Live Updates > Live Update Details
2026-02-13 17:19:56
[Bulgaria's GDP Growth Slows to 2.9% in Q4 2025, Lowest in Over a Year] ⑴ Preliminary estimates show that Bulgaria's economy grew by 2.9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025. ⑵ The previous month's growth was revised downward to 3.1%. ⑶ This is the weakest growth pace since the third quarter of 2024. ⑷ Net external demand continued to drag on overall economic performance. ⑸ Exports of goods and services remained in contraction territory, but the decline narrowed significantly to 0.1%. ⑹ The third quarter saw a decline of 5.4%. ⑺ Import growth accelerated sharply to 9.5%. ⑻ The third quarter saw growth of 4.2%. ⑼ Meanwhile, the growth rate of final consumption expenditure slowed to 7.2% from 7.9% in the third quarter. ⑽ Gross fixed capital formation growth accelerated further, rising from 9.3% to 10.1%. ⑪ On a quarterly basis, the economy grew by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. 12. The quarter-on-quarter increase in the third quarter was 0.7%.
