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

Bulgaria, with a population of 6,445,481 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 68 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 24,975 millions of euros (26,215 millions of dollars), ( 24.1% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €3,875 euros per inhabitant$4,067 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Bulgaria was on March of 2025 and it was 4%.

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

Sofia: Monthly Temp.
Sofia: Monthly Rainfall
Bulgaria Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q44,135K
Annual GDP [+]2024€103,723M
Annual GDP [+]2024$112,212M
GDP per capita [+]2024€16,110
GDP per capita [+]2024$17,409
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€26,649M
Debt (M.€.) [+]202424,975
Debt ($M) [+]202426,215
Debt (%GDP) [+]202424.10%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€3,875
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$4,067
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-3,149
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-3,396
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-3.00%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202441,247.2
Expenditure ($M) [+]202441,110.6
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20213,062.2
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20213,975.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202110.56%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20234,538,991,716.9
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20224,325.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202211.59%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,749.6
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,891.7
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20235.02%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202439.80%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€6,399
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$6,378
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€471
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$530
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€704
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$632
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€271
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$294
Moody's Rating [+]01/24/2025Baa1
S&P Rating [+]11/24/2023BBB
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 [+]February 20253.9%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q43.8%
Unemployed [+]2024Q4117K
NMW [+]2025$572.1
NMW [+]2025€551.0
Average Wage [+]2023$13,036
Average Wage [+]2023€12,056
Human Capital Ranking [+]201732º
Markets
Euro / Bulgarian Lev [+]04/28/20251.9558
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/25/20251.7221
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/31/20251.21%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20254.0%
HICP [+]March 20254.0%
PPI Year on Year [+]February 202519.0%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/01/20252.39%
Business
Doing Business [+]202061º
IPI Year on Year [+]February 2025-4.7%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202482,005
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20225.82
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020518.35
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202329.7%
Standard VAT [+]04/01/201120.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202010.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20225,557,000
Exports [+]2024€43,063.0M
Exports [+]2024$46,610.5M
Exports % GDP [+]202441.52%
Imports [+]2024€49,735.0M
Imports [+]2024$53,832.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202447.95%
Trade balance [+]2024€-6,672.0M
Trade balance [+]2024$-7,221.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2024-6.43%
Retail Sales YoY [+]February 20253.6%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201549º
Density [+]202358
Global Peace Ranking [+]202426º
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.40‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,223.5
% Immigrant [+]20202.82%
% Emigrant [+]202025.77%
Birth Rate [+]20238.90‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017145.6
Crude death rate [+]202315.70‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.81
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.40‰
% risk of poverty [+]202421.7%
Population [+]20236,445,481
Immigrant stock [+]2020184,363
Emigrant stock [+]20201,683,074
HDI [+]20220.799
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202460º
Life expectancy [+]202375.80
Suicides [+]2022432
Suicide rate [+]20226.67
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 [+]202334,221
Generation GWh [+]202339,526
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202438,700
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20241,329,988
Fully vaccinated [+]06/29/20242,078,006
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20246,004.21
Doses administered [+]06/29/20244,726,614