Statistical data

According to preliminary data 309 892 non-financial enterprises have submitted their annual reports for 2011 at the National Statistical Institute, employing 1 913 087 persons, generating 34 363 Million BGN of value added and making 13 933 Million BGN costs for gross investment in tangible goods.

In August 2012 the total business climate indicator decreases by 3.3 percentage points compared to its July level due to the more unfavourable business climate in the all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and service sector.

In July 2012 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 404.6 thousand or by 12.0% more than in June 2012 and by 7.0% above the registered in July 2011.

By preliminarily data of the National Statistical Institute in the second quarter of 2012, 755 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority part (80.7%) of them travelled only in the country, 15.5% - only abroad and 3.8% - both in the country and abroad.

According to preliminary data during the second quarter of 2012 in comparison with the same period of 2011 an increase in the transported goods by 5.7% was observed, while the transport performance fell by 10.7%. Compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year both - the transported passengers and the transport performance, decreased by 1.9 and 6.5%, respectively.

In the second quarter of 2012 the employment rate for population aged 15 - 64 was 58.3% (by 0.2 percentage points higher than in the second quarter of 2011). For the same period the unemployment rate went up by 1.1 percentage points to 12.3%.

According to preliminary data from the second quarter of 2012 the total turnover index for section “Transportation, storage and post”, calculated on the basis of seasonally adjusted data was 9.6% higher than the previous quarter, while in section „Information and communication” - by 3.2%.

The index of producer prices in agriculture increased by 5.9% in the second quarter of 2012 as compared to the same quarter 2011. Increases were registered in the crop production by 3.9% and in the livestock production by 8.6%.

The index of prices of goods and services currently consumed in agriculture in the second quarter of 2012 was 6.5% above the index in the same quarter of 2011.

The average total income per household member in the second quarter of 2012 was 1071 Levs or increased by 13.8% compared to the same period of 2011.

The total expenditure per household member in the second quarter of 2012 was 967 Levs and increased by 11.2% compared to the same quarter of 2011.

The consumption of main food products average per capita did not change significantly in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2011.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the second quarter of 2012 is 0.5% compared with the same quarter of the previous year.