Statistical data

According to the preliminary data of the NSI, in October 2011 the index of production in section ‘Construction’, calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data was 0.2% above the level of the previous month.

The preliminary data showed that the Industrial Production Index seasonally adjusted increased by 0.4% in October 2011 as compared to September 2011. The working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 2.4% as compared to the same month of 2010.

In the third quarter of 2011 GDP at current prices amounts to 21 016 million levs. In Euro terms GDP reaches to 10 745 million euro or 1 448.4 euro per person. According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the third quarter of 2011 is 0.3% compared with the second quarter of 2011 and 1.6% compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

The National Statistical Institute has concluded the work under 2010 Eurostat Grant Scheme Project “NUTS3 level data collection exercise for Rural Development Statistics covering the period 2005-2010”. The Project started at the beginning of the 2011 and lasted 11 months. The main aim is to supply information needed for the extension and continuation of Eurostat database in the domain of Rural Areas Statistics for 27 Member States.

The average quarterly total income average per household member during the third quarter of 2011 is 978 Levs or by 5.0% less compared to the same quarter of 2010.

The total expenditure per household member during the third quarter of 2011 is 917 Levs and it increases by 8.6% in relation to the same quarter of 2010.

The consumption of main food products average per capita doesn’t change during the third quarter of 2011 compared to the third quarter of 2010.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in October 2011 decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2010 the domestic prices grew by 6.5%. Total Producer Price Index decreased by 1.5% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2010 the prices went up by 7.3%.

In November 2011 the total business climate indicator marks again a decrease (by 2.1 percentage points) in comparison with its level from the previous month. There is some improvement of the business climate only in retail trade, while in industry, construction and service sector the business conjuncture is worsened.

In October 2011 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 296.0 thousand, which was 1.5% more than the number of the trips in October 2010. In October 2011, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 508.8 thousand or 6.6% more than the number of trips in the corresponding month of 2010.

According to preliminary data during the third quarter of 2011 in comparison with the correspondence period in 2010 the transported goods rose by 7.6%. At the same time, the transport performance measured in tonne-kilometres dropped by 18.6%, which was mainly due to the water transport. In comparison with the corresponding quarter of previous year a decrease in the transported passengers by 2.7% was observed, while the transport performance in passenger-kilometres registered an increase by 6.7%.

In the third quarter of 2011 the employment rate for population aged 15 - 64 was 59.9% (by 0.7 percentage points lower than in the second quarter of 2010). For the same period the unemployment rate went up by 0.7 percentage points to 10.2%.