Statistics about the Economy of Bulgaria

Most up-to-date economic data for the Republic of Bulgaria is gathered and presented by government agencies, like the National Statistical Institute, and various supernational organizations:

National Statistical Institute (NSI); graphs are available at Stat.bg
Ministry of Finance and National Employment Agency
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank

Actual Current and Past Data

Industrial production

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! style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="left" valign="top"| Main industries
| style="background:#f0f0f0;" valign="top"| Metallurgical industry, electricity, electronics, machinery and equipment, shipbuilding, petrochemicals, cement and construction, textiles, food and beverages, mining, tourism
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!align="left" valign="top"|Industrial growth rate
|valign="top"| 5.5% (2007)
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! style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="left" valign="top"|Labor force
| style="background:#f0f0f0;" valign="top"| 33.6% of total labor force
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!align="left" valign="top"|GDP of sector
|valign="top"| 31.3% of total GDP
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.4% (25.4)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31.6% (2005)

Industrial production growth rate:
11.3% (Third Quarter)

Electricity:

production: 45.7 TWh
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(2006)
consumption: 37.4 TWh (2006)
exports: 7.8 TWh (2006)
imports: 0 TWh (2006)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 47.8%
hydro: 8.1%
nuclear: 44.1%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil:

production: 3,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)
consumption: 131,400 bbl/day (2005 est.)
exports: 51,000 (2005 est.)
imports: 138,800 (2004 est.)
proved reserves: 15 million bbl (1 January 2006)

Natural gas:

production: 407,000 cu m (2005 est.)
consumption: 5.179 billion cu m (2005 est.)
exports: 0 cu m (2005 est.)
imports: 5.8 billion cu m (2005)
proved reserves: 5.703 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
vegetables, fruits, tobacco

Tobacco

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, livestock

Livestock

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Wine

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, wheat

Wheat

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, barley

Barley

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Sunflower

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Sugar beet

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Current account balance:
$ -5.01 billion (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$11.78 billion (2006 est.)

Exchange rates:

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Rate	2.12	2.18	2.08	1.73	1.58	1.57	1.56	1.43

Source: Bulgarian National Bank.
Levs per US dollar; On 5 July 1999 the lev was re-denominated; the post-5 July 1999 lev is equal to 1,000 of the pre-5 July 1999 levs.

Actual Current and Past Data

See also