GDP rose 0.7% from the previous quarter and 2.8% year on year, while quarterly investment and exports weakened.
Balkan Spectator · Automated news desk Published Event / data date: 2026-09-07
Bulgaria’s economy expanded by 0.7% quarter on quarter and 2.8% year on year in the second quarter, preliminary National Statistical Institute data released on 7 September showed. Both readings were 0.1 percentage point above the earlier flash estimates. [1][2]
ContextDomestic consumption rose 0.9% from the previous quarter, but gross fixed capital formation fell 1.2% and exports dropped 5.2%. The reading is a statistical snapshot rather than a new economic event; it shows continued growth alongside weaker quarterly investment and trade flows. [2]
Serbia's energy regulator has licensed Bulgaria's state supplier for wholesale natural-gas activity; the decision does not itself document new deliveries.
