Bulgaria: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Bulgaria — 259 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
32.12
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.54
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.14
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
108,913.94
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.10
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
116.50
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
110,996.76
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
2,109.34
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.03
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
37.54
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
8.82
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
2.08
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
14.49
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
4.06
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.06
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.47
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
2.35
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.13
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
56.37
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.17
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
65.23B
GDP (current US$)
2024
113.34B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
3.39
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
10,126.90
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
17,596.02
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
3.47
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
34,221.53
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
41,969.45
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
220.44B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
270.34B
GNI (current US$)
2024
107.61B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
15,370.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
39,850.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
98.99B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
256.68B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
53.86
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
21.13
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
7.20
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
2.45
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.59
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.01
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.02
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
63.76
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.92
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
110.23
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
12.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2022
4.50
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2011
98.35
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
4.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
4.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
95.28
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2024
94.78
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
8.00
Energy (7)
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
5,360.50
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
11.54
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
5.49B
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
22.19
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
18.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-57.29
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
34.19
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
5.31
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.08
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.47
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.77
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.15
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
11.76
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
10.17
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-8.74
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.52
Fish species, threatened
2022
21.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
10.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-47.42
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
7.37
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.05
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.25
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.73
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.05
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.26
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-42.78
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.81
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.26
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.07
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.20
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.06
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.11
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
17.15
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
99.89
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
13.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
59.38
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.34
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.15
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
35.60
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
44.30
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-53.67
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
46.68
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
7.25
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.19
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
38.04
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
57.49
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
34.70
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
22.80
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
426.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
8.30
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
21.64
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
1.75
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
76.61
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
0.00
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
7.92
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
15.60
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
7.40
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.72
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2023
8.20
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
94.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
94.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
94.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
4.40
International migrant stock, total
2024
299,100.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
79.50
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
72.20
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
75.76
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.01
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
13,799.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
6.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
9.20
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
25.60
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
17.40
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
33.80
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
62.90
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
48.10
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
81.30
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.73
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.46
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
1.02
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
2.90
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2021
118.35
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2021
234.35
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
4.60
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
4.20
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
5.00
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
2.60
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
5.70
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
5.20
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
6.20
Net migration
2025
-2,961.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
57.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
143.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
195.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
44.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
288.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
3.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
159.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
354.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
0.00
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
99.19
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
86.08
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
4.33
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
14.47
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
453,277.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
13.63
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
479,084.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
15.37
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
932,361.00
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
63.50
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
2.02M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
60.62
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
2.07M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
66.57
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
4.09M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
22.03
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
855,997.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
25.75
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
563,070.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
18.06
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
1.42M
Population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.08
Population, female
2024
3.32M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
51.61
Population, male
2024
3.12M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
48.39
Population, total
2024
6.44M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
24.10
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
25.80
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
25.60
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
25.80
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.80
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.10
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.70
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
3.10
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
25.00
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
498.00
Rural population
2024
1.68M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
26.05
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.91
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.06
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
9.51
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
4.19
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
15.18
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
87.62
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
73.39
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
11.62
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
4.77
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
19.03
UHC service coverage index
2023
73.00
Urban population
2024
4.76M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
73.95
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
0.21
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
4.69
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
2.68
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
6.46
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
50.38
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
62.36
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
3.54
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (32)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
3.13
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
3.55B
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
13.43
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
46.60B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
45.60B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
5.79
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
73.61
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
3.95
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
15.25
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.57
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
5.21
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.69
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.71
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
11.13
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
15.25
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
53.81B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
53.42B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.81
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
72.85
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.23
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
15.52
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.64
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.42
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.61
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.73
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
11.63
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
15.52
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
88.59
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
422.87M
Real interest rate (%)
2024
-2.49
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.