The Gross Domestic Product has gone up by 2.4% during the third quarter of the year compared to the same period of 2023, indicate preliminary National Statistical Institute data.
This indicates there is a certain acceleration of the growth rate, after the GDP increased by 2.2% during the second quarter compared to a year earlier. Every person in employment in Bulgaria creates an average GDP of EUR 19.17 per hour, National Statistical Institute data show further. During the third quarter of 2024, compared to the third quarter of 2023, employment has gone up in the sector of the services, and down in the agrarian and the industrial sector.
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Finance has published the draft state budget in euros for 2026. The country’s GDP is projected to reach EUR 120.1 billion, with an economic growth rate of 2.7%. Planned revenues amount to EUR 51.436 billion, or 42.8% of GDP...
In 2024, 8.2% of people aged 18 or over who declared to be at work (either employed or self-employed) in the EU were at risk of poverty, according to data from Eurostat, cited by the BNR's Horizont channel. In Bulgaria, this share reached 11.8%. The..
The two largest trade unions in Bulgaria - the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria and the Confederation of Trade Unions "Podkrepa" - are organizing a warning protest in front of the Council of Ministers building. It is planned for..
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