Investment in Bulgaria: GDP growth

According to preliminary figures from the National Statistical Institute (NSI), published on Tuesday, Bulgaria's GDP exceeded BGN 86.3 billion last year, an increase of 3% over 2014. In the final quarter of 2015, GDP exceeded BGN 23.6 billion, representing growth of 3% over the same quarter of the preceding year and 0.7% over the third quarter of 2015. Gross value added (GVA) in 2015 exceeded BGN 73.8 billion, up 1.5% over the previous year. Industry accounted for 27.6% of the economy's value added in 2015, services for 67.3% and agriculture for 5.1%. GVA exceeded BGN 20.4 billion in the final quarter of last year, with agriculture's relative share falling by 0.1 percentage points to 3.7%. Industry's relative share increased by 1.4 percentage points to 25%. The relative share of services fell from 72.6% to 71.3%. Final consumption in the last quarter of 2015 accounted for 75% of GDP produced. Investment represented 23.2% of the capital produced. The trade balance in goods and services was negative in the final quarter of 2015. Preliminary figures show final consumption rising by 0.9% in the final quarter of 2015, exports by 5.6% and imports by 3.9%.