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Bulgaria: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1888–2025 · 104 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
29.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+6.0 pointsfrom 23.8%
Average, 2016–2025
24.4%10 years
Record high and low
253.0% (1993)low 3.90% (1981)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203141.5Forecast
203040.0Forecast
202938.3Forecast
202836.3Forecast
202735.3Forecast
202632.1Forecast
202529.9
202423.8
202322.9
202222.5
202123.8
202024.5
201920.1
201822.2
201725.1
201629.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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