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Bulgaria: Inflation

Percent · 1888–2025 · 116 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
4.58%percent
Change on 2024
+2.2 pointsfrom 2.36%
Average, 2016–2025
4.39%10 years
Record high and low
1,058% (1997)low −21.4% (1913)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.25Forecast
20302.41Forecast
20292.55Forecast
20283.45Forecast
20273.71Forecast
20262.51Forecast
20254.58
20242.36
20239.46
202215.3
20213.30
20201.67
20193.10
20182.81
20172.06
2016-0.799

Sources

  • National Bank of Serbia1888–1945
  • Historical Financial Statistics1915–1943
  • Mitchell1915–1947
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • Clio Infra1986–2010
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1986–2025
  • World Development Indicators1986–2025
  • Bank for International Settlements1991–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1991–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1996–2025
  • Eurostat1998–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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