A Eurostat analysis shows that in 2016 around 30 percent of Bulgarians, or almost one in three, travelled at least once a year for the purpose of tourism inside the country or abroad. For the citizens of Europe, this indicator stands at 62..
A Eurostat analysis of the financial characteristics of consumption of households in the EU indicates that what Bulgarians spent most on, in their consumer basket in 2017, was food. Food accounts for almost one third of Bulgarians’ total..
Bulgarians drive secondhand cars in large numbers, more than half of them being over 20 years old, indicate data by Eurostat and the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association. People in Belgium drive the newest cars – 7 years old on..
The latest population projections released by Eurostat for the period 2016-2070 show a steady decline in the population of Bulgaria by 30% - from 7.1 million in 2016 to 4.9 million in the 2070's. It is expected that by 2060 population of working-age n..
According to Eurostat, the average unemployment rate in the 28 Member States of the EU has stabilized at 7.0 percent in May this year, which is the lowest level for the past 10 years. In the euro area unemployment has reached its lowest..
In 2017 the actual individual consumption which measures the household wealth ranged between 55% and 130% of the EU average in different EU member states. Bulgaria was last in the ranking. The actual individual consumption in this country was 45% below..
Commenting on the latest Eurostat report on the levels of indebtedness within the EU, according to which from 29 percent, Bulgaria has brought its external debt down to 25.4 percent of the GDP, PM Boyko Borissov stated that on this indicator,..
According to Eurostat data, as quoted by the European Commission, in 2016 EU Member States most often gave citizenship to foreigners coming for Morocco, Albania and India. Unlike this general trend, during the same year Bulgaria most often granted..
In February 2018 the unemployment rate in the European Union fell to a new ten-year low (7.1%), data of Eurostat show. Unemployment in the Eurozone fell to 8.5%, which is the lowest level since 2008. In Bulgaria the unemployment rate dwindled to a nine..
In 2017 Bulgaria remained the country with the lowest wages in the EU, data of Eurostat shows. The average wage per hour in the European Union amounted to EUR 23, while in Bulgaria the hourly pay was four times lower- just over EUR 5 per hour. In..
