National Statistical Institute

In the festive December of 2020, when the restrictive measures from the second national blockade were in force, 59% of hotel managers in the country reported a decrease in revenues from their activities compared to the previous month, and 30.9% indicated that there was no change.

According to preliminary adjusted data, retail trade in November contracted by 6.4% compared to a year earlier and increased by 1.2% compared to October, according to the National Statistical Institute.

On an annual basis, trade in food, beverages and tobacco products decreased the most - by 14.4%, and trade in automotive fuels and lubricants - by 15.8%.

The shutdowns of malls and restaurants first in March and then in end-November has seriously impacted the trade and hospitality industry but at the same time offered the companies new opportunities for rechanneling greater part of their business to online services.

The newly registered unemployed across Bulgaria were a little under 380,000 between February 3 and the end of December 2020, according to the latest data of the specialized weekly labour market survey of the National Statistical Institute and the Employment Agency occasioned by Covid-19 pandemic. Over the same period, 235,000 people have found jobs through the labour offices.

Director General of the National Statistical Institute Sergey Tsvetarski requested to postpone the start of census in Bulgaria owing to the epidemic situation, BGNEs reported.

Fifty-eight percent of young people in Bulgaria aged 25-29 take money from their parents, and 35 percent of university graduates live with their mother or father. This is according to the data from the Annual Report on Youth 2019.

November 2020 is the deadliest month in Bulgaria for at least the last five years. This is according to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on mortality in the country, published this week. In November, 15,953 people died in Bulgaria, with an average of about 8,300 in the same month over the past 5 years. The increase is over 92%.

The National Statistical Institute reported a sharp increase in the newly registered unemployed in the first week of December - over 14,200 people.

The data is from the specialized monitoring of the labor market because of Covid-19.

 Between February 3rd when this monitoring began, and December 6th there were over 361,000 people registered with the labor offices.

A sharp increase in newly registered unemployed reported the National Statistical Institute for the first week of December - over 14 200 people. The data are from the specialized labor market survey in time of    Covid-19 pandemic, BNR reported.

There have been just over 361,000 people registered with the labor offices since 3 February, when this survey began, until 6 December.

In November 2020, the economic situation in the country deteriorated for the first time after six consecutive months of improvement, according to the latest survey of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).