July 10 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's economy ministry said it expects the share of investments in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) to rise by a real 10.1% in 2018.
"This trend for a 7% -10% increase [of the share of investments in GDP] will continue in the next years," deputy economy minister Lachezar Borisov said, as quoted in a statement by the economy ministry on Monday.
According to Eurostat data, investments made up 19.2% of Bulgaria's GDP in 2017.
Bulgaria's economy grew by 3.6% in 2017 and by the same pace in the first quarter of 2018, according to official data.
The country's central bank said in March it expects that the country's economy growing by 4.2% in 2018 and by 4.0% in 2019.