Social statistics

Indicator

Amount

Effective as of

Minimum monthly wage (MMW)

 380 EUR

2016-07-01 

Minimum hourly wage

 2.32 EUR

2016-07-01 

2017-01-01 

Basic monthly wage (BMW)

 35.5 EUR

2015-01-01

Basic hourly wage

 0.22 EUR

2015-01-01 

Average wage in the national economy in the III quarter 2016

gross

 793.3 EUR

net

615.9 EUR

Employment rate of the population aged 15-64 in the III quater 2016 (data from Population employment survey)

 70 per cent

  Male employment rate

 70.1 per cent

 Female employment rate  

 68.9 per cent

Unemployment rate in the III quater 2016  (data from Population employment survey)

 7.5 per cent

Number of the unemployed in the III quater 2016 (data from Population employment survey)

 111 000  people

Minimum unemployment social insurance benefit

 102 EUR

Maximum unemployment social insurance benefit

 311,5 EUR

   2016-01-01       

Average unemployment social insurance benefit per month, in November 2016

 194.4 EUR

Average old age pension per month, in November 2016

 255.40 EUR

Average old age pension in case a person has completed the compulsory period of employment, in November 2016

 266.60 EUR

State social insurance basic pension

 120 EUR

2017-01-01 

Basic state pension

 58 EUR

2015-07-01 

Insured income for 2017

2017-01-01

Additional pension accumulation contribution (2 percent) from  the State Budget for the year 2017

 2017-01-01

Basic Social Benefit

 38 EUR

2015-01-01 

State supported income

 102 EUR

2015-01-01 

Consumer price index in December 2015, if compared with December 2014

 99,9