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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Bulgaria economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Bulgaria best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 28.7 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 65.0 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 162.3 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
7.3% | 6% | -3.6% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 0% | 0.5% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
1.8% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.2% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.31% | 0.28% | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.12% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-1.1% | -1.3% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
9.2% | 7.7% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 4.9% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
125.6% | 27.4% | 23.3% | 20.4% | 19.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-2.8% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.1% | -2% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BBB-
Moody's: Baa2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
4.6 % (2018 estimate)
64.5% (2018)
0.17% (2018)
0.17% (2018)
Clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels, agriculture, tobacco, it components
Machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
Germany 13.5%, Italy 8.3%, Romania 8.2%, Turkey 7.7%, Greece 6.5%, Belgium 4.2%, France 4.1% (2017)
Germany 12.3%, Russia 10.3%, Italy 7.3%, Romania 7.1%, Turkey 6.2%, Spain 5.3%, Greece 4.4% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,110 million | USD 2,608 million | USD 2,059 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 429 million | USD 355 million | USD 387 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1.2 million | USD 40.0 million | USD 34.5 million | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
61 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 113 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 43 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 151 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 66 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 67 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 25 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 97 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 21 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 42 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 61 out of 190 countries
49 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 37 / Score: 69 (Moderately free)
100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Romani 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.)
Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8%, other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%, none 3.7%, unspecified 27.4% (2011 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
8.77 million | 8.15 million | 7.51 million | 7.15 million | 6.92 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
37.1% | 62.1% | 68.9% | 75% |
Total population: 98.4%
Male: 98.7%
Female: 98.1%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
3.7% (last available estimate, 2014)
37.4 (last available estimate, 2014)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 15.9% Mobile: 118.1% (2018) (fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)