Bulgaria’s industrial production fell 6.7% year-on-year in December 2025, following a downwardly revised 9% decline in November and extending a year-long streak of contraction. Manufacturing output continued to fall, though at a slower pace (-1.4% vs -4.3% in November), mainly reflecting sharp declines in food products (-10.4% vs -8.9%), textiles (-12.3% vs -0.6%), wood products (-11.4% vs -13.6%), and paper and paper products (-15.8% vs -23.3%). Activity also dropped markedly in mining and quarrying (-22.3% vs 12.5%), driven by steep contractions in coal and lignite output (-74.3% vs -51.6%) and metal ores (-12.4% vs 27.2%). Meanwhile, production in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply remained in negative territory, though the decline moderated (-14.1% vs -43.4%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial output rose 0.3%, ending two consecutive months of declines of 1.4% in November and 2.4% in October. source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria

Industrial Production in Bulgaria decreased 6.70 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Industrial Production in Bulgaria averaged 2.27 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 22.80 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -22.30 percent in May of 2009. This page provides - Bulgaria Industrial Production - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Bulgaria Industrial Production - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Industrial Production in Bulgaria decreased 6.70 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Industrial Production in Bulgaria is expected to be -6.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Bulgaria Industrial Production is projected to trend around 2.50 percent in 2027 and 2.20 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-09 09:00 AM
Industrial Production YoY
Nov -9.3% -7.5% -6.0%
2026-02-10 09:00 AM
Industrial Production YoY
Dec -6.7% -9% -8.0%
2026-03-10 09:00 AM
Industrial Production YoY
Jan -6.7%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Business Confidence 15.50 12.50 points Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories 1564.21 141.24 BGN Million Sep 2025
Industrial Production YoY -6.70 -9.00 percent Dec 2025
Industrial Production MoM 0.30 -1.40 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production -1.40 -4.30 percent Dec 2025


Bulgaria Industrial Production
In Bulgaria, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy such as manufacturing, mining, and utilities.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-6.70 -9.00 22.80 -22.30 2001 - 2025 percent Monthly
2015=100, WDA

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Bulgaria Industrial Output Continues to Fall
Bulgaria’s industrial production fell 6.7% year-on-year in December 2025, following a downwardly revised 9% decline in November and extending a year-long streak of contraction. Manufacturing output continued to fall, though at a slower pace (-1.4% vs -4.3% in November), mainly reflecting sharp declines in food products (-10.4% vs -8.9%), textiles (-12.3% vs -0.6%), wood products (-11.4% vs -13.6%), and paper and paper products (-15.8% vs -23.3%). Activity also dropped markedly in mining and quarrying (-22.3% vs 12.5%), driven by steep contractions in coal and lignite output (-74.3% vs -51.6%) and metal ores (-12.4% vs 27.2%). Meanwhile, production in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply remained in negative territory, though the decline moderated (-14.1% vs -43.4%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial output rose 0.3%, ending two consecutive months of declines of 1.4% in November and 2.4% in October.
2026-02-10
Bulgaria Industrial Output Posts Sharpest Decline Since April
Bulgaria’s industrial production fell sharply by 9.3% year over year in November 2025, deepening from a revised 7.5% contraction in October and marking the twelfth consecutive month of declining activity. The downturn was the steepest since April, driven primarily by a collapse in energy goods output, which plunged 42.1% compared with a 10.3% decline in the previous month. Additional weakness was seen in non-durable consumer goods (-6.0% vs. -14.0%), capital goods (-2.5% vs. -2.4%), and consumer durable goods (-0.2% vs. 7.2%). In contrast, production of intermediate goods rose 3.1%, ending a ten-month streak of contraction. On a month-over-month basis, industrial output declined by 1.7% in November, following a 2.4% drop in October.
2026-01-09
Bulgaria Industrial Output Contracts Further
Bulgaria’s industrial production slipped 7.7% year-on-year in October 2025 from an upwardly revised 5.7% drop in the previous month. This marked the eleventh consecutive month of contraction, as declines deepened for the manufacturing sector (-6.5% vs -0.1% in September, particularly in the manufacture of food products (-22.4%), beverages (-15.2%), and chemical and chemical products (-14.4%). On the other hand, production contracted softer for mining and quarrying (-10.7% vs -18.9%) and electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (-10.9% vs -25%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial production fell by 2.1% in October, reversing a downwardly revised 2.9% gain in the preceding period.
2025-12-10