Close to 53 percent of Bulgarians were unable to cope with unexpected financial expenses last year, Eurostat data indicate. The average for the EU stands at 34 percent. This applies most often to one-parent families and elderly couples...
According to a Eurostat analysis, Bulgaria is the European Union country with the highest share of women employed in the IT sector. In Bulgaria, around 66 percent of the people working in IT are men, whereas the average percentage for the EU..
Retail sales in Bulgaria have increased for the sixth consecutive month after the decline registered in the first two months of 2018, data of Eurostat shows. Meanwhile, retail sales in the whole European Union remained at their June levels, which..
The prices of food products, consumer goods and services in Bulgaria are lowest as compared to other EU member states, analysis of Eurostat for 2017 shows. Bulgaria is the EU country with cheapest food, clothing, electricity, water, heating,..
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..