Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Bulgaria
Data extracted in August 2019.
No planned update.
This Statistics Explained article is outdated and has been archived - for recent information on Europe 2020 strategy see here.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
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This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Bulgaria.
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Overview
Bulgaria reduced its ESD GHG emissions between 2008 and 2017, staying within its national target to limit the rise in ESD sector GHG emissions to 20 % by 2020. In 2017, the country also surpassed its renewable energy target but the primary energy consumption target remained at some distance. Although Bulgaria has moved towards its national targets on early school leavers and tertiary education since 2008, it was still 1.7 and 2.3 percentage points away from its respective Europe 2020 goals. Bulgaria’s employment rate deteriorated sharply between 2008 and 2011; the subsequent increase up to 2018 was not enough to reach the country’s 76 % target. Despite a rise in R&D expenditure between 2008 and 2017, Bulgaria would need to double its expenditure in the coming years to reach its goal of 1.5 % of GDP. Between 2008 and 2018, Bulgaria reduced the number of people at risk of poverty after social transfers — used as a national target in the area of poverty reduction — but still needed to take 179 000 people out of being at risk of monetary poverty to reach its national 2020 target.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
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Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
Direct access to
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics