.

The publication contains an introduction, structure and explanatory notes. The classifications' structure has three hierarchical levels - first level for 'broad fields', second level 'narrow fields' and third level 'detailed fields'. There are 9 b