site.btaQ1 Incomes up by 9.6% Y/Y, Expenditure by 13.3% Y/Y

The total average income per household member in the first quarter of 2022 stood at BGN 2,006, up by 9.6% year-on-year, while the total expenditure stood at BGN 1,821, rising by 13.3%, the National Statistical Institute said on Monday.

Salaries accounted for the biggest share of incomes, 56.9%, increasing by 1.7 percentage point from a year earlier. The relative share of income from pensions was 30.9% and from self-employment 4.9%, up by 0.6 percentage points year-on-year.

Food and non-alcoholic beverages had the largest share in total expenditure, 29.5%, followed by housing, 18.8%, taxes and social insurance contributions, 13.6% and transport and communication, 12.1%.