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Bulgaria: economy

Bulgaria's economy figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Bulgaria, the page says so.

GDP per head: Bulgaria is the lowest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

index, EU = 100: 68 for Bulgaria, against 100 for the EU as a whole.

Bulgaria against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

GDP per head

index, EU = 100

Bulgaria: 68 in 2025, against 100 for the EU as a whole — the lowest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
25Latvia71
26Greece68
27Bulgaria68
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)100
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 68 in 2025. Lowest: 28 in 1999.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 64*.
  • Above the EU figure in 0* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

GDP per head, adjusted for prices

purchasing power standard

Bulgaria: 28,332 in 2025, against 41,699 for the EU as a whole — the lowest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head, adjusted for prices: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
25Latvia29,519
26Greece28,470
27Bulgaria28,332
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)41,699
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 28,332 in 2025. Lowest: 4,811 in 1997.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 24,216*.
  • Above the EU figure in 0* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

Economic growth

real GDP, change on the year

Bulgaria: 3.1% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 7th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Economic growth: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
5Denmark3.5%
6Croatia3.4%
7Bulgaria3.1%
8Lithuania2.9%
9Spain2.8%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 7.8% in 2021. Lowest: -14.1% in 1997.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.0%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 24* of 30* years with a figure for both (1996–2025).

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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