Bulgaria is top of the list in income distribution inequality in the EU, with a more than eight-fold gap between the incomes of the poorest and the richest people in the country, indicate latest Eurostat data for 2020. Lyuboslav Kostov,..
Bulgaria is among the countries in the European Union with the largest share of women in senior management positions , according to Eurostat. In general, the proportion of women at the managerial level is still lower than that of men. In the..
Bulgaria is the country in the EU where women give birth to their first child at the youngest age , according to Eurostat. The average age at which Bulgarian women give birth to their first child was26.3 years in 2019, according to Eurostat. Romania..
Bulgaria has one of the highest levels in the EU of recycling plastic packaging waste . This is according to the latest Eurostat report. According to the report, Bulgaria ranks third in the EU in 2018 with 59.2%, ahead of only Lithuania (69.3%)..
Just over 41% of Bulgarians live in overcrowded dwellings or in rooms, which do not correspond with the size of their household, data of Eurostat show. This indicator places Bulgaria third in the EU after Romania and Latvia. The average indicator..
4,916 major traffic accidents have occurred on the territory of the country in the period from the beginning of the year up until 31 October, in which 381 people have been killed and 6,143 injured. Compared to the same period of 2019 the number of..
Bulgaria was the country with the lowest per capita spending on recreation and sports in the EU in 2018, Eurostat data shows . EU countries have spent 50.7 billion euros on leisure and sports, and money on this item is increasing relative to total..
The poverty line should increase with nearly EUR 3 a month- from EUR 186 to EUR 189. This is envisaged by a draft resolution of Bulgaria’s cabinet. According to data of Eurostat , in 2019 more than 1.3 million Bulgarians, or 18.6% of this..
Nine Member States in the European Union produce lignite, also called 'brown coal', for electricity and heat production , Eurostat data show . Germany is the main producer and accounted for about 45% of total EU lignite production in 2018 followed..
In Europe, Bulgarians are the least satisfied with their personal relationships with others. The latest Eurostat data are from 2018 based on the answers how respondents evaluate their relationship with a loved one, a relative or a friend. The EU average..
