Statistical data

In the first quarter of 2011, the municipal authorities have issued building permits for construction of 951 residential buildings with 2 458 dwellings, of 37 administrative buildings/offices and 954 other buildings. The construction of 459 residential buildings with 1 540 dwellings, of 26 administrative buildings/offices and 409 other buildings has been started.

The number of detached crèches and groups in kindergartens functioning in the country at the end of 2010 is 731 with 28 139 places in them. The tendencies of increasing of the establishments’ number as well as the number of places in them continue in 2010. The number of places in detached crèches and groups in kindergartens as of 31.12.2010 increases by 1 187 (4.4%) compared to the end of 2009.

During the 2006 - 2010 period the educational attainment of the population aged 25 - 64 continues to improve following the clear-cut tendency towards an increase of the number and share of the population with tertiary and secondary education together with the decrease of the number and share of people with primary and lower education. The relative share of the population with tertiary education (college and university) increased from 21.9% in 2006 to 23.2% in 2010 or by 1.3 points and the share of the population with secondary education increased from 52.5 to 56.2% or by 3.7 points. Parallel to this, the relative share of persons with primary and lower education decreased by 5.0 points - from 25.6 to 20.6%. This means that 79.4% of the population at the most active working age (25 - 64 years of age) is with secondary or higher education.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in March 2011 rose by 1.0% comparing to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2010 the domestic prices grew by 12.1%. Total Producer Price Index in Industry increased by 1.0% compared to the previous month, compared to the same month of 2010 the prices rose by 13.5%.

In April 2011 the total business climate indicator increases by 2.4 percentage points restoring in half the drop from the previous month. There are 10.0 percentage points left in order to reach the long-term average value of this indicator. The improvement is due to the sectors of industry and services, since the business climate in construction and retail trade is worsened.

In March 2011, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 295.4 thousand or 4.1% more than the number of the trips in March 2010.
In March 2011, the number of the arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 335.7 thousand or 11.3% more than the number of the trips in the corresponding month of 2010.

On the basis of preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute the General Government Sector reported in 2010 government deficit of 2 269.2 million BGN or 3.2 % of GDP.
The Government Debt of Bulgaria for 2010 is 11 427.8 million BGN or 16.2% of GDP.

The market price index of the dwellings for the first quarter of 2011 compared to the fourth quarter of 2010 was 97.7%, i.e. the average decrease of the market prices of the dwellings was 2.3%.

The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in the second half of March 2011 gives information about the investments made by those enterprises in 2010 and their investments plans for 2011.

In 2010 the expenditures for acquiring fixed tangible and intangible assets in industry have decreased by 21.1% in nominal terms as compared to the previous year.