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Bulgaria: prices

Bulgaria's prices 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.

Housing and utilities prices: Bulgaria is the 3rd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

annual average change: 7.2% for Bulgaria, against 2.8% 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.

Consumer price inflation

all items, annual average change

Bulgaria: 3.5% in 2025, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole — the 8th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Consumer price inflation: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
6Latvia3.8%
7Austria3.6%
8Bulgaria3.5%
9Lithuania3.4%
10Poland3.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.5%
  • Published from 1998 to 2025. Highest: 18.7% in 1998. Lowest: -1.6% in 2014.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.1%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 16* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Food prices

annual average change

Bulgaria: 6.2% in 2025, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole — the 4th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Food prices: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
2Romania6.8%
3Latvia6.3%
4Bulgaria6.2%
5Slovenia5.5%
6Croatia5.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)3.3%
  • Published from 1998 to 2025. Highest: 21.6% in 2022. Lowest: -8.0% in 1999.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 9.5%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 16* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Housing and utilities prices

annual average change

Bulgaria: 7.2% in 2025, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole — the 3rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Housing and utilities prices: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Romania10.8%
2Austria7.3%
3Bulgaria7.2%
4Croatia7.1%
5Belgium6.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.8%
  • Published from 1998 to 2025. Highest: 35.4% in 1998. Lowest: -1.6% in 2014.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 7.9%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 18* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Household energy prices

electricity, gas and heating fuel, annual average change

Bulgaria: 5.7% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 9th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Household energy prices: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
7Sweden6.8%
8Poland6.3%
9Bulgaria5.7%
10Greece2.3%
11Hungary2.0%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1998 to 2025. Highest: 31.0% in 1998. Lowest: -2.9% in 2014.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 7.4%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 13* of 24* years with a figure for both (2002–2025).

Transport prices

annual average change

Bulgaria: -0.2% in 2025, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole — the joint 20th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Transport prices: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 17Latvia0.0%
19France-0.1%
joint 20Bulgaria-0.2%
joint 20Croatia-0.2%
joint 20Italy-0.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)0.7%
  • Published from 1998 to 2025. Highest: 21.4% in 1998. Lowest: -8.1% in 2015.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.5%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 11* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

House prices

annual change in the house price index

Bulgaria: 14.6% in 2025, the 3rd highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

House prices: Bulgaria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Hungary18.3%
2Portugal17.6%
3Bulgaria14.6%
4Croatia13.9%
5Spain12.7%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2006 to 2025. Highest: 28.9% in 2007. Lowest: -20.4% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 12.7%*.

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Modification notice and disclaimer

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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