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Bulgaria

74 series · 1800–2025 · High income · Europe & Central Asia

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1887–202559,319 (2025)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1887–202566,900 (2025)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1870–202531,020 (2025)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1870–20254,835 (2025)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1948–202534,394 (2025)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1887–2025191.2 (2025)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1948–20255,361 (2025)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1970–202547,052 (2025)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1970–202579.3 (2025)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1970–202553,065 (2025)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1970–202534,700 (2025)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1970–202558.5 (2025)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1970–202539,134 (2025)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1970–202512,352 (2025)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1970–202520.8 (2025)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1970–202513,931 (2025)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1953–202512,882 (2025)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1953–202521.7 (2025)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1953–202514,528 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1970–202511,942 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1970–202520.1 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1970–202513,468 (2025)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1879–202530,098 (2025)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1887–202550.7 (2025)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1879–202533,944 (2025)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1879–202530,713 (2025)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1887–202551.8 (2025)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1879–202534,638 (2025)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1924–2025-3,408 (2025)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1924–2025-5.74 (2025)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1879–20250.887 (2025)
Real effective exchange rateIndex, 2015 = 100REER1890–2025124.2 (2025)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1924–2025-3,843 (2025)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp1887–202524,736 (2025)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp1924–202524,736 (2025)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP1924–202541.7 (2025)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp1887–202518,686 (2025)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP1887–202531.5 (2025)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev1887–202522,601 (2025)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev1924–202522,601 (2025)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev1887–202516,728 (2025)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP1924–202538.1 (2025)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP1887–202528.2 (2025)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax1924–202518,060 (2025)
General government tax revenueMillions of local currencygen_govtax1990–202518,060 (2025)
Central government tax revenueMillions of local currencycgovtax1924–202411,088 (2024)
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govtax_GDP1990–202530.4 (2025)
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovtax_GDP1924–202420.7 (2024)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP1924–2025-3.50 (2025)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP1929–2025-3.50 (2025)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef1929–2025-2,076 (2025)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP1924–2025-3.30 (2025)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef1924–2025-1,958 (2025)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP1888–202529.9 (2025)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP1924–202529.9 (2025)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt1924–202517,709 (2025)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP1888–202423.6 (2024)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt1888–202412,616 (2024)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt1888–202517,709 (2025)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef1924–2025-2,076 (2025)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP1887–202541.7 (2025)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP1887–202538.1 (2025)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP1924–202530.4 (2025)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Short-term interest ratePercentstrate1925–20252.07 (2025)
Long-term interest ratePercentltrate2002–20253.93 (2025)
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate1879–20252.12 (2025)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01881–19450.0374 (1945)
M3Millions of local currencyM31881–202588,510 (2025)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
House price indexIndex, 2015 = 100HPI1998–2025251.1 (2025)
Real house price indexIndex, 2015 = 100rHPI1998–2025164.7 (2025)
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1887–2025152.5 (2025)
InflationPercentinfl1888–20254.58 (2025)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–20256.42 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp1989–20253.59 (2025)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →