Bulgaria, is a country located at Eastern Europe, it has an area of 111,000 Km2.

Bulgaria, with a population of 6,437,360 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 58 people per km2.

It's capital is Sofia and its currency is Bulgarian Lev

Bulgaria is holding the 65 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 24,977 millions of euros (27,024 millions of dollars), ( 23.8% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €3,880 euros per inhabitant$4,198 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Bulgaria was on January of 2026 and it was -99%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Bulgaria, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.799 points in 2022, leaving it in 70th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Bulgaria are business, you must know it's in the 61th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Bulgaria, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Bulgaria Economy
Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]20253.1%
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q44,718K
Annual GDP [+]2025€116,018M
Annual GDP [+]2025$131,098M
GDP per capita [+]2025€18,060
GDP per capita [+]2025$20,365
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q4€30,374M
Debt (M.€.) [+]202424,977
Debt ($M) [+]202427,024
Debt (%GDP) [+]202423.80%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€3,880
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$4,198
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-3,191
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-3,410
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-3.00%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202441,059.9
Expenditure ($M) [+]202441,133.8
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20223,874.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20224,073.9
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202211.98%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20234,726.3
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20235,094.2
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202312.83%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20242,251.9
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20242,436.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20245.49%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202439.20%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€6,378
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$6,390
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€599
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$633
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€733
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$790
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€350
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$375
Moody's Rating [+]01/24/2025Baa1
S&P Rating [+]07/10/2025BBB+
Fitch Rating [+]04/24/2020BBB
Corruption Index [+]202345
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201949º
Fragile States Index [+]202449.4
RTI Raking [+]202458º
Innovation Ranking [+]202438º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]January 20263.1%
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q33.4%
Unemployed [+]2025Q3105K
NMW [+]2026$372.5
NMW [+]2026€620.0
Average Wage [+]2024$30,210
Average Wage [+]2024€27,911
Human Capital Ranking [+]201732º
Markets
Euro / Bulgarian Lev [+]12/31/20251.9558
US Dollar exchange rate [+]12/31/20251.6645
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/31/20250%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]January 2026-99.0%
HICP [+]December 20253.5%
PPI Year on Year [+]January 202611.7%
Money Market
Key rates [+]12/01/20251.81%
Business
Doing Business [+]202061º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 2026-8.6%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202482,005
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20225.82
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020518.35
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202430.3%
Standard VAT [+]04/01/201120.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202010.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20225,557,000
Exports [+]2025€42,759.2M
Exports [+]2025$48,317.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202536.86%
Imports [+]2025€53,849.1M
Imports [+]2025$60,848.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202546.41%
Trade balance [+]2025€-11,089.9M
Trade balance [+]2025$-12,531.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2025-9.56%
Retail Sales YoY [+]January 20264.7%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201549º
Density [+]202458
Global Peace Ranking [+]202426º
Crude divorce rate [+]20241.30‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,223.5
% Immigrant [+]20202.82%
% Emigrant [+]202025.77%
Birth Rate [+]20248.30‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017145.6
Crude death rate [+]202415.60‰
Fertility Rate [+]20241.72
Crude marriage rate [+]20243.20‰
% risk of poverty [+]202521.2%
Population [+]20246,437,360
Immigrant stock [+]2020184,363
Emigrant stock [+]20201,683,074
HDI [+]20220.799
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202460º
Life expectancy [+]202475.80
Suicides [+]2023452
Suicide rate [+]20237.01
Number of homicides [+]202374
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20231.09
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20235.86
Annual crude oil production [+]20241
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202115.0
Consumption GWh [+]202435,353
Generation GWh [+]202438,634
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]02/08/202638,777
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]02/08/20261,341,038
Fully vaccinated [+]06/29/20242,078,006
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]02/08/20266,023.74
Doses administered [+]06/29/20244,726,614