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Date shown in the original: 4 December 2015. Review note: 6 November 2026.

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Third-quarter GDP growth in Bulgaria — image from the original website

In the third quarter of 2015, Bulgaria's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 2.9% over the same quarter of the previous year and by 0.7% over the second quarter of 2015. According to preliminary National Statistical Institute (NSI) figures, third-quarter GDP was BGN 23.49 billion, thus recording a 0.2% increase over the previous quarter and annual growth of 1.6%. Agriculture's relative share of the economy's value added was 8.6%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the same quarter of 2014. Industry's relative share fell by 0.3 percentage points to 27.3%. Services retained the 64.1% share recorded in the same quarter of the previous year. In the third quarter, final consumption expenditure accounted for 68.6% of GDP and investment for 21.4%, with a positive external balance. Exports and imports of goods and services increased year on year by 5.8% and 3.3%, respectively.