Statistical data

In 2020, 78.9% of the households in Bulgaria had internet access at home, which was by 3.8 percentage points more compared to the previous year.

In 2020, 95.5% of the non-financial enterprises with 10 or more persons employed had internet access and among the big enterprises with 250 or more persons employed, the relative share was 100.0%.

In the period January - September 2020 the exports of goods from Bulgarian to the EU decreased by 5.7% in comparison to the same period of 2019 and amounted to 26 440.2 Million BGN while the imports of goods to Bulgaria from the EU dropped by 10.7% and reached 26 475.8 Million BGN.

In September 2020 the exports of goods to the EU increased by 2.4% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to 3 184.3 Million BGN while the imports of goods grew by 2.3% and added up to 3 256.4 Million BGN.

In the period January - October 2020 the exports of goods from Bulgaria to third countries decreased by 11.3% compared to the same period of 2019 and amounted to 15 402.2 Million BGN while the imports of goods from third countries dropped by 10.9% and added up to 18 983.7 Million BGN.

In the period January - October 2020 the total value of all exported goods to third countries and EU amounted to 45 162.4 Million BGN, which is 7.6% less than the same period of the previous year, while the total value of all imported goods from third countries and EU added up to 48 803.0 Million BGN and dropped by 10.9%.

In October 2020, during the continuing epidemic situation, 1 777 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 54.2 thousand and the bed-places were 110.4 thousand. In comparison with October 2019, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) decreased by 9.3%, and the bed-places in them - by 22.6%.

The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in October 2020 was 625.5 thousand, or by 31.3% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.

The total revenues from nights spent in October 2020 reached 31.7 million BGN or by 39.0% less compared to October 2019.

According to the preliminary data, in October 2020 the index of production in section ‘Construction’ calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data was 1.5% below the level of the previous month. In October 2020 the working day adjusted index of production in construction decreased by 4.7% in comparison with the same month of 2019.

According to the preliminary seasonally adjusted data in October 2020 the turnover in ‘Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles’ at constant prices increased by 1.5% compared to the previous month. The working day adjusted turnover fell by 5.3% as compared to the same month of the previous year.

According to the preliminary data in October 2020 the Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted, increased by 0.2% as compared to September 2020.

In October 2020 the working day adjusted Industrial Production Index fell by 3.9% in comparison with the same month of 2019.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2020 increased by 11.5% in EU-27 compared to the previous quarter by seasonally adjusted data. For the same period, GDP in Bulgaria increased by 4.3%.

According to the preliminary data, GDP per person employed decreased by 1.6% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the same quarter of the previous year.