Statistical data

The National Statistical Institute publishes data on the housing fund as of 31.12.2022. The number of dwellings in the country is 4 282 656. The number of dwellings is calculated as to the data from the Population and Housing Census as of 7.09.2021 is added the data of the newly built dwellings completed up to 31.12.2022 and the data of the destroyed dwellings is subtracted.

Data on the housing fund is available on the NSI website under the heading 'Housing fund'.

In 2021, the number of active enterprises in Bulgaria was 381 457, which is 4.8% less compared to the previous year, 2020. The newborn enterprises are 37 898, or 9.9% of the total number of enterprises in the selected economic sectors. Almost 79.4% of the enterprises born in 2020 survive one year later, as in the group of ‘1 - 4 employees’ this share is highest - 89.8%.

The Total Producer Price Index in Industry decreased by 1.3% in June 2023 compared to the previous month. Lower prices were registered in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 5.2%. In the mining and quarrying industry an increase by 1.1% was recorded, and in the manufacturing no change in prices was observed.

The Producer Price Index on the Domestic Market fell by 2.4% in June 2023 compared to the previous month. The domestic prices decreased in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 5.8%, in the mining and quarrying industry by 0.9%, and in the manufacturing by 0.4%.

The Total Producer Price Index went down by 10.9% in June 2023 compared to the same month in 2022. Prices fell in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 24.7%, in the manufacturing by 5.5%, and in the mining and quarrying industry by 4.2%.

The Producer Price Index on the Domestic Market decreased by 11.4% compared to June 2022. Lower prices were reported in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 24.0%, in the manufacturing by 2.4%, and in the mining and quarrying industry by 0.5%.

In July 2023, the total business climate indicator remains to its level from June. An increase of the indicator is observed in the retail trade and service sector, while in the industry, a reduction is registered. Only in the construction, the indicator preserves its level from the previous month.

The most serious difficulties for the business development in all sectors continues to be the uncertain economic environment.

In June 2023, the number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 790.3 thousand, or 16.1% above the registered in June 2022.

The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visiting cultural and sports events) composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 43.4%, followed by those with holiday and recreation purpose - 38.9%, and with professional purpose - 17.7%.

The number of visits of non-residents to Bulgaria was 1 392.1 thousand, or 23.0% more in comparison with June 2022. In June 2023, the predominant share of the visits was with holiday and recreation purpose - 50.8%, followed by trips with other purposes - 40.3%, and with professional purpose - 8.9%.

Transit passes through the country were 30.9% (430.2 thousand) of all visits of non-residents to Bulgaria.

The data for the first quarter of 2023 have been published for revenues, expenses and deficit/surplus of the ‘General Government’ sector by sub-sectors: sub-sector ‘Central Government’, sub-sector ‘Local Government’ and sub-sector ‘Social Insurance Funds’, in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 2011/85 of the EU. The data are based on cash reports and trial balances on accrual basis of the budgetary units, as well as quarterly data on the public enterprises reclassified in the sector.

Detailed data can be found on the NSI website under the heading 'Government Finance Statistics'.

In the second quarter of 2023, the newly registered legal entities in the country are 11 025, and those declared bankrupt - 984. Compared to the same quarter of 2022, the total number of newly registered decreased by 2.6%, and that of bankrupts - by 23.8%.

The distribution by economic sectors shows that the relative share of newly registered legal entities is the largest in sector G ‘Trade; car and motorcycle repair’ - 89.4% of all newly registered units in the second quarter of 2023. Among the companies declaring bankrupt, the largest share is in sector G ‘Trade; repair of cars and motorcycles’, which is 75.4% of the total number of bankrupted legal entities.

In June 2023, the monthly inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was -0.4% compared to the previous month, and the annual inflation rate in June 2023 compared to June 2022 was 8.7%.

In June 2023, compared to the previous month, the highest decrease was recorded in the prices for Recreation and culture (-3.1%), Food and non-alcoholic beverages (-1.0%), Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (-0.6%) and Clothing and footwear (-0.6%). The highest increase was registered for Restaurants and hotels (+1.6%), Communications (+1.1%) and Health (+0.9%).

In June 2023, the monthly inflation rate, measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), was 0.1% compared to the previous month, and the annual inflation rate in June 2023 compared to June 2022 was 7.5%.

In 2022 with effective and conditional sentences were concluded 26 088 crimes and convicted persons were 24 047. The number of convicted males was 21 973, or 91.4%, and females - 2 074 (8.6%). Among both men and women, the highest share of persons convicted was in the 30 - 39 age group - 27.6% for men and 30.5% for women.

Among the crimes with penalty inflicted, with the highest number and share were generally dangerous crimes - 13 428 (51.5%) for which 11 902 persons were convicted (49.5% of the total number of convicted persons). The second place in the structure were the crimes against the property - 4 617 (17.7%) with 5 052 convicted persons (21.0%).

Compared to 2021, there was a significant increase in both the number of crimes against the activity of state bodies, public organisations and persons performing public functions (by 26.1%) and the number of persons convicted for them (by 24.9%). The reason for this was the most common type among these crimes - illegal crossing of the boundary.

In the distribution of crimes with an inflicted penalty by the number of offenders, the highest share was of the crimes committed by one person - 95.9%. Two persons committing one crime in complicity was most common in the crimes against the property (9.8%), and crimes committed by three or more persons - in crimes against the order and public peace (3.3%).

In May 2023, 2 491 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with 10 or more bed-places, functioned in the country with 101.5 thousand rooms and 223.6 thousand bed-places in them. In comparison with May 2022, the accommodation establishments increased by 5.0% and the bed-places in them - by 7.9%.

The total number of nights spent was 1 247.7 thousand, or by 1.2% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.

The number of arrivals in all accommodation establishments increased by 7.2% compared to the same month of 2022 and reached 527.4 thousand.

The total revenues from nights spent reached 87.7 million BGN, or by 16.0% more compared to May 2022.