Hourly earnings, Employees

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Structure of earnings survey - average hourly earnings, average monthly earnings, average annual earnings, employees, paid hours, days of annual paid leave - national and regional (statistical zones) levels

Contact

Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute

Contact organisation unit

Statistics on Labour costs, Research and Development, Innovation and Information Society Department

Contact name

Todor Davidkov

Contact person function

head of unit

Contact mail address

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

Contact email address

[email protected]

Contact phone number

+35929857568

Contact fax number

Metadata update

Metadata last certified

16 July 2024

Metadata last posted

16 July 2024

Metadata last update

16 July 2024

Statistical presentation

Data description

The Structure of Earnings Survey is aimed to give detailed and comparable at European Union level information on distribution and relationships between the level of remuneration, individual characteristics of employees and these of their employer.

Objects of the survey are: characteristics of employer (enterprise, local unit) - number of employees in the local unit, type of ownership, existence and type of collective pay agreement, size of the enterprise; individual characteristics of employees - age, sex, educational level, occupation, length of service, mode of employment (full-time/part-time), type of employment contract, annual gross earnings, annual bonuses, annual payments in kind, annual days of paid holiday leave, monthly gross earnings, earnings related to overtime, earnings related to shift work, employee's compulsory social security contributions and income tax, number of paid monthly hours, number of paid overtime hours.

Classification system

· Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG 2008);

· National Classification of Occupations and Duties-2011 (NCOD-2011) - Data were collected by the NCOD-2005 as it was the acting classification in 2010 and after that recoded into NCOD-2001 to be in compliance with international classification ISCO-08, in accordance with the requirements of the Commission Regulation N1738/2005.

· Nomenclature of Educational Levels - in compliance with the International Standard Classification of Education, 1997 version (ISCED 1997);

· Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria - NUTS.

Sector coverage

Enterprises with 1 or more employees in economic activity within sections B to S of NACE.BG-2008 are covered.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Employees are all persons who have a direct employment contract with their employer and receive remuneration in cash or in kind for certain quality and quantity of work done, irrespective of the type of work performed, the number of working hours (full or part-time) and the duration of the employment contract (fixed or indefinite).

Gross earnings are the remuneration in cash paid to the employee directly and regularly by the employer at the time of each pay period, before deductions of any tax and social security contributions payable by employee and withheld by the employer.

The gross monthly earnings of employees include:

basic wage or salary for work done or time worked in the reference month;
earnings related to annual paid holiday leave and other periods of absences paid for entirely by the employer at a full rate;
payment for overtime work;
special payment for shift work - night shifts, week-end or public-holiday shifts;
payments for seniority, harmful and other specific working conditions, high personal qualification or other collectively or individually agreed additional payments;
bonuses and gratuities paid regularly in each pay period, even if the amount varies from month to month.

The annual gross earnings are the total amount of the regular payments in cash received by the employee for the work performed during the reference year, including:

· the value of annual payments in kind (goods and services) made available to employees by employer;

· all irregular payments as quarterly bonuses, 13th or 14th salaries and other gratuities not received at each pay period.

Paid hours cover the total number of normal and overtime hours to which the gross monthly earnings in the reference month relate. The number of paid hours includes: actually worked normal hours, worked and paid overtime hours, hours not worked but nevertheless paid by the employer at a full rate (annual leave, work stoppages and other hours paid such as for medical examinations).

Statistical unit

Local units (territorial structures) with 1 or more employees belonging to enterprises with 1 or more employees.

Statistical population

The structure of earnings statistics relates to enterprises with at least one employee in economic activities within sections B to S of NACE.BG-2008, including section O "Public administration".

Reference area

Area of Republic of Bulgaria.

Time coverage

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,2022

Base period

Not applicable.

Unit of measure

Number, Percent(%), BGN.

Reference period

The reference year is the calendar 2022. For representative month is approved October as being the month that is least affected by absences owing to annual leave or public holidays.

Institutional mandate

Legal acts and other agreements

·Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs;

·Commission Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000;

·Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005;

·National Statistical Program 2023.

Data sharing

Not applicable.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality - policy

· Law on Statistics (Statistics Act);

· 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

Individual data are not published according to Art. 25 of Statistics Act. Dissemination of individual data is performed only according to Art. 26 of the Statistics Act.

Release policy

Release calendar

The publication data for the statistical information is 15 July 2024, i.e. 18 months and 15 days after the reference year. This date is included 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://old.nsi.bg/en/node/480

User access

Data are published on the NSI website, section Labour market in accordance with Law on Statistics (Chapter 5) and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably.

Frequency of dissemination

Once per four years.

Accessibility and clarity

News release

None.

Publications

On-line database

Detailed results are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Labour Market - Structural (four yearly) statistics on earnings and labour costs - Structure of Earnings - national level, 4-year periodicity: https://old.nsi.bg/en/node/6520

Information System INFOSTAT: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=95

Micro-data access

Access to the anonymised micro data is granted according to the Rules for granting access to anonymised micro-data for scientific and research purposes set by NSI.

Other

Not applicable.

Documentation on methodology

Quality documentation

A quality report is prepared according to requirements of the Commission Regulation 698/2006.

Quality management

Quality assurance

According to Article 2, Para 3 of the Bulgarian Law on Statistics statistical information shall be produced in compliance with the following criteria for quality: adequacy, accuracy, timeliness, punctuality, accessibility and clarity, comparability and logical consistency.

According art. 10 of Council Regulation 530/1999 the national authorities shall ensure that the results reflect the true situation of the total population of units with a sufficient degree of representativity. The national authorities submit to Eurostat at its request after each reference period a report to enable the quality of the statistics to be evaluated.

Quality assessment

According to the Commission Regulation 698/2006, having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999, each Member State shall prepare quality report for evaluation of the quality of structure of earnings statistics at the latest 24 months after the end of the reference period.

Relevance

User needs

The user groups are defined on the base of the data requests received by NSI. The customers of the SES results can be classified as follows:

· National institutions - Ministries, Agencies, Councils, other governmental bodies and public;

· International institutions - Eurostat, ILO, OECD, UNICEF, UNECE;

· Social partners: Trade unions and employment associations

· Private institutions and businesses, incl. media

· Researchers and students

Internal to NSI: other units of NSI, e.g. dealing with LFS, Classifications, National Accounts, Household Budgets etc. for purpose of comparison or other.

User satisfaction

NSI has not carried out a specific survey among users to know their needs of information concerning SES and whether they are satisfied with the published results. Users usually prefer more detailed data at the lowest levels of the classifications applied in the survey which is problematic due to the limited number of observations and correspondingly the lower level of precision.

Completeness

The survey covers all mandatory variables according to the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005. There is full coverage as well in terms of size of the enterprises (with 1+ employees) and of economic activities (NACE.BG 2008 sections B - S, including O).

Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

The overall accuracy of the survey results depends on:

· number of the surveyed units

To achieve a certain desired accuracy of the survey results a sampling plan of employees and local units is made. First, the total number of persons who should be observed is calculated. The calculations are made with 95% confidence level that the maximum error of the estimate shall be within a preset interval. The resulting number of persons is distributed proportionally to the population by three stratification criteria: the size of the local unit of economic activity and territory (location) of the local unit. Based on the parameters of the population and proportionally distributed number of employees that need to be observed, it is calculated how many local units must be selected from each cell.

· the survey framework

To construct the framework population from which the sample survey is to be selected data for the local units and the number of employees from the comprehensive Annual survey of employees, hours worked, wages and salaries and other labor costs for 2017 were used. For purposes of grossing-up procedures of the sampling data, the parameters of the population are updated with information for 2018, which is available approximately 12 months after the reference period.

· survey tools

The survey questionnaire is developed on paper and electronic format. The electronic questionnaire is an on-line based with incorporated logical controls allowing data to be validated while entered.

· methods of identifying and addressing possible errors

Approximately 100 checks are applied to verify data concerning: completeness of responses, data plausibility, arithmetic and logical consistency between the collected variables. Data editing is done by: a reference back to the persons filled information, use of information from administrative sources (Personal register of insured persons of the National Social Security Institute), use of other statistical surveys containing information about the surveyed units, application of statistical methods and techniques for the assessment of missing values (mean value imputation, the most frequent value imputation, etc.).

Sampling error

Coefficients of variation (relative standard errors) are calculated by use of the Horvitz-Tompson estimator. Coefficients of variation (CVs) are low for most of the relevant items and important classification levels.

Coefficients of variations by working time schedule and gender - %

	Gross monthly earnings	Gross hourly earnings
Total population	0.21	0.20
Full-time employees	0.21	0.21
Male	0.33	0.33
Female	0.24	0.24
Part-time	0.76	0.78
Male	1.08	1.07
Female	1.06	1.10

The highest CVs appeared for small heterogeneous populations with low sampling probability and in cases of high unit non-response rate (small number of observations).

The following criteria were agreed for data publishing:

· cells with earnings (monthly/hourly/annual) showing CV between 20 and 30% were put in parenthesis;

· cells with earnings (monthly/hourly/annual) showing CV higher than 30% were hidden (deleted) and marked with sloped forward dash ‘/ ‘;

· cells with number of observations between 4 and 9 were put in parenthesis;

· cells with number of observations between 1 and 3 were hidden (deleted) and marked with sloped forward dash ‘/ ‘.

Extreme values were removed from the dataset and grossing-up factors were recalculated. From calculations were excluded 0.09% of records with extreme values of hourly earnings.

Non-sampling error

Non-sampling errors are described in details in the Quality Report where assessment is made of:

· over-coverage - the percentage of units covered in the survey that are out of scope of the target population;

· measurement errors - from the wrong interpretation of the survey questionnaire and respondents’ errors when not complying with explanatory notes for completion of the questionnaire - measured through the percentage of the wrong cases identified by the applied arithmetic and logic controls.

· the relative share of the non-response from sampled units is 7.3%. The non-responded units are grouped in two basic groups by reasons: (a) because of lack of up-to-date framework at the time of sample selection - restructured, closed or units without activity during reference period; lack of contact; (b) units refused to respond . To neutralize the errors resulting from the lack of response from some of the units in the sample, the weights are recalculated with the number of respondents units.

· percentage of non-responses of individual variables or individual employees in the observation unit;

· percentage of corrected cases of key variables.

Timeliness and punctuality

Timeliness

Publication of survey results at national level: 15 July 2024

Submission of micro data to Eurostat: 1 July 2024

Issue of paper and electronic publication with detailed survey results: January 2025

Punctuality

Micro data were sent to Eurostat on 1 July 2024.
The reasons for the delays from the scheduled deadlines are:
• difficulty to collect data from respondents and to achieve a good response rate;
• lack of time and human resources.

Coherence and comparability

Comparability - geographical

The national and regional data (level 1 - statistical zones) are conformed to the acting Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes which is application of the European classification NUTS.

Comparability - over time

The comparability over time is influenced mainly by changes in definitions and classifications as result of amendments of Community legislation as well as by change in coverage of enterprises.

	2002	2006	2010	2014-2022
Coverage in terms of size of the enterprise	10 + employees	1+ employees	1+ employees	1+ employees
Definition of gross annual earnings	excluding annual payments in kind	including annual payments in kind *	including annual payments in kind	including annual payments in kind
Classification of economic activities	NCEA - 2001 (in compl. with NACE Rev.1)	NCEA - 2003 (in compl. with NACE Rev.1.1)	CEA - 2008 (in compl. with NACE Rev.2)	CEA - 2008 (in compl. with NACE Rev.2)
Classification of occupations	NCO - 1996 (in compl. with ISCO - 88 COM)	NCOD - 2005 (in compl. with ISCO - 88 COM)	NCOD - 2005, NCOD - 2011 (in compl. with ISCO - 08)	NCOD - 2011 (in compl. with ISCO - 08)
Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes	NUTS1 - corresponds to national level	NUTS1 - Bulgaria is divided into two statistical zones (BG3, BG4)*	NUTS1 – Bulgaria is divided into two statistical zones (BG3, BG4)*	NUTS1 – Bulgaria is divided into two statistical zones (BG3, BG4)*

Coherence - cross domain

There are other statistical sources that produce information on number of employees, earnings and working time:

Quarterly Survey on Number of Employees, Time Worked, Wages and Salaries and Other Labour Costs – number of employees; wages and salaries; worked days and worked hours;
Annual Survey on Employed Persons, Wages and Salaries and Other Labour Costs - number of employees; wages and salaries; worked days and worked hours;
Labour Force Survey - number of employees; worked hours;
National Accounts - number of employees; worked hours.

The results from the 2022 Structure of Earnings Survey are relatively comparable with from the above-sited surveys due to the methodological characteristics of each information source in regards to: goals, unit of observation, definitions, coverage of economic activities, statistical methods used for collection and estimation of variables surveyed.

Coherence - internal

Indicators within the data set are internally coherent.

Cost and burden

Survey on respondents’ burden is not carried out.

Data revision

Data revision - policy

Not applicable.

Data revision - practice

Not applicable.

Statistical processing

Source data

Source of the data is a sampling statistical survey. The sampling procedure used for the SES contains two stages. In the first stage, a stratified random sample of local units without replacement is drawn. Stratification criteria used include:

· economic activity – divisions (2-digit level) of NACE.BG 2008;

· the number of employees in the local unit: 1 to 9 employees; 10 to 49 employees; 50 to 249 employees; 250 to 499 employees; 500 to 999 employees; 1000 and more employees;

· regional breakdown – level 1 of national Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria, in force since 2009:

- BG3 - Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria

- BG4 – Yugozapadna i Yuzhna Tsentralna Bulgaria.

At the second stage, a systematic sample of employees is taken within each of the selected local units.

At the first sampling stage 19 182 local units were selected (9.1 form total population) from which 17 331 responded units (90% from the sample) provided data for approximately 217 500 employees (9.2% from total population).

Frequency of data collection

Once per four years.

Data collection

Data are collected through tailor-made questionnaire which consists of: part A collecting information for sampled local units and part B collecting information for each sampled employee. The questionnaire is accompanied by a dispatch note to each respondent about the purposes of the survey and explanatory notes for sampling of employees within the local units and instructions on information required. The SES questionnaire was developed on paper and electronic format, uploaded on the official web page of NSI. The Head office of NSI provides methodological assistance to the respondents and to the Regional Statistical Offices (RSOs) on completion and processing of the information.

Data validation

Approximately 100 controls have been applied on micro data for validation of: completeness, plausible values, logical and arithmetic coherence between collected variables. Data are checked at three levels: (1) during the initial data entry - in the electronic questionnaire by respondents and by the RSOs from paper questionnaires. (2) at the RSOs on the joint regional micro data set; (3) at NSI level - on the joint national micro data set. Besides micro data validation, survey results are compared with other sources of similar type of information.

Data compilation

The data processing goes through the following stages:

· entry of the initial information into electronic format;

· data validation;

· data editing and imputation on the base of additional information from respondents and/or other statistical and administrative sources;

· weighting of the sampling data to gross-up results over the total surveyed population;

· producing of summarized table results.

The software used for data processing:

· completion and processing of the individual data by respondents - on-line based questionnaire;

· integration of individual files into a database, validation and export of outputs from the database by different dimensions, checks and formatting of the macro data to be sent to Eurostat – MS Access;

· processing of the integrated national database, table outputs and analyses – SPSS.

Adjustment

Not applicable.

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Contact

Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute

Contact organisation unit

Statistics on Labour costs, Research and Development, Innovation and Information Society Department

Contact name

Todor Davidkov

Contact person function

head of unit

Contact mail address

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

Contact email address

[email protected]

Contact phone number

+35929857568

Contact fax number

Statistical presentation

Data description

Classification system

· Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG 2008);

· Nomenclature of Educational Levels - in compliance with the International Standard Classification of Education, 1997 version (ISCED 1997);

· Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria - NUTS.

Sector coverage

Enterprises with 1 or more employees in economic activity within sections B to S of NACE.BG-2008 are covered.

Statistical concepts and definitions

The gross monthly earnings of employees include:

basic wage or salary for work done or time worked in the reference month;
earnings related to annual paid holiday leave and other periods of absences paid for entirely by the employer at a full rate;
payment for overtime work;
special payment for shift work - night shifts, week-end or public-holiday shifts;
payments for seniority, harmful and other specific working conditions, high personal qualification or other collectively or individually agreed additional payments;
bonuses and gratuities paid regularly in each pay period, even if the amount varies from month to month.

The annual gross earnings are the total amount of the regular payments in cash received by the employee for the work performed during the reference year, including:

· the value of annual payments in kind (goods and services) made available to employees by employer;

· all irregular payments as quarterly bonuses, 13th or 14th salaries and other gratuities not received at each pay period.

Statistical unit

Local units (territorial structures) with 1 or more employees belonging to enterprises with 1 or more employees.

Statistical population

The structure of earnings statistics relates to enterprises with at least one employee in economic activities within sections B to S of NACE.BG-2008, including section O "Public administration".

Reference area

Area of Republic of Bulgaria.

Time coverage

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,2022

Base period

Not applicable.

Statistical processing

Source data

· economic activity – divisions (2-digit level) of NACE.BG 2008;

· the number of employees in the local unit: 1 to 9 employees; 10 to 49 employees; 50 to 249 employees; 250 to 499 employees; 500 to 999 employees; 1000 and more employees;

· regional breakdown – level 1 of national Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria, in force since 2009:

- BG3 - Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria

- BG4 – Yugozapadna i Yuzhna Tsentralna Bulgaria.

At the second stage, a systematic sample of employees is taken within each of the selected local units.

Frequency of data collection

Once per four years.

Data collection

Data validation

Data compilation

The data processing goes through the following stages:

· entry of the initial information into electronic format;

· data validation;

· data editing and imputation on the base of additional information from respondents and/or other statistical and administrative sources;

· weighting of the sampling data to gross-up results over the total surveyed population;

· producing of summarized table results.

The software used for data processing:

· completion and processing of the individual data by respondents - on-line based questionnaire;

· processing of the integrated national database, table outputs and analyses – SPSS.

Adjustment

Not applicable.

Quality management

Quality assurance

Quality assessment

Relevance

User needs

The user groups are defined on the base of the data requests received by NSI. The customers of the SES results can be classified as follows:

· National institutions - Ministries, Agencies, Councils, other governmental bodies and public;

· International institutions - Eurostat, ILO, OECD, UNICEF, UNECE;

· Social partners: Trade unions and employment associations

· Private institutions and businesses, incl. media

· Researchers and students

Internal to NSI: other units of NSI, e.g. dealing with LFS, Classifications, National Accounts, Household Budgets etc. for purpose of comparison or other.

User satisfaction

Completeness

Data completeness - rate

The survey covers all (100%) mandatory variables according to the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 and 5 out of 10 optional variables.

Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

The overall accuracy of the survey results depends on:

· number of the surveyed units

· the survey framework

· survey tools

The survey questionnaire is developed on paper and electronic format. The electronic questionnaire is an on-line based with incorporated logical controls allowing data to be validated while entered.

· methods of identifying and addressing possible errors

Sampling error

Coefficients of variations by working time schedule and gender - %

	Gross monthly earnings	Gross hourly earnings
Total population	0.21	0.20
Full-time employees	0.21	0.21
Male	0.33	0.33
Female	0.24	0.24
Part-time	0.76	0.78
Male	1.08	1.07
Female	1.06	1.10

The highest CVs appeared for small heterogeneous populations with low sampling probability and in cases of high unit non-response rate (small number of observations).

The following criteria were agreed for data publishing:

· cells with earnings (monthly/hourly/annual) showing CV between 20 and 30% were put in parenthesis;

· cells with earnings (monthly/hourly/annual) showing CV higher than 30% were hidden (deleted) and marked with sloped forward dash ‘/ ‘;

· cells with number of observations between 4 and 9 were put in parenthesis;

· cells with number of observations between 1 and 3 were hidden (deleted) and marked with sloped forward dash ‘/ ‘.

Extreme values were removed from the dataset and grossing-up factors were recalculated. From calculations were excluded 0.09% of records with extreme values of hourly earnings.

Sampling errors - indicators

Coefficients of variations by NACE Rev. 2 sections -%

Economic activity (NACE Rev. 2)	Gross monthly earnings	Gross hourly earnings
B Mining and quarrying	0.77	0.77
C Manufacturing	0.28	0.28
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1.05	1.12
E Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	0.90	0.92
F Construction	0.82	0.79
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	0.56	0.54
H Transportation and storage	0.87	0.83
I Accommodation and food service activities	0.71	0.63
J Information and communication	0.79	0.78
K Financial and insurance activities	1.05	1.04
L Real estate activities	2.26	2.27
M Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.13	1.09
N Administrative and support service activities	0.85	0.89
O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	0.62	0.61
P Education	0.41	0.40
Q Human health and social work activities	0.70	0.71
R Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.15	2.02
S Other service activities	1.27	1.08

Coefficients of variations by occupations (ISCO-08, 1-digit level) -%

Occupations (ISCO-08)	Gross monthly earnings	Gross hourly earnings
Managers	0.80	0.77
Professionals	0.38	0.37
Technicians and associate professionals	0.51	0.51
Clerical support workers	0.41	0.38
Service and sales workers	0.26	0.24
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	4.82	4.18
Craft and related trades workers	0.36	0.35
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	0.32	0.31
Elementary occupations	0.29	0.26

Coefficients of variations by age groups -%

Age groups	Gross monthly earnings	Gross hourly earnings
< 20 years	1.53	1.23
20 - 29 years	0.48	0.46
30 - 39 years	0.43	0.42
40 - 49 years	0.39	0.38
50 - 59 years	0.37	0.37
60 years and over	0.54	0.50

Non-sampling error

Non-sampling errors are described in details in the Quality Report where assessment is made of:

· over-coverage - the percentage of units covered in the survey that are out of scope of the target population;

· percentage of non-responses of individual variables or individual employees in the observation unit;

· percentage of corrected cases of key variables.

Coverage error

The sample of local units was taken from the local units’ population as of 31.12.2021. The sampling frame represented the most current situation of the Business Register available at the time of the sampling. In the sampling frame population were included all local units with 1 or more employees that belonged to enterprises with 1 or more employees within the NACE Rev. 2 sections B to S, including O.

The under-coverage refers to the situation when newly emerged or units with renewed activity with 1 or more employees within NACE sections B to S were not included in the sampling frame. The under-coverage was not quantified. To offset the errors that might arise from under-coverage and for purposes of the weighting procedure the framework population was updated where appropriate with the most recent situation of Business Register in 2022 to reflect major changes and fluctuations between NACE divisions and size classes of enterprises.

As over-coverage are referred sampled local units that during the reference period have been already closed-down, dormant units or units without employees. The overall over-coverage rate is 5.9%. When there have been cases of over-coverage, new units have not been sampled.

Over-coverage - rate

NACE Rev.2 divisions	Number of local units in the frame	Number of local units in the sample	Number of local units out of scope	Over-coverage rate in the sample - %
05	24	19	0	0.0
06	3	3	0	0.0
07	20	17	0	0.0
08	198	26	0	0.0
09	23	14	0	0.0
10	4295	435	16	3.7
11	378	44	0	0.0
12	13	12	0	0.0
13	456	51	1	2.0
14	3416	377	19	5.0
15	399	51	4	7.8
16	1320	114	3	2.6
17	384	46	1	2.2
18	651	63	1	1.6
19	8	8	0	0.0
20	465	58	2	3.4
21	47	30	2	6.7
22	1305	141	2	1.4
23	944	101	1	1.0
24	145	37	0	0.0
25	2351	240	13	5.4
26	277	41	1	2.4
27	389	61	1	1.6
28	774	100	2	2.0
29	90	40	0	0.0
30	48	26	1	3.8
31	1613	150	5	3.3
32	836	80	3	3.8
33	1320	120	9	7.5
35	695	79	5	6.3
36	212	43	0	0.0
37	39	13	0	0.0
38	542	70	2	2.9
39	51	21	0	0.0
41	4166	392	29	7.4
42	1175	141	3	2.1
43	6013	503	33	6.6
45	7826	641	46	7.2
46	19486	1651	103	6.2
47	46271	3753	283	7.5
49	11813	1004	49	4.9
50	39	16	1	6.3
51	37	16	1	6.3
52	1470	152	5	3.3
53	848	88	2	2.3
55	2660	257	18	7.0
56	13262	1088	117	10.8
58	522	49	1	2.0
59	419	38	5	13.2
60	145	29	1	3.4
61	449	50	1	2.0
62	3483	321	23	7.2
63	824	82	5	6.1
64	1502	156	4	2.6
65	50	19	0	0.0
66	1198	105	9	8.6
68	5649	459	34	7.4
69	7855	628	43	6.8
70	1970	166	20	12.0
71	3381	273	14	5.1
72	379	53	1	1.9
73	1605	136	8	5.9
74	3041	249	22	8.8
75	272	29	1	3.4
77	765	71	6	8.5
78	380	46	3	6.5
79	1001	85	2	2.4
80	1089	144	5	3.5
81	1566	161	6	3.7
82	1048	103	7	6.8
84	1593	292	0	0.0
85	6296	714	11	1.5
86	7841	737	20	2.7
87	492	58	1	1.7
88	742	94	0	0.0
90	453	54	2	3.7
91	409	39	0	0.0
92	853	83	3	3.6
93	2398	199	17	8.5
94	5041	411	15	3.6
95	1030	90	9	10.0
96	6622	526	56	10.6
Total	211160	19182	1139	5.9

Common units - proportion

Not applicable.

Measurement error

To avoid measurement errors detailed explanatory notes with illustrative examples were attached to the questionnaire. To further help the respondents a list with contact information was posted on Internet and telephone consultations on methodological and technical issues were provided. The Regional Offices were also provided by the Head office of NSI with written and telephone guidance how to process data and deal with arising problems.

Main sources of measurement and processing errors are:

•way of asking questions in the survey questionnaire. E.g. Annual days of holiday leave - in some cases respondents provided the number of days actually taken not the total number of days due to be taken.

•respondents keep data differently and do not make further efforts to comply to statistical requirements, or do not understand or read the explanatory notes. Example for such errors is var. 3.2 which is among most corrected items because instead of number of hours paid during the representative month respondents provided: paid days during the month; paid hours during the year; working hours per day; paid hours excluding paid overtime hours (when available).

•data entry errors - these errors had very low proportion compared to the first two types.

Non response error

The overall unit response rate for in-scope respondents with 1 or more employees is 95.0% and for the mandatory size class of enterprises with 10 or more employees the response rate is 96.4%. The lowest is the unit response rate for small units with 1 to 9 employees - 94.4%. The lower response rates for the enterprises with 1 to 9 employees could be explained with their dynamic nature featuring with frequent structural changes and instability as regards location, economic activity, financial status and employment - peculiarities for which it is difficult to maintain up to date information in the business register. The main reasons reported by the regional offices of NSI for the high non-response levels are rather “not found (out of date contact information)”, “closed down/sleeping”, “no employees in the reference period” than explicit refusals. Regional offices reported that nearly 40% of respondents were reminded for their duty to reply by phone calls, e-mail and follow-up letters. In the official period of data collection (May - June 2019) only 60% of responses were received. To improve response rate the deadline was prolonged with two months. Reminders were sent to the non-respondent units as special attention was paid to cells (NUTSxNACExSize) with low response rates.

Unit non-response - rate

In the table below are presented two types of unit response rates - the first one calculated to the total number of sampled units and the second one calculated to the total number of in-scope respondents (enterprises with one or more employees with earnings in October 2018). Rates are broken down by divisions of NACE Rev. 2 and by size classes - 1 or more employees, 1 to 9 employees (optional), 10 or more employees (mandatory).

NACE Rev.2	Response rate - % of total sample			Response rate - % of in-scope units
NACE Rev.2	1+	1_9	10+	1+	1_9	10+
05	94.7	83.3	100.0	94.7	83.3	100.0
06	100.0	-	100.0	100.0	-	100.0
07	94.1	100.0	92.3	94.1	100.0	92.3
08	88.5	77.8	94.1	88.5	77.8	94.1
09	92.9	87.5	100.0	92.9	87.5	100.0
10	93.3	89.5	97.6	96.9	96.2	97.6
11	95.5	100.0	92.9	95.5	100.0	92.9
12	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
13	94.1	95.5	93.1	96.0	100.0	93.1
14	91.8	86.4	95.8	96.6	95.2	97.6
15	88.2	70.6	97.1	95.7	85.7	100.0
16	93.0	92.9	93.2	95.5	97.0	93.2
17	93.5	94.1	93.1	95.6	100.0	93.1
18	96.8	94.3	100.0	98.4	97.1	100.0
19	100.0	-	100.0	100.0	-	100.0
20	89.7	78.3	97.1	92.9	85.7	97.1
21	93.3	75.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
22	96.5	94.0	98.6	97.8	96.9	98.6
23	96.0	93.0	98.3	97.0	95.2	98.3
24	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
25	93.8	88.5	99.2	99.1	98.2	100.0
26	97.6	90.9	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
27	96.7	93.3	97.8	98.3	100.0	97.8
28	97.0	93.8	98.5	99.0	100.0	98.5
29	85.0	88.9	83.9	85.0	88.9	83.9
30	92.3	77.8	100.0	96.0	87.5	100.0
31	93.3	90.8	98.1	96.6	94.7	100.0
32	96.3	94.9	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
33	90.0	86.6	97.4	97.3	97.3	97.4
35	93.7	86.8	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
36	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
37	84.6	87.5	80.0	84.6	87.5	80.0
38	94.3	85.0	98.0	97.1	94.4	98.0
39	95.2	87.5	100.0	95.2	87.5	100.0
41	80.9	74.0	88.0	87.3	84.1	90.4
42	91.5	84.8	94.7	93.5	88.6	95.7
43	86.5	84.2	93.5	92.6	91.1	96.7
45	88.6	87.8	93.3	95.5	95.7	94.4
46	90.1	88.0	96.3	96.1	95.6	97.4
47	88.8	88.5	91.5	96.0	96.4	92.9
49	90.0	87.9	97.7	94.7	93.8	97.7
50	81.3	71.4	88.9	86.7	83.3	88.9
51	87.5	100.0	81.8	93.3	100.0	90.0
52	86.8	79.3	95.7	89.8	83.3	97.1
53	90.9	85.7	95.7	93.0	90.0	95.7
55	87.2	83.0	93.9	93.7	93.0	94.8
56	84.0	84.4	82.4	94.1	95.2	89.6
58	93.9	91.2	100.0	95.8	93.9	100.0
59	73.7	70.0	87.5	84.8	84.0	87.5
60	96.6	87.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
61	94.0	91.7	96.2	95.9	95.7	96.2
62	88.2	83.7	96.5	95.0	94.1	96.5
63	90.2	88.7	93.1	96.1	97.9	93.1
64	92.3	84.2	100.0	94.7	88.9	100.0
65	94.7	80.0	100.0	94.7	80.0	100.0
66	91.4	88.9	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
68	84.7	83.9	90.9	91.5	91.4	92.6
69	86.0	86.0	86.7	92.3	92.6	86.7
70	76.5	73.7	89.7	87.0	85.6	92.9
71	85.0	84.5	88.2	89.6	89.8	88.2
72	98.1	93.3	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
73	76.5	73.9	88.0	81.3	79.6	88.0
74	81.9	80.8	90.0	89.9	89.8	90.0
75	93.1	90.9	100.0	96.4	95.2	100.0
77	88.7	87.0	94.1	96.9	97.9	94.1
78	76.1	70.0	80.8	81.4	82.4	80.8
79	87.1	84.3	100.0	89.2	86.8	100.0
80	84.7	75.0	89.0	87.8	82.5	89.9
81	85.7	78.3	95.7	89.0	83.7	95.7
82	88.3	85.3	94.3	94.8	93.5	97.1
84	99.7	100.0	99.6	99.7	100.0	99.6
85	97.3	91.3	99.6	98.9	96.2	99.8
86	95.5	93.8	100.0	98.2	97.4	100.0
87	96.6	92.3	97.8	98.2	100.0	97.8
88	97.9	96.2	98.5	97.9	96.2	98.5
90	94.4	89.7	100.0	98.1	96.3	100.0
91	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
92	92.8	90.7	95.0	96.3	97.5	95.0
93	86.4	85.7	90.3	94.5	95.4	90.3
94	93.2	92.8	97.3	96.7	96.7	97.3
95	84.4	82.7	100.0	93.8	93.1	100.0
96	83.5	83.0	92.6	93.4	93.5	92.6
Total	89.4	86.9	95.5	95.0	94.4	96.4

Item non-response - rate

Normally, no item non-response (blank or zero values) has been accepted for any of the key variables. Only eight[1] of the collected items could possibly be zero and therefore item non-response could be supposed.

Processing error

The evaluation of quality at regional level was done by virtue of a questionnaire concerning number of issues. As regards measurement and processing errors Regional Offices were asked which variables have been most often corrected - wrong or missing. In the following table are listed variables that were reported by the 28 Regional offices (ROs) of NSI as being most problematic.

SES2014 variables most often corrected by the 28 Regional offices of NSI

Variable number according to Reg.1738/2005	Variable label	% of ROs that reported variables as problematic
2.3	Occupation (ISCO08)	42%
3.1	Number of weeks to which the gross annual earnings relate	74%
3.2	Number of hours paid during the representative month	89%
3.3	Annual days of holiday leave	63%

In addition ROs reported that approximately 20% of responded units were contacted for reference on completeness, compliance and consistency of the data.

Methods applied for correction of data that were identified as wrong (inconsistent, impossible values, missing values, not corresponding to definition, wrong format) differ depending on the type, seriousness of error and willingness of respondents to cooperate:

logical correction - applied when required information is available but format is wrong or the error is obvious - suitable correction was performed, e.g. format of data of entry into enterprise is not correct, overtime hours are not included in total hours paid in reference month, etc.;
reference to respondent - when problem is more complex inquiry for validity of data was undertaken, asking for confirmation of the nature of the error or for new delivery of given variables;
reference to other statistical sources – it is used to validate information received by surveyed units or when not possible to contact respondents, or respondents refuse to give further information. Possible sources of supporting information are Quarterly Survey on Labour and Annual Survey on Labour that provide data on total number of employees, existence of irregular bonuses, payments in kind, overtime earnings, distribution by occupations, distribution by sex, etc.
reference to administrative sources – it is used to validate information received by surveyed units or when not possible to contact respondents, or respondents refuse to give further information. In such cases the Register of socially insured persons in 2018 was employed. This source contains many of the key SES variables like sex, age, hourly, monthly and annual earnings, working time, paid hours, paid periods during the year.
deletion of the out of scope records (local units with no employees with earnings in reference month, employees without earnings in October, unreliable or many missing data).

Imputation - rate

In the following table are presented number of imputed cases and rate of imputed item non-response for the variables allowing blank or zero values.

Item imputation rates

Variable number according to Reg.1738/ 2005	Variable label	Number of imputed cases	Rate of imputed item non-response - %
3.2.1	Number of overtime hours paid in the representative month	11	0.01
3.3	Annual days of holiday leave	478	0.23
4.1.1	Total Annual Bonuses	1055	0.50
4.1.2	Annual payments in kind	200	0.09
4.2.1	Earnings related to overtime	11	0.01
4.2.2	Special payments for shift work	49	0.02
	Irregular bonuses paid in reference month	793	0.38
	Payments in kind paid in reference month	162	0.08

In addition, 1574 employees’ records (0.71% of all cases) were imputed for some of the local units that provided data for significantly less employees than required or provided data were completely unreliable (e.g. one record duplicated number of times). As main data donor was used the Register of insured persons that contains many of key variables.

Model assumption error

Not applicable

Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable.

Data revision - policy

Not applicable.

Data revision - practice

Not applicable.

Data revision - average size

Not applicable.

Timeliness and punctuality

Timeliness

Publication of survey results at national level: 15 July 2024

Submission of micro data to Eurostat: 1 July 2024

Issue of paper and electronic publication with detailed survey results: January 2025

Time lag - first results

18 months

Time lag - final results

20 months

Punctuality

Punctuality - delivery and publication

1 day delay

Coherence and comparability

Comparability - geographical

Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient

Not applicable

Comparability - over time

The comparability over time is influenced mainly by changes in definitions and classifications as result of amendments of Community legislation as well as by change in coverage of enterprises.

	2002	2006	2010	2014-2022
Coverage in terms of size of the enterprise	10 + employees	1+ employees	1+ employees	1+ employees
Definition of gross annual earnings	excluding annual payments in kind	including annual payments in kind *	including annual payments in kind	including annual payments in kind
Classification of economic activities	NCEA - 2001 (in compl. with NACE Rev.1)	NCEA - 2003 (in compl. with NACE Rev.1.1)	CEA - 2008 (in compl. with NACE Rev.2)	CEA - 2008 (in compl. with NACE Rev.2)
Classification of occupations	NCO - 1996 (in compl. with ISCO - 88 COM)	NCOD - 2005 (in compl. with ISCO - 88 COM)	NCOD - 2005, NCOD - 2011 (in compl. with ISCO - 08)	NCOD - 2011 (in compl. with ISCO - 08)
Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes	NUTS1 - corresponds to national level	NUTS1 - Bulgaria is divided into two statistical zones (BG3, BG4)*	NUTS1 – Bulgaria is divided into two statistical zones (BG3, BG4)*	NUTS1 – Bulgaria is divided into two statistical zones (BG3, BG4)*

Length of comparable time series

2006,2010,2014,2018,2022

Coherence - cross domain

There are other statistical sources that produce information on number of employees, earnings and working time:

Quarterly Survey on Number of Employees, Time Worked, Wages and Salaries and Other Labour Costs – number of employees; wages and salaries; worked days and worked hours;
Annual Survey on Employed Persons, Wages and Salaries and Other Labour Costs - number of employees; wages and salaries; worked days and worked hours;
Labour Force Survey - number of employees; worked hours;
National Accounts - number of employees; worked hours.

Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not applicable

Coherence - National Accounts

Values of annual earnings from SES for total B to S and in almost all of the NACE sections are lower than the corresponding values of wages and salaries from NA, except for section C. Although the definitions of the compared variables are similar the two sources have many methodological and conceptual differences that explain the disparities in levels of earnings.

Among the main reasons are:

• inclusion in 'Wages and salaries' of some kinds of imputed social contributions like: guaranteed remuneration in event of sickness that are paid by employer at a reduced rate (70%); compensations paid to dismissed workers (severance pay and compensation in lieu of notice);

• coverage by NA of employees working under non-labour contract (civil) and their earning in the form of fees and commissions;

• inclusions by NA of more types of wages and salaries in kind than in SES: part of daily allowances for business travelling; provision of recreation or holiday facilities for employees and their families;

• NA make adjustments for exhaustiveness on the following components: tips are estimated for activities like restaurants, bars, transport and other service activities (hairdressing and other beauty treatment); non-reported wages for employees working without any contract (informal employment).

Coherence - internal

Indicators within the data set are internally coherent.

Accessibility and clarity

News release

None.

Publications

On-line database

Information System INFOSTAT: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=95

Data tables - consultations

Micro-data access

Access to the anonymised micro data is granted according to the Rules for granting access to anonymised micro-data for scientific and research purposes set by NSI.

Other

Not applicable.

Metadata - consultations

200 to 400 in the data collection period

Documentation on methodology

Metadata completeness – rate

100%

Quality documentation

A quality report is prepared according to requirements of the Commission Regulation 698/2006.

Cost and burden

Survey on respondents’ burden is not carried out.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality - policy

· Law on Statistics (Statistics Act);

Confidentiality – data treatment

Individual data are not published according to Art. 25 of Statistics Act. Dissemination of individual data is performed only according to Art. 26 of the Statistics Act.

Comment

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- The unemployment rate was 4.3%, or 0.2 percentage points higher in comparison with 2022.

The Labour Force Survey is a sample statistical survey. It is carried out over a sample of non-institutional households. Quarterly, about 19.6 thousand households, randomly selected, are observed through a f...

LFS2023_en_DLUNCSM.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Fourth Quarter of 2023

Friday, 16 February 2024 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2023:

- The unemployment rate was 4.2%, by 0.5 percentage points higher compared to the fourth quarter of 2022;

- The employment rate of the population aged 15 - 64 decreased by 1.2 percentage points in comparison with the same quarter of 2022 and stood at 70.5%;

- The activity rate of the population aged 15 - 64 was 73.7%, by 0.8 percentage points lower compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.

The data was from the Labour Force Survey - a sample statistical survey. It is carried out over a sample of non-institut...

LFS2023q4_en_S7YBT20.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2023

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 - 11:00

The number of employees under labour contract at the end of December 2023 decreased by 0.5% as compared to the end of September 2023 and reached 2.29 million according to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The highest decrease was observed in economic activities: ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 6.6%, ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’- by 5.9%, and ‘Transportation and storage’ - by 1.3%. The highest increase of the number of employees was recorded in economic activities ‘Arts, entertainment and recreation’ - by 1.6%, and ‘Human...

EmplsSalary2023q4_en_9NS1JW3.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2023

Thursday, 21 December 2023 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2023, compared to the third quarter of 2022, the total hourly labour cost rose by 15.1% (preliminary data). The total hourly labour cost increased by 16.6% in industry, 13.9% in services and 17.0% in construction.

The highest annual growth in total labour costs was recorded in ‘Education’ - by 21.9%, ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 18.8%, and ‘Transportation and storage’ - by 17.4%.

...

LCI_2023q3_en_8RL6RYK.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Third Quarter of 2023

Friday, 17 November 2023 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2023:

- The unemployment rate was 4.0%, by 0.4 percentage points higher in comparison with the third quarter of 2022;

- The employment rate of the population aged 15 - 64 decreased by 0.6 percentage points in comparison with the same quarter of 2022 and stood at 71.5%;

- The activity rate of the population aged 15 - 64 was 74.6%, by 0.2 percentage points lower compared to the third quarter of 2022.

The data was from the Labour Force Survey - a sample statistical survey. It is carried out over a sample of non-institutional house...

LFS2023q3_en_E2I4YY7.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2023

Monday, 13 November 2023 - 11:00

The number of employees under labour contract at the end of September 2023 decreased by 1.5% compared to the end of June 2023 and reached 2.30 million according to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The highest decrease was observed in economic activities: ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 15.8%, ‘Administrative and support service activities’ - by 2.7%, and ‘Manufacturing’ - by 1.4%. The highest increase of the number of employees by 1.1% was recorded in economic activity ‘Human health and social work activities’.

In the third quarter...

EmplsSalary2023q3_en_ORYPQBI.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2023

Thursday, 21 September 2023 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2023, compared to the second quarter of 2022, the total hourly labour cost rose by 13.8% (preliminary data). The total hourly labour cost increased by 19.3% in industry, 13.7% in services and 16.1% in construction.

The highest annual growth in total labour costs was recorded in ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 24.0%, ‘Manufacturing’ - by 20.1%, and ‘Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply’ - by 18.3%.

...

LCI_2023q2_en_285GCTV.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Second Quarter of 2023

Friday, 18 August 2023 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2023:

- The unemployment rate was 4.6%, or 0.1 percentage point higher in comparison with the second quarter of 2022;

- The employment rate of the population aged 15 - 64 increased by 0.3 percentage points in comparison with the same quarter of 2022 and reached 70.3%;

- The activity rate of the population aged 15 - 64 was 73.7%, increasing by 0.3 percentage points in comparison with the second quarter of 2022.

The data was from the Labour Force Survey - a sample statistical survey. It is carried out over a sampl...

LFS2023q2_en_E0IN52Z.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2023

Friday, 11 August 2023 - 11:00

The number of employees under labour contract at the end of June 2023 increased by 25.2 thousand, or 1.1%, as compared to the end of March 2023 and reached 2.33 million according to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The highest increase was observed in economic activities: ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 29.1%, ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’- by 3.8% and ‘Real estate activities’ - by 1.8%. The highest decrease of the number of employees by 1.6% was recorded in economic activity ‘Education’.

In the second quarter of 2023, ...

EmplsSalary2023q2_en_AY7JXMY.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2023

Thursday, 22 June 2023 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter of 2022 the total hourly labour cost rose by 15.1% (preliminary data). The total hourly labour cost increased by 18.2% in industry, 15.7% in services and 14.1% in construction.

The highest annual growth in total labour costs was recorded in ‘Transportation and storage’ - by 23.6%, ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 23.5%, and ‘Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities’ - by 19.6%.

...

LCI_2023q1_en_DS1CCLS.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, First Quarter of 2023

Friday, 19 May 2023 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2023:

- The unemployment rate was 4.4%, or 0.4 percentage points lower in comparison with the first quarter of 2022;

- The employment rate of the population aged 15 - 64 increased by 1.6 percentage points in comparison with the same quarter of 2022 and reached 70.4%;

- The activity rate of the population aged 15 - 64 was 73.7%, increasing by 1.4 percentage points in comparison with the first quarter of 2022.

The data was from the Labour Force Survey - a sample statistical survey. It is carried out over a sample o...

LFS2023q1_en_KYGEZ07.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2023

Friday, 12 May 2023 - 11:00

The number of employees under labour contract at the end of March 2023 increased by 47.5 thousand, or 2.1%, as compared to the end of December 2022 and reached 2.31 million according to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The highest increase was observed in economic activities: ‘Human health and social work activities’ - by 7.1%, ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 4.7%, and ‘Construction’ - by 4.3%. Decrease of the number of employees by 0.2% was recorded in economic activity ‘Public administration and defence; compulsory social se...

EmplsSalary2023q1_en_3BAKQPV.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2022

Wednesday, 22 March 2023 - 11:00

By 16.1% rose the total hourly labour cost for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the fourth quarter of 2021 (preliminary data). The total hourly labour cost increased by 21.3% in industry, 17.8% in services and 11.0% in construction.

The breakdown by economic activities showed that the highest annual growth in total labour costs was recorded in ‘Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply’ - by 33.3%, ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 32.9%, and ‘Arts, entertainment and recreation’ - by 25.2%.

...

LCI_2022q4_en_P5RIFK9.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2022, Main Results

Friday, 17 March 2023 - 11:00

According to the results of the survey, in 2022:

- The activity rate of the population aged 15 - 64 was 73.6%, increasing by 1.6 percentage points in comparison with 2021.

- The employment rate of the population aged 15 - 64 increased by 2.3 percentage points in comparison with 2021 and reached 70.4%.

- The unemployment rate was 4.3%, or 1.0 percentage point lower in comparison with 2021.

The Labour Force Survey is a sample statistical survey. It is carried out over a sample of non-institutional households...

LFS2022_en_9UBU9TP.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Fourth Quarter of 2022

Friday, 17 February 2023 - 11:00

According to the results of the survey, in the fourth quarter of 2022:

- The activity rate of the population aged 15 - 64 was 74.4%, increasing by 2.6 percentage points in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2021.

- The employment rate of the population aged 15 - 64 increased by 3.0 percentage points in comparison with the same quarter of 2021 and reached 71.5%.

- The unemployment rate was 3.9%, or 0.6 percentage points lower in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2021.

The Labour Force Survey is a sample statistical survey. It is carried out over...

LFS2022q4_en_XFVFK9R.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2022

Tuesday, 14 February 2023 - 11:00

The number of employees under labour contract at the end of December 2022 decreased by 0.7%, as compared to the end of September 2022 and reached 2.26 million according to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute. The highest decrease was observed in economic activities: ‘Administrative and support service activities’ - by 5.9%, ‘Accommodation and food service activities’- by 5.8% and ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ - by 4.5%. The highest increase in the number of employees was recorded in economic activities: ‘Education’ - by 1.2% and ‘Arts, entertainment and re...

EmplsSalary2022q4_en_JG2F4FT.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2022

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 - 11:00

By 16.2% rose the total hourly labour cost for the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021 (preliminary data of the NSI). The total hourly labour cost increased by 18.1% in industry, 16.4% in services and 16.0% in construction.

The breakdown by economic activities showed that the highest annual growth in total labour costs was recorded in ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 23.4%, ‘Mining and quarrying’ - by 19.4% and ‘Public administration and defence; compulsory social security’ - by 19.2%.

...

LCI_2022q3_en_3FD0Y4N.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Third Quarter of 2022

Thursday, 17 November 2022 - 11:00

According to the results of the survey, in the third quarter of 2022:

- The activity rate of the population aged 15 - 64 was 74.7%, increasing by 1.8 percentage points in comparison with the third quarter of 2021.

- The employment rate of the population aged 15 - 64 increased by 2.4 percentage points in comparison with the same quarter of 2021 and reached 71.9%.

- The unemployment rate was 3.7%, or 0.9 percentage points lower in comparison with the third quarter of 2021.

The Labour Force Survey is a sample statistical survey. It is carried out over a ...

LFS2022q3_en_GXRYNY8.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2022

Friday, 11 November 2022 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, at the end of September 2022, the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.4% as compared to the end of June 2022 and reached 2.28 million.

In the third quarter of 2022, in comparison with the second quarter of 2022, the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 0.8% and reached 1 743 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2022q3_en_0TCS7YP.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2022

Wednesday, 21 September 2022 - 11:00

By 14.4% rose the total hourly labour cost for the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021 (preliminary data of the NSI). The total hourly labour cost increased by 15.0% in industry, 16.8% in services and 11.5% in construction.

The breakdown by economic activities showed that the highest annual growth in total labour costs was recorded in ‘Administrative and support service activities’ - by 22.5%, ‘Arts, entertainment and recreation’, ‘Other service activities’ - by 19.4% each, and ‘Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles’ by 18.2...

LCI_2022q2_en_W45N0WC.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Second Quarter of 2022

Thursday, 18 August 2022 - 11:00

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

...

LFS2022q2_en_4URWTSJ.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2022

Friday, 12 August 2022 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2022, the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.5% as compared to the end of March 2022 and reached 2.31 million.

In the second quarter of 2022, in comparison with the first quarter of 2022, the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 7.8% and reached 1 730 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2022q2_en_9UY7KPI.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2022

Wednesday, 22 June 2022 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2022 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.7% compared to the first quarter of 2021.

...

LCI_2022q1_en_WKOFR6I.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, First Quarter of 2022

Thursday, 19 May 2022 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2022 the unemployment rate was 4.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.7%.

...

LFS2022q1_en_YQPOC9X.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2022

Friday, 13 May 2022 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2022 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 0.4% as compared to the end of December 2021 and reached 2.27 million.

In the first quarter of 2022 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2021 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 1.2% getting 1 593 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2022q1_en_IL5JOPT.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2021

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2021 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.

...

LCI_2021q4_en_HPAGP3Y.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2021, Main Results

Thursday, 17 March 2022 - 11:00

In 2021 the unemployment rate was 5.3%.

The employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 years was 73.2%.

...

LFS2021_en_2Z35307.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Fourth Quarter of 2021

Thursday, 17 February 2022 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2021 the unemployment rate was 4.5%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.6%.

...

LFS2021q4_en_74TB99J.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2021

Monday, 14 February 2022 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2021 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 0.7% as compared to the end of September 2021 and reached 2.27 million.

In the fourth quarter of 2021 in comparison with the third quarter of 2021 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 6.1% getting 1 612 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2021q4_en_7AZLGVH.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2021

Tuesday, 21 December 2021 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2021 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 13.8% compared to the third quarter of 2020.

...

LCI_2021q3_en_7PUNLP6.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Third Quarter of 2021

Monday, 15 November 2021 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2021 the unemployment rate was 4.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 74.5%.

...

LFS2021q3_en_NJK2HLB.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2021

Friday, 12 November 2021 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2021 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.0% as compared to the end of June 2021 and reached 2.28 million.

In the third quarter of 2021 in comparison with the second quarter of 2021 the average gross monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.3% - getting to 1 520 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2021q3_en_ENMB8OI.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2021

Tuesday, 21 September 2021 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2021 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.7% compared to the second quarter of 2020.

...

LCI_2021q2_en_MQLRHU7.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Second Quarter of 2021

Monday, 16 August 2021 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2021 the unemployment rate was 5.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.7%.

...

LFS2021q2_en_L26RZ5E.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2021

Friday, 13 August 2021 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2021, the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.9% as compared to the end of March 2021 and reached 2.31 million.

In the second quarter of 2021, in comparison with the first quarter of 2021 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.3% getting 1 525 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2021q2_en_07PI42S.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2021

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2021 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 4.9% compared to the first quarter of 2020.

...

LCI_2021q1_en_827OTTN.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, First Quarter of 2021

Monday, 17 May 2021 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2021 the unemployment rate was 6.3%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 71.7%.

...

LFS2021q1_en_81OB904.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2021

Friday, 14 May 2021 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2021 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.5% as compared to the end of December 2020 and reached 2.26 million.

In the first quarter of 2021 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2020 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.7% getting 1 462 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2021q1_en_J8DLS2Q.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2020

Monday, 22 March 2021 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2020 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.0% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

...

LCI_2020q4_en_ED36FCP.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2020, Main Results

Monday, 15 March 2021 - 11:00

In 2020 the unemployment rate achieved 5.1%, by 0.9 percentage points higher in comparison with 2019.

The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years was 73.4%, by 1.6 percentage points lower compared to 2019.

...

LFS2020_en_YVS2AXQ.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results, Fourth Quarter of 2020

Monday, 15 February 2021 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate was 5.2%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.8%.

...

LFS2020q4_en_WKDRTVX.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Forth Quarter of 2020

Friday, 12 February 2021 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2020 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 0.9% as compared to the end of September 2020 and reached 2.23 million.

In the fourth quarter of 2020 in comparison with the third quarter of 2020 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.7% getting 1 437 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2020q4_en_NP4P0GU.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2020

Monday, 21 December 2020 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2020 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.5% compared to the third quarter of 2019.

...

LCI_2020q3_en_E8PM830.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2020

Monday, 16 November 2020 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate was 4.8%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 74.6%.

...

LFS2020q3_en_K14MC2A.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2020

Thursday, 12 November 2020 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2020 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 0.4% as compared to the end of June 2020 and reached 2.25 million.

In the third quarter of 2020 in comparison with the second quarter of 2020 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 2.7% getting 1 373 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2020q3_en_75TEJTY.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2020

Monday, 21 September 2020 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2020 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 9.9% compared to the second quarter of 2019.

...

LCI_2020q2_en_YNHNZBJ.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2020

Friday, 14 August 2020 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate was 5.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.2%.

...

LFS2020q2_en_6AJ4JN5.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2020

Wednesday, 12 August 2020 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2020 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.0% as compared to the end of March 2020 and reached 2.24 million.

In the second quarter of 2020 in comparison with the first quarter of 2020 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.5% getting 1 337 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2020q2_en_XLUYINS.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2020

Monday, 22 June 2020 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2020 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.2% compared to the first quarter of 2019.

...

LCI_2020q1_en_7C7WUGG.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2020

Friday, 15 May 2020 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate was 4.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.0%.

...

LFS2020q1_en_PB1PNPP.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2020

Thursday, 14 May 2020 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2020 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.1% as compared to the end of December 2019 and reached 2.26 million.

In the first quarter of 2020 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 0.3% getting 1 317 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2020q1_en_D9ETBN4.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2019

Friday, 20 March 2020 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 11.9% compared to the fourth quarter of 2018.

...

LCI_2019q4_en_4C9TCBN.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2019, Main Results

Monday, 16 March 2020 - 11:00

In 2019 the unemployment rate was 4.2% by 1.0 percentage point lower in comparison with 2018.

The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years achieved 75.0%, by 2.6 percentage points higher compared to 2018.

...

LFS2019_en_57UVBZW.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2019

Friday, 14 February 2020 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 4.1%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 74.9%.

...

LFS2019q4_en_TX12ZRY.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Forth Quarter of 2019

Thursday, 13 February 2020 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2019 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.0% as compared to the end of September 2019 and reached 2.29 million.

In the fourth quarter of 2019 in comparison with the third quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 5.1% getting 1 313 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2019q4_en_Z244RMO.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2019

Friday, 20 December 2019 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.0% compared to the third quarter of 2018.

...

LCI_2019q3_en_EBBKXUB.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2019

Thursday, 14 November 2019 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 3.7%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 76.3%.

...

LFS2019q3_en_UQYD8Y8.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2019

Tuesday, 12 November 2019 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2019 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.7% as compared to the end of June 2019 and reached 2.31 million.

In the third quarter of 2019 in comparison with the second quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.9% getting 1 249 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2019q3_en_681F6BK.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2019

Friday, 20 September 2019 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 11.0% compared to the second quarter of 2018.

...

LCI_2019q2_en_3BJZ6E1.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2019

Wednesday, 14 August 2019 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 4.2% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 75.7%.

...

LFS2019q2_en_Q67SLNV.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2019

Monday, 12 August 2019 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2019 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.5% as compared to the end of March 2019 and reached 2.35 million.

In the second quarter of 2019 in comparison with the first quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.3% getting 1 260 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2019q2_en_2YMBTGT.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2019

Friday, 21 June 2019 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.9% compared to the first quarter of 2018.

...

LCI_2019q1_en_RZA0LNC.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2019

Wednesday, 15 May 2019 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 5.0%, by 0.7 percentage points lower in comparison with the first quarter or 2018.

...

LFS2019q1_en_V6TC0UJ.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2019

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2019 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.1% as compared to the end of December 2018 and reached 2.32 million.

In the first quarter of 2019 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2018 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 3.2% getting 1 208 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2019q1_en_8OZNSGO.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2018

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2018 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 5.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2017.

...

LCI_2018q4_en_U15HI93.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2018, Main Results

Friday, 15 March 2019 - 11:00

In 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.2% by 1.0 percentage point lower in comparison with 2017.

The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years achieved 72.4%, by 1.1 percentage points higher compared to 2017.

...

LFS2018_en_TN8WI1W.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2018

Thursday, 14 February 2019 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 4.7% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.5%.

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LFS2018q4_en_W717ARG.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2018

Wednesday, 13 February 2019 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2018 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.1% as compared to the end of September 2018 and reached 2.29 million.

In the fourth quarter of 2018 in comparison with the third quarter of 2018 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.8% getting 1 171 BGN.

...

EmplsSalary2018q4_en_B7B41DP.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2018

Friday, 21 December 2018 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2018 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8.9% compared to the third quarter of 2017.

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LCI_2018q3_en_JOI8C74.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2018

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.0% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.5%.

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LFS2018q3_en_286U85I.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2018

Monday, 12 November 2018 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2018 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.6% as compared to the end of June 2018 and reached 2.32 million.

In the third quarter of 2018 in comparison with the second quarter of 2018 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.7% getting 1 117 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2018q3_en_FH3ANIF.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2018

Friday, 21 September 2018 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2018 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8.5% compared to the second quarter of 2017.

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LCI_2018q2_en_MAOBYAI.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2018

Tuesday, 14 August 2018 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.5% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.6%.

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LFS2018q2_en_3617QX7.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2018

Friday, 10 August 2018 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2018 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.8% as compared to the end of March 2018 and reached 2.35 million.

In the second quarter of 2018 in comparison with the first quarter of 2018 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.5% getting 1 125 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2018q2_en_255VAGN.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2018

Friday, 22 June 2018 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2018 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.8% compared to the first quarter of 2017.

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LCI_2018q1_en_M6OC6C9.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2018

Tuesday, 15 May 2018 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.7% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 71.1%.

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LFS2018q1_en_2Y2O3NA.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2018

Monday, 14 May 2018 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2018 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.5% as compared to the end of December 2017 and reached 2.31 million.

In the first quarter of 2018 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2017 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 1.6% getting 1 077 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2018q1_en_DWPBURV.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2017

Tuesday, 20 March 2018 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2017 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.2% compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.

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LCI_2017q4_en_DE3D668.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2017, Main Results

Thursday, 15 March 2018 - 11:00

In 2017 the unemployment rate was 6.2%, 6.4% for men and 5.9% for women.

The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years achieved 71.3%, 75.3% for men and 67.3% for women.

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LFS2017_en_XN4YZPF.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2017

Wednesday, 14 February 2018 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 5.6% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.1%.

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LFS2017q4_en_9NOHDBT.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2017

Tuesday, 13 February 2018 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2017 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.5% as compared to the end of September 2017 and reached 2.28 million.

In the fourth quarter of 2017 in comparison with the third quarter of 2017 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 5.6% getting 1 095BGN.

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EmplsSalary2017q4_en_LFZ0SQE.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2017

Wednesday, 20 December 2017 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2017 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.7% compared to the third quarter of 2016.

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LCI_2017q3_en_K8A3TLF.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2017

Tuesday, 14 November 2017 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 5.8% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.0%.

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LFS2017q3_en_NMVIBVL.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2017

Friday, 10 November 2017 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2017 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.3% as compared to the end of June 2017 and reached 2.31 million.

In the third quarter of 2017 in comparison with the second quarter of 2017 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.3% getting 1 037 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2017q3_en_56V9XO2.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2017

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2017 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 11.0% compared to the second quarter of 2016.

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LCI_2017q2_en_SIAZUWQ.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2017

Monday, 14 August 2017 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 6.3% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 71.7%.

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LFS2017q2_en_GA7ZYQB.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2017

Thursday, 10 August 2017 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2017 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 2.8% as compared to the end of March 2017 and reached 2.34 million.

In the second quarter of 2017 in comparison with the first quarter of 2017 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 3.4% getting 1 040 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2017q2_en_XLB4A47.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2017

Wednesday, 21 June 2017 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2017 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.1% compared to the first quarter of 2016.

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LCI_2017q1_en_NJ8DGON.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2017

Monday, 15 May 2017 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2017 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 0.3% as compared to the end of December 2016 and reached 2.28 million.

In the first quarter of 2017 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2016 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.6% getting 1 006 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2017q1_en_FHJQWQC.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2017

Monday, 15 May 2017 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 6.9% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.6%.

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LFS2017q1_en_FHJQWQC.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2016

Monday, 20 March 2017 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8.0% compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.

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LCI_2016q4_en_NT6D2DX.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2016, Main Results

Wednesday, 15 March 2017 - 11:00

In 2016 the unemployment rate was 7.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 67.7%.

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LFS2016_en_A1UAAIP.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2016

Tuesday, 14 February 2017 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2016 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.7% as compared to the end of September 2016 and reached 2.27 million.

In the fourth quarter of 2016 in comparison with the third quarter of 2016 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 5.2% getting 990 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2016q4_en_MROB2O4.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2016

Tuesday, 14 February 2017 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2016 the unemployment rate was 6.7% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 67.7%.

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LFS2016q4_en_MROB2O4.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2016

Tuesday, 20 December 2016 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8.4% compared to the third quarter of 2015.

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LCI_2016q3_en_5LDX503.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2016

Monday, 14 November 2016 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2016 the unemployment rate was 7.0% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.5%.

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LFS2016q3_en_33PNJWG.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2016

Thursday, 10 November 2016 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2016 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.9% as compared to the end of June 2016 and reached 2.31 million.

In the third quarter of 2016 in comparison with the second quarter of 2016 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.5% getting 941 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2016q3_en_FUB94P2.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2016

Tuesday, 20 September 2016 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 7.3% compared to the second quarter of 2015.

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LCI_2016q2_en_P9J63G0.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2016

Monday, 15 August 2016 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2016 the unemployment rate was 8.0% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.0%.

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LFS2016q2_en_M9FWN2T.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2016

Wednesday, 10 August 2016 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2016 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 3.4% as compared to the end of March 2016 and reached 2.36 million.

In the second quarter of 2016 in comparison with the first quarter of 2016 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 2.6% getting 946 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2016q2_en_SOL37B2.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2016

Tuesday, 21 June 2016 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 7.7% compared to the first quarter of 2015.

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LCI_2016q1_en_5QXC4DL.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2016

Monday, 16 May 2016 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2016 the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 66.5% and the unemployment rate was 8.6%.

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LFS2016q1_en_ZLZXDID.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2016

Monday, 16 May 2016 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2016 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 2.6% as compared to the end of December 2015 and reached 2.28 million.

In the first quarter of 2016 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2015 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.7% getting 931 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2016q1_en_ZLZXDID.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2015

Monday, 21 March 2016 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 5.8% compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.

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LCI_2015q4_en_013GACF.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2015, Main Results

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 - 11:00

In 2015 the unemployment rate was 9.1%, and the employment rate of population aged 15 - 64 was 62.9%.

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RabSila2015_en_CBWKR3R.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2015

Monday, 15 February 2016 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 7.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.1%.

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LFS2015q4_en_MXXM3T0.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2015

Friday, 12 February 2016 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2015 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 2.2% as compared to the end of September 2015 and reached 2.22 million.

In the fourth quarter of 2015 in comparison with the third quarter of 2015 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.7% getting 915 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2015q4_en_Q61J821.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2015

Friday, 18 December 2015 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 7.4% compared to the third quarter of 2014.

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LCI_2015q3_en_3DDGV5P.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2015

Monday, 16 November 2015 - 11:00

In the third quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 8.3%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.8%.

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LFS2015q3_en_4PAXVES.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2015

Tuesday, 10 November 2015 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2015 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.7% as compared to the end of June 2015 and reached 2.27 million.

In the third quarter of 2015 in comparison with the second quarter of 2015 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.6% getting 874 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2015q3_en_EZCASC2.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2015

Friday, 18 September 2015 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.8% compared to the second quarter of 2014.

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LCI_2015q2_en_PA0137T.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2015

Friday, 14 August 2015 - 11:00

In the second quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 9.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 66.6%.

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LFS2015q2_en_5OG2QEF.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2015

Friday, 7 August 2015 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2015 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 3.6% as compared to the end of March 2015 and reached 2.31 millions.

In the second quarter of 2015 in comparison with the first quarter of 2015 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 2.3% getting 879 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2015q2_en_D4UI1S4.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2015

Friday, 19 June 2015 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.9% compared to the first quarter of 2014.

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LCI_2015q1_en_J002QBW.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2015

Friday, 15 May 2015 - 11:00

In the first quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 10.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 65.0%.

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LFS2015q1_en_MYJBJOD.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2015

Friday, 15 May 2015 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2015 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.2% as compared to the end of December 2014 and reached 2.23 millions.

In the first quarter of 2015 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2014 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.4% getting 859 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2015q1_en_MYJBJOD.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2014

Friday, 20 March 2015 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2014 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2013.

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LCI_2014q4_en_0RPS8ZN.pdf

Labour Force Survey 2014, Main Results

Monday, 16 March 2015 - 11:00

In 2014 the unemployment rate was 11.4%, and the employment rate of population aged 15 - 64 was 61.0%.

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RabSila2014_en_71DEDX3.pdf

Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2014

Monday, 16 February 2015 - 11:00

In the fourth quarter of 2014 the unemployment rate was 10.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 15 - 64 was 61.4%.

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LFS2014q4_en_HTNH12D.pdf

Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2014

Thursday, 12 February 2015 - 11:00

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) at the end of December 2014 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 2.1% as compared to the end of September 2014 and reached 2.20 millions.

In the fourth quarter of 2014 in comparison with the third quarter of 2014 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.7% getting 847 BGN.

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EmplsSalary2014q4_en_GSR8OYA.pdf

Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2014

Friday, 19 December 2014 - 11:00

Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2014 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.2% compared to the third quarter of 2013.

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LCI_2014q3_en_BLC1CA2.pdf

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.04.2025)

Thursday, 3 April 2025 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.04.2025)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2024)

Monday, 30 December 2024 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2024)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.10.2024)

Wednesday, 2 October 2024 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.10.2024)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.07.2024)

Wednesday, 3 July 2024 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.07.2024)

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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...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.04.2024)

Wednesday, 3 April 2024 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.04.2024)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 29.12.2023)

Friday, 29 December 2023 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 29.12.2023)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.10.2023)

Monday, 2 October 2023 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.10.2023)

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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.

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.07.2023)

Monday, 3 July 2023 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.07.2023)

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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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.04.2023)

Monday, 3 April 2023 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.04.2023)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2022)

Friday, 30 December 2022 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2022)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.10.2022)

Monday, 3 October 2022 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 03.10.2022)

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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2021

Thursday, 18 August 2022 - 14:20

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2021 to the users.

The bilingual (Bulgarian-English) publication presents annual average data from the Labour force survey. The Labour force survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Met...

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.

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 04.07.2022)

Monday, 4 July 2022 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 04.07.2022) XLS ...

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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 04.04.2022)

Monday, 4 April 2022 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 04.04.2022) XLS ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 31.12.2021)

Friday, 31 December 2021 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 31.12.2021)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 04.10.2021)

Monday, 4 October 2021 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 04.10.2021)

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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2020

Tuesday, 13 July 2021 - 16:05

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2020 to the users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

...

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.

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.07.2021)

Monday, 5 July 2021 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.07.2021)

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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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.04.2021)

Monday, 5 April 2021 - 13:47

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.04.2021)

Structure of Earnings 2018

Friday, 29 January 2021 - 17:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) of Bulgaria presents to the users of statistical information the publication ‘Structure of Earnings 2018’. It contains data from the representative Structure of Earnings Survey for 2018 (SES 2018) carried out by the NSI. The SES 2018 is the fifth of a series of four-yearly surveys to be conducted under the Council Regulation (EC) No. 530/1999, the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1916/2000 (amended) and the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1738/2005. The objective of this legislation is to provide accurate and harmonized data on earnings in EU Member Sta...

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...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 31.12.2020)

Thursday, 31 December 2020 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 31.12.2020)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.10.2020)

Monday, 5 October 2020 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.10.2020)

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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2019

Monday, 13 July 2020 - 16:30

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2019 to the users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological notes ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.07.2020)

Monday, 6 July 2020 - 11:01

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.07.2020) XLS ...

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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.04.2020)

Monday, 6 April 2020 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.04.2020)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 31.12.2019)

Tuesday, 31 December 2019 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 31.12.2019)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 04.10.2019)

Friday, 4 October 2019 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 04.10.2019)

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2018

Friday, 12 July 2019 - 10:40

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2018 to the users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological notes - main concepts ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.07.2019)

Friday, 5 July 2019 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.07.2019)

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.

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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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.04.2019)

Friday, 5 April 2019 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.04.2019)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 28.12.2018)

Friday, 28 December 2018 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 28.12.2018)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.10.2018)

Friday, 5 October 2018 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.10.2018)

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2017

Wednesday, 11 July 2018 - 15:20

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2017 to the users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological notes - main concepts and ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.07.2018)

Friday, 6 July 2018 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.07.2018)

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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.04.2018)

Thursday, 5 April 2018 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.04.2018)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 29.12.2017)

Friday, 29 December 2017 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 29.12.2017)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.10.2017)

Friday, 6 October 2017 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.10.2017)

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2016

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 - 10:00

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2016 to the users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological notes - main ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.07.2017)

Thursday, 6 July 2017 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.07.2017)

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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.04.2017)

Thursday, 6 April 2017 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.04.2017)

Structure of Earnings 2014

Monday, 16 January 2017 - 17:17

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) of Bulgaria presents to the users of statistical information the publication “Structure of Earnings 2014”. It contains data from the representative Structure of Earnings Survey for 2014 (SES 2014) carried out by the NSI. The SES 2014 is the fourth of a series of four-yearly surveys to be conducted under the Council Regulation (EC) No. 530/1999, the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1916/2000 (amended) and the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1738/2005. The objective of this legislation is to provide accurate and harmonized data on earnings in EU Member ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2016)

Friday, 30 December 2016 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2016)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.10.2016)

Thursday, 6 October 2016 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.10.2016)

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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.07.2016)

Wednesday, 6 July 2016 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.07.2016)

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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2015

Tuesday, 5 July 2016 - 15:34

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2015 to the users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological notes - main concepts ...

Labour Force Survey Leaflet

Monday, 27 June 2016 - 11:08

The National Statistical Institute presents to users and respondents new leaflet ‘Labour Force Survey’. The Labour Force Survey is the largest regular household sample survey carried out in Bulgaria. The issue describes in a popular way methodology of the Labour Force Survey - sample selection and method of data collection, the main definitions used in the survey, calculation of indicators and data dissemination.

It provides information of economic activity of the population - employment and unemployment, according to the internationally adopted concepts and definitions. Some of t...

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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.04.2016)

Wednesday, 6 April 2016 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.04.2016)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2015)

Wednesday, 30 December 2015 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2015)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.10.2015)

Monday, 5 October 2015 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.10.2015)

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2014

Wednesday, 8 July 2015 - 12:20

The National Statistical Institute presents to users the annual electronic publication Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2014.

The bilingual (Bulgarian-English) issue includes annual average data from the Labour Force Survey. This survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological no...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2015)

Thursday, 2 July 2015 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2015)

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...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2015)

Thursday, 2 April 2015 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2015)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2014)

Tuesday, 30 December 2014 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2014)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.10.2014)

Wednesday, 1 October 2014 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.10.2014)

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2013

Friday, 4 July 2014 - 15:32

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic publication Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2013 to its users.

The bilingual (Bulgarian-English) issue presents annual average data from the Labour Force Survey. This survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2014)

Wednesday, 2 July 2014 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2014)

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...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2014)

Wednesday, 2 April 2014 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2014)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2013)

Monday, 30 December 2013 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2013)

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2012

Monday, 14 October 2013 - 10:00

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2012 to its users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.10.2013)

Tuesday, 1 October 2013 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.10.2013)

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...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2013)

Tuesday, 2 July 2013 - 11:02

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2013)

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...

Structure of Earnings 2010

Monday, 27 May 2013 - 16:43

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) of Bulgaria presents to the users of statistical information the publication “Structure of Earnings 2010”. It contains data from the representative Structure of Earnings Survey for 2010 (SES 2010) carried out by the NSI. The SES 2010 is the third of a series of four-yearly surveys to be conducted under the Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999, the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1916/2000 (amended) and the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005. The objective of this legislation is to provide accurate and harmonized data on ear...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2013)

Tuesday, 2 April 2013 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2013)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 28.12.2012)

Friday, 28 December 2012 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 28.12.2012)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.10.2012)

Monday, 1 October 2012 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.10.2012)

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2011

Saturday, 29 September 2012 - 16:05

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual electronic edition Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2011 to its users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

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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&...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2012)

Monday, 2 July 2012 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2012)

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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2012)

Monday, 2 April 2012 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2012)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2011)

Friday, 30 December 2011 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2011)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.09.2011)

Friday, 30 September 2011 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.09.2011)

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...

Employment and Unemployment - Annual Data 2010

Thursday, 21 July 2011 - 15:57

The National Statistical Institute presents to the users of statistical information annual electronic publication Employment and Unemployment - Annual Data 2010.

The bilingual (Bulgarian-English) publication presents annual average data from the Labour Force Survey. The Labour Force Survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.07.2011)

Friday, 1 July 2011 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.07.2011)

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...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.04.2011)

Friday, 1 April 2011 - 11:02

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.04.2011)

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 ...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2010)

Thursday, 30 December 2010 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2010)

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...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.09.2010)

Thursday, 30 September 2010 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.09.2010)

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2009

Monday, 5 July 2010 - 15:02

The National Statistical Institute presents the annual edition Employment and Unemployment – annual data 2009 to its users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Metho...

Employment and Unemployment No. 4/2009

Monday, 5 July 2010 - 15:01

The National Statistical Institute presents the electronic bulletin Employment and Unemployment - 4/2009 to its users.

The bulletin is a quarterly electronic publication of the National Statistical Institute, presenting the results from the Labour force survey. The Labour force survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publica...

Employment and Unemployment No. 3/2009

Monday, 5 July 2010 - 15:00

The National Statistical Institute presents the electronic bulletin Employment and Unemployment - 3/2009 to its users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publica...

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.06.2010)

Wednesday, 30 June 2010 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.06.2010)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2010)

Tuesday, 6 April 2010 - 11:00

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2010)

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2009)

Wednesday, 30 December 2009 - 15:44

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2009)

Employment and Unemployment No. 2/2009

Wednesday, 16 December 2009 - 10:36

The bulletin Employment and Unemployment No. 2/2009 is a quarterly electronic publication of the National Statistical Institute, presenting the results from the Labour Force Survey. The Labour force survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological notes - main concepts and definitions, used in the survey;<...

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 ...

Main Short-Term Indicators, vol. 2/2009

Thursday, 29 October 2009 - 10:50

The National Statistical Institute presents to the users of statistical information the second recently published issue of a quarterly bilingual (Bulgarian/English) publication Main Short-Term Indicators. The publication is available as a printed edition and electronic version on CD-ROM.

The publication contains up-to-date information concerning the situation and the development of the material sphere in short-term aspect by branches: industry, construction, trade, transport and other services as well as tourism, labour market and investment....

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.09.2009)

Wednesday, 30 September 2009 - 15:53

Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.09.2009)

Employment and Unemployment No. 1/2009

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 - 11:37

The bulletin Employment and Unemployment No. 1/2009 is a quarterly electronic publication of the National Statistical Institute, presenting the results from the Labour Force Survey. The Labour force survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

1. Methodological notes - main concepts and definitions, used in the survey;<...

Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2008

Friday, 4 September 2009 - 12:09

The National Statistical Institute annual edition Employment and Unemployment – annual data 2008 is available to the users of statistical information.

The bilingual (Bulgarian-English) publication presents annual average data from the Labour Force Survey. The survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publication contains:

...

Main Short-Term Indicators, vol. 1/2009

Tuesday, 25 August 2009 - 12:17

The National Statistical Institute has the pleasure to submit to the attention of users of statistical information the first recently published issue of a new quarterly bilingual (Bulgarian/English) publication ‘Main Short-Term Indicators’. The publication is available as a printed edition and on CD-ROM.

Labour Force Survey

Tuesday, 2 June 2009 - 11:48

The Labour Force Survey is the largest regular household sample survey carried out in Bulgaria. It provides information on economic activity of the population - employment and unemployment, according to the internationally adopted concepts and definitions. Some of the most important indicators of socio-economic development of the country, as activity rate, employment rate and unemployment rate are calculated on the base of the Labour Force Survey. The information is used by wide range of users - the Government, trade unions, business circles, research institutes, many ...

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...

Employment and Unemployment No. 4/2008

Friday, 8 May 2009 - 13:52

The National Statistical Institute presents the electronic bulletin Employment and Unemployment - 4/2008 to its users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The publi...

Structure of Earnings 2006

Tuesday, 7 April 2009 - 11:41

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) of Bulgaria presents to the users of statistical information the publication "Structure of Earnings 2006". It contains data from the representative Structure of Earnings Survey for 2006 (SES 2006) carried out by the NSI. The SES 2006 is the second of a series of four-yearly surveys to be conducted under the Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999, the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1916/2000 (amended) and the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005. The objective of this legislation is to provide accurate and harmonized data on earn...

Employment and Unemployment No. 3/2008

Wednesday, 11 February 2009 - 14:07

The National Statistical Institute presents the electronic bulletin Employment and Unemployment - 3/2008 to its users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The pu...

Employment and Unemployment No. 2/2008

Friday, 7 November 2008 - 15:47

The National Statistical Institute presents the electronic bulletin Employment and Unemployment - 2/2008 to its users.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.

The pu...

Employment and Unemployment No. 1/2008

Friday, 25 July 2008 - 14:45

The National Statistical Institute presents to the users of statistical information the electronic publication Employment and Unemployment - 1/2008.

The issue is a quarterly electronic publication of the National Statistical Institute, presenting the results from the Labour Force Survey. The Labour Force Survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.

The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations....

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...