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Date stated in the original: 15 August 2015. Review note: 6 November 2026.

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Bulgarian GDP up 2.2% year on year — image from the original website

In the second quarter of the year, gross domestic product (In the second quarter of the year, Bulgaria's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 2.2% compared with the same quarter of 2014. GDP, which exceeded BGN 20.9 billion, grew by 0.4% compared with the first quarter of the year. This emerges from the National Statistical Institute's (NSI) flash estimates published on Friday. The trade balance in the second quarter of 2015 was negative. Eurostat also released its flash estimates of GDP growth in EU Member States in the second quarter of the year. Eurostat's data confirm the NSI figures, with Bulgaria's GDP increasing by 2.2% compared with the same quarter of 2014 and by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter. Average GDP in the EU-28 rose by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter and by 1.6% compared with the same quarter of 2014. Consequently, Bulgaria's economic growth exceeded the average European valuesGDP) in Bulgaria increased by 2.2% compared with the same quarter of 2014. GDP, which exceeded BGN 20.9 billion, grew by 0.4% compared with the first quarter of the year. This emerges from the National Statistical Institute's (NSI) flash estimates published on Friday. The trade balance in the second quarter of 2015 was negative. Eurostat also released its flash estimates of GDP growth in EU Member States in the second quarter of the year. Eurostat's data confirm the NSI figures, with Bulgaria's GDP increasing by 2.2% compared with the same quarter of 2014 and by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter. Average GDP in the EU-28 rose by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter and by 1.6% compared with the same quarter of 2014. Consequently, Bulgaria's economic growth exceeded the European averages.