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Bulgaria: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1888–2024 · 102 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
23.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.2 pointsfrom 22.3%
Average, 2015–2024
24.7%9 years
Record high and low
357.8% (1946)low 3.90% (1981)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202423.6
202322.3
202222.0
202123.3
201921.9
201824.0
201726.9
201631.0
201527.6
201429.2

Sources

  • National Bank of Serbia1888–1945
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1919–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1981–2024

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Bulgaria documentation (PDF)

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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 →

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