The largest number of Bulgarians in Europe at the beginning of January, 2020 lived in Germany – 342 , 000 , which is equal to the population of the city of Plovdiv. 259 , 000 lived in Great Britain or 50,000 more than the entire population..
Life expectancy in Bulgaria has fallen by -1.5 years to 73.6 years in the pandemic year 2020 , Eurostat data show, quoted by bTV. For comparison, in 2019 life expectancy in Bulgaria was 75.1 years. According to statistics, negative trends are..
Almost 70% of children under the age of three in Bulgaria are cared for by their parents at home, indicate Eurostat data for 2019. This is the highest percentage in Europe, the European average being 47%. This can, to some extent be explained..
Bulgaria is not an attractive place for citizens of EU countries to live and work, or for foreigners from third countries. Only 1% of the population of Bulgaria are citizens of other countries, placing Bulgaria in third position, after Poland and..
Bulgaria is top of the list in income distribution inequality in the EU, with a more than eight-fold gap between the incomes of the poorest and the richest people in the country, indicate latest Eurostat data for 2020. Lyuboslav Kostov,..
Bulgaria is among the countries in the European Union with the largest share of women in senior management positions , according to Eurostat. In general, the proportion of women at the managerial level is still lower than that of men. In the..
Bulgaria is the country in the EU where women give birth to their first child at the youngest age , according to Eurostat. The average age at which Bulgarian women give birth to their first child was26.3 years in 2019, according to Eurostat. Romania..
Bulgaria has one of the highest levels in the EU of recycling plastic packaging waste . This is according to the latest Eurostat report. According to the report, Bulgaria ranks third in the EU in 2018 with 59.2%, ahead of only Lithuania (69.3%)..
Just over 41% of Bulgarians live in overcrowded dwellings or in rooms, which do not correspond with the size of their household, data of Eurostat show. This indicator places Bulgaria third in the EU after Romania and Latvia. The average indicator..
4,916 major traffic accidents have occurred on the territory of the country in the period from the beginning of the year up until 31 October, in which 381 people have been killed and 6,143 injured. Compared to the same period of 2019 the number of..
