Bulgaria’s GDP up 2.2% y/y in Q2

Oct 05, 2015

According to Bulgarian National Statistical Institute’s business inquiries in September 2015, the industrial confidence indicator has decreased by 1.7 percentage points compared to the previous month.

In July 2015 the working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 3.4% in comparison with the same month of 2014. On annual basis in July 2015 the Industrial Production Index increased in the mining and quarrying industry and in the manufacturing - by 3.6%, and in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - by 2.3%.

According to the preliminary data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current prices in the second quarter of 2015 is BGN 21 572 million. GDP per person is BGN 2 982.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the second quarter of 2015 is 2.2% compared with the same quarter of the previous year and 0.5% compared with the first quarter of 2015.

Source: Focus News