In 2020, 70,000 Bulgarians, or 1% of the population, owned 18.3% of the gross domestic product, which is equal to more than EUR 11.25 billion. In 2005, they owned 11.2% of the GDP, or EUR 2.4 billion. The wealth of the richest Bulgarians rose five times in the space of 15 years. In 2005, the richest 10% of the population owned 34.6% of the GDP, whereas in 2020, they owned 43.6%.
In 2020, 50% of the poorest Bulgarians owned 19.6% of the country’s GDP. Fifteen years later, they owned only 16.4% of the GDP. The concentration of financial resource in fewer people hampers economic growth and undermines competition, Lyuboslav Kostov, Director of the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research said for “24 Chassa” newspaper.
The average salary in Bulgaria in the fourth quarter of last year was BGN 2,123 (EUR 1,085), an increase of 13% compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. The average wage is highest in Sofia - BGN..
120,000 people employed in coal-fired power plants are at risk of losing their jobs and are facing emigration, warn experts from the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour . Regarding the Green Deal, trade unionists exchanged experience with their..
The state of the Bulgarian labor market at the end of 2023 points to a tendency towards stagnation. This is the conclusion of an analysis of the Institute for Market Economy. As of mid-2021, the unemployment rate remains in the..
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