Press releases

In June 2022, compared to May 2022, an increase is reported for the production of: electricity - by 11.2% and transport diesel - by 2.4%. A decrease is reported for the production of: solid fuels - by 14.8% and unleaded motor gasoline - by 1.9%. No change for the production of liquefied petroleum gases and natural gas.

In June 2022, compared to the same month of the previous year, an increase is reported for the production of: solid fuels - by 137.7%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 50.0%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 40.2%,  transport diesel - by 36.3% and electricity - by 25.0%. No change for the production of natural gas.

In June 2022, compared to May 2022, an increase is reported for the deliveries of: unleaded motor gasoline - by 31.8% and transport diesel - by 5.5%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of: solid fuels - by 14.8%, natural gas - by 10.0%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 2.9% and electricity - by 1.8%.

In June 2022, compared to the same month of the previous year, an increase is reported for the deliveries of: solid fuels - by 132.0%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 28.9% and transport diesel - by 10.5%. A decrease is reported for the deliveries of: natural gas - by 21.7%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 5.7% and electricity - by 3.1%.

In August 2022, the total business climate indicator decreases by 3.4 percentage points compared to the previous month.

More unfavourable business climate is registered in industry, retail trade and service sector, and in construction the indicator preserves its level from July.

The uncertain economic environment remain the main factor limiting the activity in all sectors.

There was an increase in the goods carried and the transport performance by the freight land and water transport increased by 1.7% and 5.6%, respectively. The data are preliminary.

Compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year the number of transported passengers by the passenger transport (land, water and urban electrical transport) rose by 17.4%. The transport performance also increased by 30.5% compared to the second quarter of 2021.

Freight land transport

The transported goods by the land transport were by 1.8% more and the transport performance rose by 5.9% than the same quarter of 2021.

Freight water transport

The transported goods by the sea and inland waterway transport went up by 1.3%, while the transport performance, measured in tonne-kilometres, declined by 8.7% in comparison with the same quarter of 2021.

Passengers land transport

The number of the transported passengers was by 14.3% more and the transport performance growth by 31.4% compared to the second quarter of the previous year.

Passengers water transport

In the second quarter of 2022, there was an increase of the transported passengers by water transport by 24.0 thousand passengers as well in the transport performance by 117.6 thousand pkm.

Urban electrical transport

During the period April - June of 2022 the enterprises performing urban electrical transport transported by 22.1% more passengers than the same period of 2021. The transport performance increased by 24.9%.

According to the preliminary data for the second quarter of 2022, the total turnover index in the section ‘Transportation, storage and post’, calculated on the basis of seasonally adjusted data, rose by 9.8% compared to the first quarter of 2022. In the section ‘Information and communication’ the turnover index increased by 5.4%.

In the second quarter of 2022, 1 076.6 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority - 80.0% of them travelled only within the country, 15.7% - only abroad and 4.3% - both within the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2021, the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over increased by 15.5%.

In the second quarter of 2022 the unemployment rate was 4.7%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 75.0%.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, GDP has a growth of 4.8% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of the previous year.

In July 2022, the monthly inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 1.1% compared to the previous month, and the annual inflation rate in July 2022 compared to July 2021 was 17.3%.

In July 2022 compared to June 2022, the highest price increase was registered for Recreation and culture (+7.4%), Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (+5.2%) and Restaurants and hotels (+1.2%). The highest decrease was recorded in the prices for Clothing and footwear (-2.0%), Transport (-1.7%) and Food and non-alcoholic beverages (-0.1%).

In July 2022, the monthly inflation rate, measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), was 0.8% compared to the previous month, and the annual inflation rate in July 2022 compared to July 2021 was 14.9%.

The total income average per household member during the second quarter of 2022 is 2 207 BGN and increases by 16.5% compared to the same quarter of 2021.

The total expenditure average per household member during the second quarter of 2022 is 1 962 BGN and increases by 17.8% compared to the same quarter of 2021.

The consumption of most basic food products average per household member decreases during the second quarter of 2022 compared to the same quarter of 2021.

The producer price index in agriculture in the second quarter of 2022 increased by 37.5% in comparison with the same quarter of 2021. The price index of crop output increased by 46.4% and the animal output increased by 26.9%. In comparison with the previous year, the prices of agricultural output went up by 34.5%, as in crop output they increased by 42.6%, and in animal output - by 24.8%.

The index of prices of goods and services currently consumed in agriculture in the second quarter of 2022 was higher by 46.2% compared to the same quarter of the previous year and by 38.1% compared to 2021.