Bulgaria

BGREurope & Central AsiaHigh incomeCapital: Sofia
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75/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Bulgaria in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Bulgaria· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About Bulgaria

Bulgaria's GDP is $148.12B (2026), with a population of 6.4M, and GDP per capita of $23,848. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 2.8%, inflation at 3.8%, unemployment at 3.4%, government debt at 28.2% of GDP, life expectancy of 75.8 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Economy31 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$148.12B2026 13.0%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)2.8%2026 9.7%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$23,8482026 14.0%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$283.48B2026 5.7%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$45,6422026 6.6%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.13%2026 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$124.08B2025 15.3%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$17,7802025 15.7%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$42,1702025 5.8%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)21.2%2025 0.4%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)63.3%2025 0.7%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)2.5%2025 5.3%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)20.8%2025 5.4%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)58.5%2025 2.1%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)21.7%2025 6.3%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)16.7%2025 11.2%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)7.4%2025 2.9%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$76,2372025 2.7%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)36.7%2022WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$10,6902021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)8.5%2021WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-1.0%2025 141.3%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.13%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.59%2021WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.02%2021WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.9%2021WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.17%2021WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$27.74B2025 15.8%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$35,3262025 3.2%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$10,4542025 3.2%WB
Financial Markets1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Exchange Rate (per EUR)1.962025 0.0%WB
Fiscal & Monetary21 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)102.5%2025 7.0%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)50.7%2025 10.0%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)51.8%2025 3.9%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$66.35B2025 3.8%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$67.71B2025 10.9%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$48.32B2025 0.9%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$60.89B2025 10.7%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)3.7%2025 38.7%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)1.2%2025 8.3%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$4.88B2025 60.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$2.75B2025 4.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)2.1%2025 9.7%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)13.4%2024 11.4%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-5.8%2025 1031.5%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-7.64B2025 1205.5%WB
External Debt4 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)55.1%2022 0.6%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$47.21B2022WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)6.8%2024 7.3%WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$1.96B2022 4.9%WB
Finance11 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)692023WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2023 · WB
People23 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population6.4M2025 0.1%WB
Population Growth (%)-0.1%2025 57.1%WB
Population Density (per km²)592023 0.3%WB
Surface Area (sq km)110,9972023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)108,5602023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)74.2%2025 0.3%WB
Urban Population (total)4.8M2025 0.2%WB
Rural Population (%)25.8%2025 0.9%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth75.8 years2024 0.0%WB
Life Expectancy, Male72.2 years2024 0.3%WB
Life Expectancy, Female79.5 years2024 0.3%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.72024 5.0%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)8.32024 6.7%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)15.62024 0.6%WB
Net Migration-2,9612025 665.1%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)14.4%2025 0.5%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)63.4%2025 0.2%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)22.2%2025 0.9%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)57.8%2025 0.6%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)35.1%2025 1.1%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)22.7%2025 0.3%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)234.42021WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)118.32021WB
Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force3.1M2025 0.3%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)56.1%2025 0.3%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)50.4%2025 0.2%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)62.4%2025 0.3%WB
Unemployment (%)3.5%2025 15.8%WB
Female Unemployment (%)3.3%2025 16.4%WB
Male Unemployment (%)3.8%2025 15.4%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)10.2%2025 18.7%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)4.7%2025 3.2%WB
Employment in Industry (%)27.9%2025 0.9%WB
Employment in Services (%)67.4%2025 0.6%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)55.1%2025 0.8%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)6.9%2025 2.1%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)88.2%2025 0.2%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)1.8%2024 4.7%WB
Employers (% of total employment)4.9%2025 0.1%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)46.8%2025 0.1%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)54.1%2025 0.4%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)11.8%2025 1.2%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)10.9%2024 2.3%WB
Education17 indicators · 2013–2024 · WB
Health47 indicators · 2014–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.9%2023 3.7%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$1,2582023 17.9%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)5.0%2023 4.1%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)35.5%2023 1.2%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.32022 0.7%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)4.22023 10.6%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)8.22023 2.4%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)5.72024 3.4%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)2.62024 3.7%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)62023 40.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)5.22024 3.7%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)6.22024 3.1%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)21.6%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)76.6%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)1.8%2021WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)94.0%2024 2.2%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)94.0%2024 2.2%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)122024 29.4%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)40.6%2024 1.5%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)36.7%2024 0.5%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)9.52021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)11.62020WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)71.305862021WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)16.78974462021WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)62.38890522021WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)4.6498101992024WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)5.7355196222024WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)2.5823104032024WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)3.4828575582023WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)122024WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)1.42024WHO
People Living with HIV44002025WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)10.7473942022WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)922025WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)882025WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)892025WHO
Physicians (total)29,8462023 1.0%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel31,8232023 0.9%WHO
Dentists (total)7,6722023 0.1%WHO
Pharmacists (total)6,4812024 2.8%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)6.32014WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)72014WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)1.92014WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)732023WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)8.42021WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)1257.875976562023WHO
Energy & Environment16 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
Technology13 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB
Infrastructure9 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
Gender8 indicators · 2017–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.142023 12.9%WB
Government Effectiveness0.052023 117.4%WB
Political Stability0.342023 9.1%WB
Regulatory Quality0.412023 27.2%WB
Rule of Law-0.012023 93.6%WB
Voice & Accountability0.392023 35.3%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)50.0%2023 0.0%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)53.3%2023 25.6%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)53.8%2023 7.5%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)55.5%2023 1.3%WB
Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)2.1%2024 10.5%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$2.33B2024 17.1%WB
Armed Forces Personnel37,0002020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.2%2020WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)5.5%2024 5.7%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)1.12023 2.2%WB
Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2023 · WB
Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.612020WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.632020WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.602020WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School8.7 years2020WB
Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
Urban Development8 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO