site.btaAverage Income per Household Member Rises to BGN 3,620 in Q2 of 2025, Y/Y

The quarterly total income average per household member was BGN 3,620 during the second quarter of 2025 and it increased by 12.6% compared to the same quarter of 2024, show National Statistical Institute data published on Friday.

The highest relative share of income within the structure of the total income was the one from wages and salaries (58.3%). The relative share of income from pensions was 28.3%, and from self-employment - 7.6%. Compared to the second quarter of 2024, the relative share of income from wages and salaries increased by 2.1 percentage points (pp), the income from self-employment - by 0.3 pp, and the share from pensions decreased by 0.8 percentage points.

In nominal terms, during the second quarter of 2025, compared to the same quarter of 2024, the average income per capita by source of income changed as follows:

• from wages and salaries it increased from BGN 1,808 to 2,110 (by 16.7%);
• from self-employment it increased from BGN 235 to 275 (by 17.0%);
• from pensions it increased from BGN 935 to 1,023 (by 9.4%);
• from social benefits it decreased from BGN 71 to 55 (by 22.0%).

The relative share of monetary income in the structure of the total income during the second quarter of 2025 was 99.7% and the share of income in kind was 0.3%.

The quarterly total expenditure average per household member during the second quarter of 2025 was BGN 3,157 and it increased by 11.7% compared to the same quarter of 2024.

The greatest share in the formation of the total expenditure was the expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages - 30.1%, as well as the expenditure on taxes and social insurance contributions - 15.9%, on housing - 14.7%, and on transport and communication - 11.0%.

The relative share of food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 0.6 pp compared to the second quarter of 2024, the share of taxes and social insurance contributions increased by 1.1 pp and the share of housing increased by 0.7 percentage points. The share of health decreased by 1.1 percentage points.