GDP per person employed increased in real terms by 1.7% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021, according to the preliminary data.
The number of persons employed in the economy is 3 699.7 thousand and the total number of hours worked is 1 457.4 million. Compared with the third quarter of 2021 the structure of employment by economic sector in the third quarter of 2022 shows an increase in the relative share of the service sector and a decrease in the agriculture and industrial sectors.
GDP per person employed is BGN 12 152.0 and GDP per hour worked is BGN 30.9.
Gross value added per person employed increased in real terms by 2.1% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021.
GVA per hour worked rose in real terms by 3.3%. GVA per person employed in the industrial sector is BGN 12 222.5 and GVA per hour worked is BGN 29.8 according to the preliminary data for the third quarter of 2022. In the service sector, an average of BGN 10 437.8 Gross value added is produced by a person employed or an average of BGN 26.7 GVA per hour worked. The lowest labour productivity is in the agricultural sector - BGN 5 904.8 GVA per person employed and BGN 15.5 per hour worked.