Balgarianovinite.com The sustained decline in Bulgaria’s industrial production, which began in early 2023, continued in May 2026, when the country recorded the second-largest decrease in industrial output among EU Member States, according to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday.
Bulgaria’s industrial production contracted by 4.7% year-on-year in May, following a 3.8% decline in April. Among EU countries with available data, only Ireland registered a steeper drop, at 19.7%.
Industrial output in Bulgaria has been declining since the beginning of 2023, with the sharpest contraction during the period recorded in November 2023, when it fell by 12%. According to Eurostat data, Bulgaria posted annual declines in every month of 2023 and in 10 months of 2024, with growth recorded only in September and November.
The country’s industrial sector also weakened throughout all 12 months of 2025. Bulgaria recorded the largest year-on-year declines in the EU in October, September, August, July, June and March 2025.
At the beginning of 2026, the contraction in Bulgaria’s industrial sector accelerated to 9.9%, with only Ireland posting a larger decline, at 13.1%, among EU countries. The decrease slowed to 8.7% in February and was followed by growth of 4.7% in March, the first increase since November 2024.
Compared with April 2026, Bulgaria’s industrial production decreased by 0.2% in May, significantly less than the 4.6% monthly decline registered in the previous month.
Last week, the National Statistical Institute reported that, according to its Industrial Production Index, Bulgaria’s industrial production declined by 0.2% month-on-month in May and by 4.8% compared with the same month of 2025.
Across the euro area and the EU, industrial production in May 2026 was down by 1.2% and 0.3%, respectively, compared with May 2025. In the euro area, output of durable and non-durable consumer goods decreased by 3% and 10.7%, respectively. A similar trend was observed across the EU, where durable consumer goods production declined by 1.7% and non-durable goods output by 8.1%.
On a monthly basis, compared with April, industrial production in May fell by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU.
According to revised Eurostat estimates, industrial production in April increased by 0.3% month-on-month in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, while compared with April 2025 it rose by 0.4% and 0.9%, respectively. Bulgaria Records EU’s Second-Largest Drop in Industrial Production in May 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-15 12:37:56 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
