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USD 23.8 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 52.7 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 150.3 billion (2017, estimate)
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 6.8% | 7.7% | 5.7% | -4.2% | 0.1% | 1.6% | 0.2% |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 1.3% | 1.6% | 3% | 3% | 2.8% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.31% | 0.28% | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.1% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 0.4% | -1.6% | -1.1% | -1.6% | 0.6% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 13.0% | 11.5% | 9.2% | 8.2% | 7.1% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 17.2% | 26.4% | 26.3% | 29.7% | 26.3% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| -1.8% | -3.6% | -2.9% | -0.8% | -1.2% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BB+
Moody's: Baa2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
0.03% (2017 estimate)
64.1% (2015)
0.2% (2015)
0.2% (2015)
Clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
Machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
Germany 12.5%, Italy 9.2%, Turkey 8.5%, Romania 8.2%, Greece 6.5%, France 4.2% (2015)
Germany 12.9%, Russia 12%, Italy 7.6%, Romania 6.8%, Turkey 5.7%, Greece 4.8%, Spain 4.8% (2015)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 1,837 million | USD 1,777 million | USD 1,774 million |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 187 million | USD 613 million | USD 86 million |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | USD -0.1 million | USD 10.5 million | N/A |
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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: 39 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 82 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 49 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 60 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 32 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 13 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 21 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 83 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 48 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 104 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 48 out of 190 countries
50 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 60 / Score: 65.86 (Moderately free) (2017) (100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Roma 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 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 8.718 million | 8.15 million | 7.505 million | 7.114 million | 6.917 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 37% | 62% | 69% | 74% |
Total population: 98.4%
Male: 98.7%
Female: 98.1% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
1.7% (2012)
36.0 (2012)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 23.27% Mobile 129.27% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)