Enterprises, provided CVT

Use IS Infostat for preceding years

ENTERPRISES PROVIDING TRAINING BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN 2020 (PRELIMINARY DATA)
NACE groups	Economic activity	Enterprises - number	Enterprises providing training
			Total		Of which by type of training
			Total		CVT courses - internal		CVT courses - external
			Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
	Total	30 161	12 405	41.1	5 707	18.9	5 396	17.9
B, C, D, E	Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities;	7 450	2 877	38.6	1 383	18.6	1 239	16.6
F	Construction	3 389	1 730	51.0	753	22.2	902	26.6
G, H, I	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transportation and storage; Accommodation and food service activities;	12 364	4 276	34.6	1 574	12.7	1 375	11.1
J, K	Information and communication; Financial and insurance activities;	1 947	1 145	58.8	695	35.7	666	34.2
L, M, N, R, S	Real estate activities; Professional, scientific and technical activities; Administrative and support service activities; Arts, entertainment and recreation; Other service activities;	5 011	2 377	47.4	1 302	26.0	1 213	24.2

ЕNTERPRISES PROVIDING TRAINING BY SIZE OF ENTERPRISES IN 2020 (PRELIMINARY DATA)
Size groups	Enterprises - number	Enterprises providing training
		Total		Of which by type of training
		Total		CVT courses - internal		CVT courses - external
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Total	30 161	12 404	41.1	5 707	18.9	5 396	17.9
10 - 49 employed	24 743	9 238	37.3	3 820	15.4	3 394	13.7
50 - 249 employed	4 643	2 555	55.0	1 416	30.5	1 538	33.1
Over 250 employed	775	611	78.9	471	60.8	463	59.8

ENTERPRISES PROVIDING TRAINING BY OWNERSHIP IN 2020 (PRELIMINARY DATA)
Ownership	Enterprises - number	Enterprises providing training
		Total		Of which by type of training
		Total		CVT courses - internal		CVT courses - external
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Total	30 161	12 404	41.1	5 707	18.9	5 396	17.9
Public sector	720	552	76.7	269	37.4	419	58.2
Private sector	29 441	11 852	40.3	5 438	18.5	4 977	16.9

30.09.2022

Methodology

Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)

Contact

Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute

Contact organisation unit

'Education and Culture Statistics' Department

Contact name

Dilyan Atanasov

Contact person function

chief expert

Contact mail address

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

Contact email address

[email protected]

Contact phone number

+359 2 9857 484

Contact fax number

Metadata update

Metadata last certified

10 October 2017

Metadata last posted

10 October 2017

Metadata last update

10 October 2017

Statistical presentation

Data description

The Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS) collects information on enterprises’ investment in the continuing vocational training of their staff. Continuing vocational training (CVT) refers to education or training measures or activities which are financed in total or at least partly by the enterprise (directly or indirectly). Part financing could include the use of work-time for the training activity as well as financing of training equipment.

Information available from the CVTS is grouped around the following topics:

Training/non-training enterprises
Participation in continuing vocational training
Planning and assessment of continuing vocational training
Costs of continuing vocational training courses
Time spent on continuing vocational training courses

For further information see CVTS implementation manuals (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/education-and-training/methodology).

Classification system

Classification of economic activities (NACE): NACE Rev. 1.1 up to 2005 and NACE Rev. 2 as from 2010.

Sector coverage

CVTS covers enterprises with 10 or more employees belonging to the following sectors:

· For CVTS 4 (2010) and 5 (2015): to the NACE 2008 categories B, C (10-12, 13-15, 17-18, 19-23, 24-25, 26-28 and 33, 29-30, 16+31-32), D-E, F, G(45, 46, 47), I, H, J, K(64,65), K(66), L+M+N+R+S.

· For CVTS 2 (2000) and 3 (2005): to the NACE 2003 categories C, D (15-16, 17-19, 21-22, 23-26, 27-28, 29-33, 34-35, 20+36+37), E, F, G (50, 51, 52), H, I (60-63, 64), J (65-66, 67), K+O.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Continuing vocational training (CVT) are training measures or activities which have as their primary objectives the acquisition of new competences or the development and improvement of existing ones and which must be financed at least partly by the enterprises for their persons employed who either have a working contract or who benefit directly from their work for the enterprise such as unpaid family workers and casual workers. Persons employed holding an apprenticeship or training contract should not be taken into consideration for CVT. The training measures or activities must be planned in advance and must be organised or supported with the special goal of learning. Random learning and initial vocational training (IVT) are explicitly excluded. CVT measures and activities cover both CVT courses and other forms of CVT.

CVT courses are typically clearly separated from the active workplace (learning takes place in locations specially assigned for learning like a class room or training centre). They show a high degree of organisation (time, space and content) by a trainer or a training institution. The content is designed for a group of learners (e.g. a curriculum exists). Two distinct types of CVT courses are identified: internal and external CVT courses.

Other forms of CVT are typically connected to the active work and the active workplace, but they can also include participation (instruction) in conferences, trade fairs etc. for the purpose of learning. These other forms of CVT are often characterised by a degree of self-organisation (time, space and content) by the individual learner or by a group of learners. The content is often tailored according to the learners’ individual needs in the workplace. The following types of other forms of CVT are identified:

planned training through guided-on-the-job training;
planned training through job rotation, exchanges, secondments or study visits;
planned training through participation (instruction received) in conferences, workshops, trade fairs and lectures;
planned training through participation in learning or quality circles;
planned training through self-directed learning/e-learning.

Training enterprises are enterprises that provided CVT courses or other forms of CVT for their persons employed during the reference year.

A participant in CVT courses is a person who has taken part in one or more CVT courses during the reference year. Each person should be counted only once, irrespective of the number of CVT courses he or she has participated in. E.g. if a person employed has participated in two externally managed courses and one internally managed course, he or she should be counted as one participant.

The costs of CVT courses cover direct costs, participants’ labour costs and the balance of contributions (net contribution) to and receipts from training funds.

Direct course costs:

fees and payments for CVT courses;
travel and subsistence payments related to CVT courses;
the labour costs of internal trainers for CVT courses (direct and indirect costs);
the costs for training centres, training rooms and teaching materials.

Participants’ labour costs (personal absence costs) refer to the labour costs of participants for CVT courses that take place during paid working time.

Time spent on CVT courses refers to paid working time (in hours) spent on CVT courses, i.e. the time that all participants have spent in total during the reference year.

Since 2005, the CVTS contains some variables on initial vocational training (IVT). IVT within enterprises is defined as a formal education programme (or a component of it) where working time alternates between periods of practical training (workplace) and general/theoretical education (educational institution/training centre). The definition of IVT differs between CVTS waves, for details see the implementation manuals for each wave, available in CIRCABC.

The number of persons employed is defined as the total number of persons who work in the observation unit excluding persons employed holding an apprenticeship or training contract (i.e. the definition of persons employed in CVTS deviates from the one used for structural business statistics as regards the treatment of persons employed holding an apprenticeship or training contract).

For additional definitions used in CVTS and further information see the CVTS implementation manuals available in CIRCABC.

Statistical unit

Enterprises.

Statistical population

Enterprises with 10 or more persons employed belonging to certain NACE categories.

Reference area

Whole country (full territorial coverage).

Time coverage

1999, 2005, 2010, 2015

Base period

Not applicable.

Unit of measure

Number and per cent.

Reference period

Calendar year.

Institutional mandate

Legal acts and other agreements

CVTS 2 data were collected based on a gentlemen's agreement.

CVTS 3 is based on Commission Regulation No 198/2006 of 3 February 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and the Council of 7 September 2005 on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises.

CVTS 4 is based on Commission Regulation No 822/2010 of 17 September 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 198/2006.

CVTS 5 is based on Commission Regulation (EU) No 1153/2014 of 29 October 2014 as regards the data to be collected, and the sampling, precision and quality requirements

For further information see Eurostat's website page on education and training statistics legislation.

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

Data are disseminated in aggregated form. Due to confidentiality issues data are presented for groups of NACE and enterprise size classes. Estimates are systematically based on at least three enterprises; where necessary, additional restrictions are applied.

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

Every five years.

Accessibility and clarity

News release

Not avaliable.

Publications

Statistics explained

Bulgarian national publications had been issued for previous waves before CVTS 4 and are available in BNSI library.

On-line database

Data on Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS) are available to all users on the NSI's website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4923 and on Informational System "Infostat": https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=167

Micro-data access

In accordance to the interior (for the NSI) Rules for Provision of Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research Purposes (https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/12152/).

Other

Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services (https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/12408/).

Documentation on methodology

For each wave of the CVTS a detailed implementation manual is available which contains definitions and additional methodological explanations, a European standard questionnaire and the code book.

The implementation manuals are available in CIRCABC.

Quality documentation

CVTS 3: the EU quality report is available in CIRCABC.

CVTS 4: the EU quality report as well as national quality reports are available in CIRCABC.

CVTS 5: to be announced.

Quality management

Quality assurance

A set of quality criteria have been set up within the CVTS legislation (see Legal acts and other agreements).

Quality assessment

Statistics based on the CVTS are considered to be of satisfactory quality thanks to a harmonised production process (see Legal acts and other agreements). The CVTS is a sample survey and thus the results are subject to the usual statistical errors of measurement. Some issues arise from non-response.

Relevance

User needs

Data are used by:

Commission (DGs, Secretariat General), Council, European Parliament, other European Agencies
Ministry of Education and science, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Other Ministries, NSIs, etc.
Bulgarian academy of science
OECD, UN, etc.

User satisfaction

Not surveyed yet.

Completeness

Dataset covers all NACE sectors, enterprise size groups and variables as requested in the gentlemen’s agreement (CVTS 2) and in legislation (CVTS 3, 4 and 5) (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/education-and-training/legislation).

Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

The overall accuracy is considered as very good, significant variations had not been observed (see Sampling errors - indicators).

Sampling error

CVTS 5:

Sampling method

Business register as of 31.12.2014 was used as a sampling frame. The sample was stratified by NACE Rev.2 (20 categories: B, C10-C12 ,C13-C15 ,C17-C18 ,C19-C23 ,C24-C25, C26-C28 and C33, C29-C30, C16+C31-32, D-E, F, G(45), G(46), G(47), I, H, J, K(64,65), K(66), L+M+N+R+S) and 3 size category (based on the number of employed). All sampling procedures were in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 1153/2014.

Estimation/grossing-up procedures

The current business register data as of 31 December 2015 for the total population was used for weighting and adjustment of the results.

The data obtained by the survey was post-stratified. The total number of poststrata was 140 (20 NACE categories used for sampling and 7 size groups (based on the number of employed).

Calculation of the coefficients of variation

All calculations of the standard errors and coeficients of variation were performed by SPSS (PASW) software, Complex Sample Analysis Module.

More information about CVTS 4's sampling method and errors could be found on CIRCABC.

Non-sampling error

For survey 2010 response rate is 88.2%.

For survey 2015 response rate is 93.7%.

For more detailed information see ‘Coverage error’ section.

Timeliness and punctuality

Timeliness

Survey year	Fieldwork	Processing	Data delivery to Eurostat
2010	06-07/2011	03-06/2012	07-11/2012
2015	06-09/2016	10/2016 - 06/2017	06/2017

Punctuality

All deliverables were sent on time.

Coherence and comparability

Comparability - geographical

Deviations from CVTS 4 and 5 concepts and definitions

CVTS 4 and 5 concepts and definitions

No deviations in concepts and definitions stipulated in Commission Regulation.

CVTS 4 and 5 variables

In variables B2 (B2a, B2b … etc.) the relative shares were replaced with absolute values, which were later transformed into percentages. No impact on the coherence.

There was an alternative for the enterprises to describe their economic activity instead of filling in the NACE code for A1. No impact on the coherence.

CVTS 4 and 5 questionnaire

No deviations from the European standard questionnaire.

Comparability - over time

Partially comparable due to the changes of the general methodology and the economic activities of the surveyed enterprises. Modifications have actually been made in view of improving the overall quality of CVTS and are not considered to have a serious impact on the comparability.

Key indicators

	CVTS 3 (2005)	CVTS 4 (2010)	CVTS 5 (2015)
Enterprises providing training - % of all enterprises	28.7	31.2	42.2
Enterprises providing CVT courses - % of all enterprises	21.0	20.5	31.9
Participants in CVT courses - % of persons employed in all enterprises	14.8	22.0	26.5
Participants in CVT courses - % of persons employed in enterprises providing CVT courses	33.0	49.3	48.0
Cost of CVT courses - cost per person employed in all enterprises	18.6	46.2	88.4
Cost of CVT courses - cost per person employed in enterprises providing CVT courses	40.7	103.4	160.7
Enterprises employing IVT participants - % of all enterprises	4.4	6.4	7.6

Coherence - cross domain

CVTS data has been compared with Structural Business Statistics data with regard to number of persons employed. Full comparability is not possible due to differences in methodology.

Coherence - internal

CVTS results for a given reference year are based on the same microdata and results are calculated using the same estimation methods, therefore the data are internally coherent.

Cost and burden

Staff involved in administering survey:

4 experts from Department ‘Education and Culture statistics’ – responsible for survey organization, implementation of methodology, preparation of the national questionnaire, sampling, data processing, preparation of EU dataset and quality report, data dissemination;

1 expert from Department ‘Information and Application Software’ – responsible for preparation of informatics tool.

Data revision

Data revision - policy

In accordance to the interior (for the NSI) rules for data dissemination.

Data revision - practice

In accordance to the interior (for the NSI) rules for data dissemination.

Statistical processing

Source data

CVTS data are produced by the National Statistical Institute. The sampling frame used is the National Statistical Business Register (SBR), which is considered of good quality (coverage, regular updates, etc.). The sample is stratified by NACE and size classes; sampling requirements for CVTS are set in the relevant legislation documents. Survey participation for the enterprises was mandatory.

Frequency of data collection

Every 5 years.

Data collection

CVTS was a stand-alone survey.

Survey type

CVTS 4: Face-to-face (PAPI) and postal.

CVTS 5: Self-administered interview - paper assisted (PAPI, includes electronically submitted PDF version of the questionnaire) and Self-administered interview - computer assisted (CAWI with interactive online questionnaire).

Pilot test of the CVTS questionnaires was partly implemented.

Data validation

The data tools framework (application for data entry) was designed with additional controls and filters. There were added also extra checking rules by comparing the entered information between different related questions in order to confront possible inconsistent answers. Finally the data checking tool (EDIT) provided by Eurostat had been used for the data set checks. No major errors detected.

Data compilation

Not applicable.

Adjustment

Not applicable.

Comment

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Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)

Contact

Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute

Contact organisation unit

'Education and Culture Statistics' Department

Contact name

Dilyan Atanasov

Contact person function

chief expert

Contact mail address

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

Contact email address

[email protected]

Contact phone number

+359 2 9857 484

Contact fax number

Statistical presentation

Data description

Information available from the CVTS is grouped around the following topics:

Training/non-training enterprises
Participation in continuing vocational training
Planning and assessment of continuing vocational training
Costs of continuing vocational training courses
Time spent on continuing vocational training courses

For further information see CVTS implementation manuals (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/education-and-training/methodology).

Classification system

Classification of economic activities (NACE): NACE Rev. 1.1 up to 2005 and NACE Rev. 2 as from 2010.

Sector coverage

CVTS covers enterprises with 10 or more employees belonging to the following sectors:

· For CVTS 4 (2010) and 5 (2015): to the NACE 2008 categories B, C (10-12, 13-15, 17-18, 19-23, 24-25, 26-28 and 33, 29-30, 16+31-32), D-E, F, G(45, 46, 47), I, H, J, K(64,65), K(66), L+M+N+R+S.

· For CVTS 2 (2000) and 3 (2005): to the NACE 2003 categories C, D (15-16, 17-19, 21-22, 23-26, 27-28, 29-33, 34-35, 20+36+37), E, F, G (50, 51, 52), H, I (60-63, 64), J (65-66, 67), K+O.

Statistical concepts and definitions

planned training through guided-on-the-job training;
planned training through job rotation, exchanges, secondments or study visits;
planned training through participation (instruction received) in conferences, workshops, trade fairs and lectures;
planned training through participation in learning or quality circles;
planned training through self-directed learning/e-learning.

Training enterprises are enterprises that provided CVT courses or other forms of CVT for their persons employed during the reference year.

The costs of CVT courses cover direct costs, participants’ labour costs and the balance of contributions (net contribution) to and receipts from training funds.

Direct course costs:

fees and payments for CVT courses;
travel and subsistence payments related to CVT courses;
the labour costs of internal trainers for CVT courses (direct and indirect costs);
the costs for training centres, training rooms and teaching materials.

Participants’ labour costs (personal absence costs) refer to the labour costs of participants for CVT courses that take place during paid working time.

Time spent on CVT courses refers to paid working time (in hours) spent on CVT courses, i.e. the time that all participants have spent in total during the reference year.

For additional definitions used in CVTS and further information see the CVTS implementation manuals available in CIRCABC.

Statistical unit

Enterprises.

Statistical population

Enterprises with 10 or more persons employed belonging to certain NACE categories.

Reference area

Whole country (full territorial coverage).

Time coverage

1999, 2005, 2010, 2015

Base period

Not applicable.

Statistical processing

Source data

Frequency of data collection

Every 5 years.

Data collection

CVTS was a stand-alone survey.

Survey type

CVTS 4: Face-to-face (PAPI) and postal.

Pilot test of the CVTS questionnaires was partly implemented.

Data validation

Data compilation

Not applicable.

Adjustment

Not applicable.

Quality management

Quality assurance

A set of quality criteria have been set up within the CVTS legislation (see Legal acts and other agreements).

Quality assessment

Relevance

User needs

Data are used by:

User satisfaction

Not surveyed yet.

Completeness

Data completeness - rate

Not applicable.

Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

The overall accuracy is considered as very good, significant variations had not been observed (see Sampling errors - indicators).

Sampling error

CVTS 5:

Sampling method

Estimation/grossing-up procedures

The current business register data as of 31 December 2015 for the total population was used for weighting and adjustment of the results.

The data obtained by the survey was post-stratified. The total number of poststrata was 140 (20 NACE categories used for sampling and 7 size groups (based on the number of employed).

Calculation of the coefficients of variation

All calculations of the standard errors and coeficients of variation were performed by SPSS (PASW) software, Complex Sample Analysis Module.

More information about CVTS 4's sampling method and errors could be found on CIRCABC.

Sampling errors - indicators

CVTS 4

Standard error for main results (Cont.)	Ratio of the total number of participants in CVT courses to the total number of persons employed		Ratio of the total number of participants in CVT courses to the total number of persons employed in enterprises that provided CVT.		Total costs of CVT courses.		Total number of enterprises providing IVT		Total number of participants in IVT		Ratio of the total number of enterprises providing IVT to the total number of enterprises
Standard error for main results (Cont.)	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation
All enterprises	0.220	0.07893	0.493	0.05568	66295707	0.14812	2077	0.05645	33788	0.17075	0.064	0.05624
size 1	0.085	0.05444	0.462	0.03624	12859976	0.27305	1298	0.07456	6852	0.13056	0.048	0.07445
size 2	0.159	0.07566	0.386	0.05973	21740504	0.18559	538	0.09913	8246	0.19657	0.115	0.09752
size 3	0.436	0.09695	0.557	0.08162	31695228	0.26026	241	0.17617	18690	0.29325	0.328	0.14494
Nace B, C, D, E	0.199	0.12333	0.437	0.10393	17516849	0.22720	762	0.09137	12790	0.22163	0.084	0.09000
Nace F	0.170	0.15461	0.401	0.14252	2098580	0.30647	299	0.14803	4335	0.34603	0.065	0.14819
Nace G, H, I	0.166	0.19953	0.470	0.12309	11808142	0.14916	680	0.09878	11731	0.37432	0.052	0.09876
Nace J, K	0.557	0.11582	0.691	0.08621	27772969	0.31091	137	0.21865	4031	0.47464	0.104	0.21977
Nace L, M, N, R, S	0.230	0.17830	0.551	0.08311	7099167	0.22333	200	0.19669	902	0.26580	0.047	0.19666

CVTS 5

	Ratio of the total number of participants in CVT courses to the total number of persons employed		Ratio of the total number of participants in CVT courses to the total number of persons employed in enterprises that provided CVT courses		Total costs of CVT courses		Total number of enterprises providing IVT		Ratio of the total number of enterprises providing IVT to the total number of enterprises
	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation	Estimated value	Coefficient of variation
All enterprises	0.265	0.038	0.480	0.029	59260279.000	0.072	2118.880	0.071	0.076	0.071
size 1	0.157	0.063	0.535	0.049	13339565.000	0.174	1582.270	0.092	0.070	0.092
size 2	0.219	0.053	0.430	0.043	18980969.000	0.128	418.480	0.098	0.092	0.098
size 3	0.400	0.054	0.490	0.045	26939745.000	0.099	118.130	0.085	0.162	0.084
NACE 1	0.320	0.074	0.379	0.084	645807.000	0.096	4.330	0.107	0.034	0.108
NACE 2	0.188	0.121	0.391	0.105	1776372.000	0.213	108.380	0.227	0.067	0.226
NACE 3	0.065	0.147	0.225	0.116	354982.100	0.219	109.360	0.188	0.061	0.188
NACE 4	0.206	0.060	0.485	0.049	241229.900	0.101	11.290	0.257	0.031	0.257
NACE 5	0.346	0.092	0.502	0.085	3977037.000	0.339	59.690	0.233	0.063	0.233
NACE 6	0.269	0.092	0.387	0.103	3006439.000	0.454	53.710	0.253	0.060	0.253
NACE 7	0.369	0.104	0.511	0.086	3049632.000	0.281	86.200	0.180	0.098	0.181
NACE 8	0.287	0.060	0.416	0.048	712044.700	0.088	6.840	0.125	0.085	0.124
NACE 9	0.190	0.096	0.443	0.070	442692.600	0.203	70.840	0.235	0.078	0.234
NACE 10	0.298	0.155	0.382	0.144	2664856.000	0.406	31.860	0.267	0.080	0.267
NACE 11	0.215	0.112	0.419	0.087	1283121.000	0.196	187.390	0.289	0.067	0.288
NACE 12	0.154	0.123	0.356	0.094	1798759.000	0.213	40.300	0.335	0.061	0.335
NACE 13	0.253	0.105	0.489	0.084	9597534.000	0.251	205.780	0.275	0.067	0.276
NACE 14	0.315	0.216	0.707	0.104	1317172.000	0.322	284.520	0.231	0.080	0.231
NACE 15	0.349	0.089	0.540	0.066	4364618.000	0.175	58.490	0.275	0.031	0.276
NACE 16	0.091	0.114	0.369	0.090	278310.900	0.292	235.850	0.182	0.092	0.181
NACE 17	0.424	0.056	0.517	0.043	11374875.000	0.155	159.470	0.190	0.149	0.191
NACE 18	0.552	0.086	0.595	0.085	5958744.000	0.178	42.570	0.165	0.152	0.167
NACE 19	0.826	0.113	1.120	0.112	713355.700	0.341	6.730	0.260	0.054	0.260
NACE 20	0.244	0.133	0.494	0.107	5702696.000	0.215	355.280	0.239	0.088	0.238

Non-sampling error

For survey 2010 response rate is 88.2%.

For survey 2015 response rate is 93.7%.

For more detailed information see ‘Coverage error’ section.

Coverage error

	CVTS 4	CVTS 5
Number of enterprises in the sampling frame (The number of enterprises in the sampling frame according to the Business register)	32421	27340
Gross sample size (The number of enterprises initially selected from the sampling frame)	5207	4516
Net Sample size (The number of enterprises finally selected)	4276	4216

Over-coverage - rate

CVTS 4: 17.9% of enterprises.

CVTS 5: 7.1% of enterprises.

Common units - proportion

Not applicable.

Measurement error

Serious issues with the measurement errors were not found.

Non response error

Unit non-response CVTS 4: 504 enterprises.

Unit non-response CVTS 5: 267 enterprises.

Unit non-response - rate

Divisions of non-response into categories
	CVTS 4	CVTS 5
Non response rate (%)	11.79	6.33
Non-contacts (%)	7.13	2.56
Refusals (%)	1.89	3.04
Inability to respond (%)	-	0.09
Rejected interviews (%)	0.23	0.64
Other reasons(%)	2.53	-

Item non-response - rate

CVTS 4: no items with non-response more than 10%.

CVTS 5: item non-response rate for C7sub - 12.05%.

Processing error

No major processing errors discovered.

Imputation - rate

CVTS 4: Average imputaion rate - 0.42%.

CVTS 5: Average imputation rate - 12.05%

Model assumption error

Not applicable. The sampling design effect was included into calculated sampling errors.

Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments).

Data revision - policy

In accordance to the interior (for the NSI) rules for data dissemination.

Data revision - practice

In accordance to the interior (for the NSI) rules for data dissemination.

Data revision - average size

Not applicable.

Timeliness and punctuality

Timeliness

Survey year	Fieldwork	Processing	Data delivery to Eurostat
2010	06-07/2011	03-06/2012	07-11/2012
2015	06-09/2016	10/2016 - 06/2017	06/2017

Time lag - first results

The first CVTS 5 results were disseminated at the NSI’s website at 30.06.2017.

Time lag - final results

To be announced (CVTS 5 results).

Punctuality

All deliverables were sent on time.

Punctuality - delivery and publication

Data is provided and published on exact date.

Coherence and comparability

Comparability - geographical

Deviations from CVTS 4 and 5 concepts and definitions

CVTS 4 and 5 concepts and definitions

No deviations in concepts and definitions stipulated in Commission Regulation.

CVTS 4 and 5 variables

In variables B2 (B2a, B2b … etc.) the relative shares were replaced with absolute values, which were later transformed into percentages. No impact on the coherence.

There was an alternative for the enterprises to describe their economic activity instead of filling in the NACE code for A1. No impact on the coherence.

CVTS 4 and 5 questionnaire

No deviations from the European standard questionnaire.

Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient

Not applicable (no flows).

Comparability - over time

Key indicators

	CVTS 3 (2005)	CVTS 4 (2010)	CVTS 5 (2015)
Enterprises providing training - % of all enterprises	28.7	31.2	42.2
Enterprises providing CVT courses - % of all enterprises	21.0	20.5	31.9
Participants in CVT courses - % of persons employed in all enterprises	14.8	22.0	26.5
Participants in CVT courses - % of persons employed in enterprises providing CVT courses	33.0	49.3	48.0
Cost of CVT courses - cost per person employed in all enterprises	18.6	46.2	88.4
Cost of CVT courses - cost per person employed in enterprises providing CVT courses	40.7	103.4	160.7
Enterprises employing IVT participants - % of all enterprises	4.4	6.4	7.6

Length of comparable time series

Not applicable.

Coherence - cross domain

CVTS data has been compared with Structural Business Statistics data with regard to number of persons employed. Full comparability is not possible due to differences in methodology.

Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not applicable.

Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.

Coherence - internal

CVTS results for a given reference year are based on the same microdata and results are calculated using the same estimation methods, therefore the data are internally coherent.

Accessibility and clarity

News release

Not avaliable.

Publications

Statistics explained

Bulgarian national publications had been issued for previous waves before CVTS 4 and are available in BNSI library.

On-line database

Data tables - consultations

Not avaliable.

Micro-data access

In accordance to the interior (for the NSI) Rules for Provision of Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research Purposes (https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/12152/).

Other

Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services (https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/12408/).

Metadata - consultations

Not avaliable.

Documentation on methodology

For each wave of the CVTS a detailed implementation manual is available which contains definitions and additional methodological explanations, a European standard questionnaire and the code book.

The implementation manuals are available in CIRCABC.

Metadata completeness – rate

Not applicable.

Quality documentation

CVTS 3: the EU quality report is available in CIRCABC.

CVTS 4: the EU quality report as well as national quality reports are available in CIRCABC.

CVTS 5: to be announced.

Cost and burden

Staff involved in administering survey:

1 expert from Department ‘Information and Application Software’ – responsible for preparation of informatics tool.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality - policy

· Law on Statistics;

Confidentiality – data treatment

Comment

Download in SDMX 2.1 file format: Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)

Metadata Structure Definition in SDMX 2.1: ESQRS_MSD+BNSI+2.0+SDMX.2.1.xml

Download in SDMX 2.0 file format: Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)

Metadata Structure Definition in SDMX 2.0: ESQRS_MSD+BNSI+2.0+SDMX.2.0.xml

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2023/2024 School Year

Friday, 26 April 2024 - 11:00

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

In 2023/2024 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 216.9 thousand children.
In 2023, the number of basic education graduates was 63.4 thousand students and the number of upper-secondary education graduates from general and vocational programmes was respectively 24.2 and 15.4 thousand students.
In 2023/2024 academic year, there w...

Education2023_en_08NKATC.pdf

Main results from the Adult Education Survey 2022 (preliminary data)

Thursday, 14 September 2023 - 11:00

Adult Education Survey is conducted every 5 years in all EU member states through a common methodology and a harmonized questionnaire in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) № 2019/1700 of 10 October 2019.

According to the survey, 637.9 thousand persons (18.9%) aged 25 - 64 participated in at least one non-formal training in the last 12 months. Compared with the previous survey wave, there was a decrease of 3.6 percentage points. While almost every third person (31.1%) with a tertiary education has participated in at least one non-formal training, this share is 4.7% for thos...

AES2022_en_H7E93CU.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2022/2023 School Year

Wednesday, 26 April 2023 - 11:00

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

In 2022/2023 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 216.5 thousand children.
In 2022, the number of basic education graduates was 61.1 thousand students and the number of upper-secondary education graduates from general and vocational programmes were respectively 23.2 and 13.2 thousand students.
In 2022/2023 academic year, there ...

Education2022_en_4UPGZS4.pdf

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 2024

Friday, 27 September 2024 - 10:00

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 2024.

The publication contains main data from the annual comprehensive statistical observations characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria in the period 2019 - 2023.

The publication includes data on kindergartens, educational institutions, students in different types of schools, teachers, students - Bulgarian and forei...

Statistical Reference Book 2024

Monday, 24 June 2024 - 11:30

Тhe National Statistical Institute presents to the users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2024 in English.

The Statistical Reference Book presents up-to-date information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2019 - 2023 period.

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

Statistical Reference Book 2024 (Bulgarian version)

Friday, 14 June 2024 - 12:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2024 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, forestry,...

Statistical Yearbook 2023

Monday, 3 June 2024 - 10:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 91-st edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2017 - 2022 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 Sys...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2023

Monday, 4 September 2023 - 15:20

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 2018/2019 to 2022/2023 school (academic) years.

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

Statistical Reference Book 2023 (Bulgarian version)

Wednesday, 5 July 2023 - 09:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2023 in Bulgarian.

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 2018 - 2022 period.

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

Statistical Reference Book 2023

Wednesday, 5 July 2023 - 09:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2023 in English.

Statistical Yearbook 2022

Wednesday, 7 June 2023 - 09:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 90th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2016 - 2021 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 ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2022

Tuesday, 6 December 2022 - 14:25

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 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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 belie...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Nati...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 - 15:51

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, educa...

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 b...

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, agric...

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 ...

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, agr...

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&...

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.

Accor...

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 ...

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.

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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, wh...

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...