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Bulgaria: Real GDP

Millions of local currency · 1870–2025 · 139 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP

2025
60.2 billionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+3.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.8%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$66.7 billionUS dollars

Real GDP

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010B20B30B40B50B60B70B80B1875190019251950197520002025BulgariaBulgaria, 1870: 882 millionBulgaria, 1880: 981 millionBulgaria
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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
203170,136Forecast
203068,334Forecast
202966,576Forecast
202864,865Forecast
202763,124Forecast
202661,771Forecast
202560,193
202458,385
202357,055
202255,999
202153,825
202049,939
201951,598
201849,715
201748,479
201647,183

Sources

  • Ivanov1870–1945
  • National Bank of Serbia1887–1945
  • Maddison Project Database1910–2022
  • Mitchell1924–1944
  • Smits, Woltjer & Ma1950–1991
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • COMECON1980–1992
  • WDI (archive)1980–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1980–2025
  • AMECO (European Commission)1991–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1995–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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