Country comparison Bulgaria vs Euro zone

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Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q44,135Kchart11,217K2024Q4Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€103,723Mchart€15,152,764M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$112,212Mchart$16,401,049M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€16,110chart€43,0302024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$17,409chart$47,8732024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€26,649Mchart€3,842,814M2024Q4Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]202321,674chart8,600,9832012Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]202322,404chart11,050,5432012Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]202322.90%chart90.60%2012Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€3,363chart€25,5862012Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$3,476chart$32,8732012Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-1,897chart-352,6832012Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-3,107chart-453,1272012Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-2.00%chart-3.70%2012Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202336,740.2chart4,772,568.12013Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]202338,350.4chart6,338,447.72013Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20213,062.2
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20213,975.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202110.56%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20234,538,991,716.9
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20224,325.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202211.59%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,749.6chart235,144.02023Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,891.7chart254,191.52023Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20235.02%chart3.22%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202338.80%chart49.80%2013Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€5,700chart€14,3132013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$5,950chart$18,7922013Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€471
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$528
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€704
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$632
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€271chart€6702023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$291chart$7422023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
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 [+]January 20253.9%chart7.6%July 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
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 [+]03/26/20251.9558
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/26/20251.8129chart0.927003/26/2025US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/06/20251.64%chart11.14%03/26/2025Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20254.0%
HICP [+]February 20253.9%chart2.3%February 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]January 202514.4%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/01/20252.59%chart2.65%03/12/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202061º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 2025-3.4%
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 [+]20225,557,000chart413,959,2002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€42,895.6M
Exports [+]2024$46,432.3M
Exports % GDP [+]202441.36%
Imports [+]2024€49,730.9M
Imports [+]2024$53,841.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202447.96%
Trade balance [+]2024€-6,835.4M
Trade balance [+]2024$-7,409.1M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2024-6.60%
Retail Sales YoY [+]January 20258.2%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201549º
Density [+]202358chart1202019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202426º
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.40‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,223.5
% Immigrant [+]20202.82%
% Emigrant [+]202025.77%
Birth Rate [+]20238.90‰chart8.57‰2022Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017145.6
Crude death rate [+]202315.70‰chart11.19‰2022Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.81chart1.452022Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.40‰
% risk of poverty [+]202421.7%chart17.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]20236,445,481chart342,597,6982019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]2020184,363
Emigrant stock [+]20201,683,074
HDI [+]20220.799
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202460º
Life expectancy [+]202375.80chart81.702022Life expectancy [+]
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 [+]20231
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
Bulgaria
Euro zone
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Population: 342,597,698
  • Surface Area: 2,848,740 km2
  • Currency: Euros