GDP per capital: $ 3078 (2004 estimate)
Fiscal year: Calendar year
Taxation rates
Value-added tax: 20%
Corporate tax: 15%
GDP: Purchasing power parity per capita - $7,600 (end 2003)
Unemployment rate: 13.2% (end 2003.)
Average monthly wage: 300 BGN
Labour force: 59.7% of population (2001)
Labour force by occupation: (1998 est.)
Agriculture 26%
Industry 31%
Services 43%
Industries:
Machine building and metalworking, food processing, chemicals, construction materials, ferrous and nonferrous metals, nuclear fuel
Agricultural products:
Vegetables, fruits, tobacco, livestock, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets
Exports (f.o.b.): $7.4 bln (2003)
Imports (f.o.b.): $9.9 bln (2003)
Trade balance: minus $2.5 bln (2003)
Exports:
Machinery and equipment, metals, minerals, fuels, chemicals and plastics, food, tobacco, clothing
Export partners: Italy 13%, Germany 10%, Greece 9%, Turkey 8% (1998)
Imports: fuels, minerals and raw materials; machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; food, textiles (1998)
Import partners: Russia 20%, Germany 14%, Italy 8%, Greece 6%, U.S. 4% (1998)
Industrial production growth rate: -3% (1999 est.)
Electricity production: 40.927 billion kWh (2000)
Electricity production by source:
Fossil fuel: 48.4%
Hydro: 7.2%
Nuclear: 44.4%
Electricity consumption: 36.307 billion kWh (2000)
Electricity exports: 2 billion kWh (1998)
Electricity imports: 1.76 billion kWh (1998)
