What is the current inflation rate in Bulgaria?

Bulgaria's consumer price inflation is 4.5% year-on-year as of Jul 2026.

How big is Bulgaria's economy?

Bulgaria's nominal GDP was $130.8B in 2025.

Bulgaria's unemployment rate is 3.6% as of Jul 2026.

We use primary economic sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify it.

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
GDP, current prices, USD	$130.8B	$113.3B	$130.8B	$7.6B	Dec 2025	Annual
Real GDP growth, YoY	3.1%	2.9%	11.5%	-17.1%	Mar 2026	Quarterly
Inflation rate, CPI YoY	4.5%	5.4%	2019.6%	-2.6%	Jul 2026	Monthly
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.5%	20.1%	3.0%	Jul 2026	Monthly
Government debt % GDP	27.1%	23.8%	78.7%	14.1%	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
GDP From Agriculture	125.4%	126.0%	210.5%	82.1%	Mar 2026	Quarterly
GDP From Construction	112.7%	111.5%	162.8%	27.9%	Mar 2026	Quarterly
GDP, current prices, USD	$130.8B	$113.3B	$130.8B	$7.6B	Dec 2025	Annual
Full-Year GDP Growth	3.1%	3.4%	7.8%	-14.1%	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP From Manufacturing	121.6%	120.9%	140.1%	43.3%	Mar 2026	Quarterly
GDP per capita, PPP	Int$44,451	Int$41,970	Int$44,451	Int$5,751	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP per capita, current USD	$20,328	$17,597	$20,328	$884	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP, PPP, international $	Int$286.0B	Int$270.3B	Int$286.0B	Int$47.7B	Dec 2025	Annual
GDP From Public Administration	137.9%	137.2%	137.9%	54.9%	Mar 2026	Quarterly
Real GDP growth, YoY	3.1%	2.9%	11.5%	-17.1%	Mar 2026	Quarterly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Total population	6.4M	6.4M	9.0M	6.4M	Dec 2025	Annual
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.5%	20.1%	3.0%	Jul 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Inflation rate, CPI YoY	4.5%	5.4%	2019.6%	-2.6%	Jul 2026	Monthly
Producer Prices MoM	0.4%	-0.5%	10.2%	-10.7%	Jul 2026	Monthly
PPI / producer prices YoY	17.2%	17.5%	1960.1%	-23.9%	Jun 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Private credit / GDP	47.1%	45.3%	82.8%	8.5%	Dec 2024	Annual
Official / period-average FX vs USD	1.67 per USD	1.69 per USD	2.39 per USD	0.00 per USD	Dec 2025	Monthly
Foreign-exchange reserves (ex-gold)	$47.1B	$43.7B	$47.1B	$670.2M	Dec 2025	Annual
Money supply M2	0.17T LCU	0.17T LCU	0.17T LCU	0.02T LCU	May 2025	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
House Price Index	273	257	273	76.01	Mar 2026	Quarterly
House Price Index YoY	14.8%	12.6%	34.6%	-26.8%	Mar 2026	Quarterly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Consumer Confidence	-25.30	-25.90	-8.00	-37.40	Aug 2026	Monthly
Retail Sales MoM	-0.2%	0.4%	9.3%	-16.0%	Jul 2026	Monthly
Retail Sales YoY	5.6%	7.1%	25.2%	-13.3%	Jul 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Current account % GDP	-5.8%	-0.5%	4.8%	-25.7%	Dec 2025	Annual
Current Account Goods	$-3.1B	$-4.0B	$300.3M	$-4.0B	Mar 2026	Quarterly
Current Account Services	$1.8B	$1.8B	$3.0B	$-336.7M	Mar 2026	Quarterly
External Debt	$47.2B	$44.9B	$55.7B	$772.7M	Dec 2022	Annual
FDI inflows	$4.9B	$3.1B	$13.9B	$0	Dec 2025	Annual
Gold Reserves	$5.4B	$5.3B	$6.9B	$491.3M	Jul 2026	Monthly
Personal remittances, received	$2.8B	$2.6B	$2.8B	$41.5M	Dec 2025	Annual
Tourism Revenues	$698.2M	$855.4M	$2.3B	$6.2M	Mar 2026	Quarterly
Exports	$52.9B	$52.9B	—	—	2025	Annual
Imports	$64.5B	—	—	—	2025	Annual

#	Name	Value 2025	Share	YoY
1	Germany	$15.1B	12.8%	+8.4%
2	Romania	$10.9B	9.3%	+5.5%
3	TÃ¼rkiye	$8.1B	6.9%	+10%
4	Italy	$7.6B	6.5%	+4.2%
5	Greece	$6.5B	5.6%	+5.9%
6	Refined industrial goods	$5.4B	4.4%	+6.2%
7	Processed materials	$4.6B	3.8%	-3.1%
8	Specialty equipment	$3.7B	3.1%	+12%
9	Consumer products	$2.9B	2.4%	+0.7%
10	Intermediate goods	$2B	1.8%	-5.4%

FAQ

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Budget balance % GDP	-3.0%	-3.0%	3.2%	-3.8%	Dec 2025	Annual
Government debt % GDP	27.1%	23.8%	78.7%	14.1%	Dec 2025	Annual
Military expenditure	2.1%	1.9%	4.4%	1.2%	Dec 2024	Annual
Military expenditure, current USD	$2.3B	$2.0B	$2.3B	$213.6M	Dec 2024	Annual
Government Spending to GDP	38.9%	36.3%	38.9%	30.6%	Dec 2025	Annual
Tax revenue % GDP	20.7%	20.5%	23.8%	11.2%	Dec 2024	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Business Confidence	-4.00	-4.20	11.90	-37.70	Aug 2026	Monthly

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Age-dependency ratio	57.8%	57.5%	57.8%	44.7%	Dec 2025	Annual
Total fertility rate	1.72 births per woman	1.81 births per woman	2.31 births per woman	1.09 births per woman	Dec 2024	Annual
Life expectancy at birth	75.76 years	75.76 years	75.76 years	69.25 years	Dec 2024	Annual
Working-age population	4.1M	4.1M	6.0M	4.1M	Dec 2025	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
Hospital beds per 1,000	8.20 per 1,000 people	8.01 per 1,000 people	10.49 per 1,000 people	6.16 per 1,000 people	Dec 2023	Annual
Health expenditure % GDP	7.9%	7.6%	8.6%	5.8%	Dec 2023	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
CO2 emissions	34.19 Mt CO₂	36.97 Mt CO₂	94.61 Mt CO₂	34.19 Mt CO₂	Dec 2024	Annual
Energy use per capita	2,604 kg oil eq. per capita	2,969 kg oil eq. per capita	3,217 kg oil eq. per capita	2,231 kg oil eq. per capita	Dec 2023	Annual

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Last updated	Frequency
ICT goods exports, % of goods exports	3.8%	3.6%	3.8%	0.8%	Dec 2024	Annual
ICT service exports, % of service exports	25.7%	25.6%	25.7%	1.6%	Dec 2025	Annual
Research & development expenditure % GDP	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.4%	Dec 2023	Annual
High-technology exports, % of manufactured exports	13.4%	12.1%	13.4%	6.3%	Dec 2024	Annual