IndicatorBGRBulgariaEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.85rank #41Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)42.2rank #109Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.47rank #54Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.44rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.75rank #63Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)54.9rank #97Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.85rank #41Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2%rank #61Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.4rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)69.9rank #93Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)61.3rank #67Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)57.9rank #101Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.56rank #80Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.6rank #59Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.5rank #62Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)62.7rank #81Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)25%rank #93Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.91rank #18Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)4.7%rank #130Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.5%rank #121Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Annual working hours per workerhoursOur World in Data1,659.3rank #93Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table126,647rank #93Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-5.8%rank #111Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT54.1%rank #120Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)55.1%rank #73Data 2022 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.7%rank #52Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)130.78Brank #62Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)3.1%rank #99Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)20,328.2rank #54Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)35,325.5rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)32,174.9rank #55Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)35.8%rank #21Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)21.7%rank #81Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)16.7%rank #75Data 2025 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)13.4%rank #47Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table3.2rank #39Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)21.2%rank #107Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)4.6%rank #129Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT55.9%rank #133Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.1%rank #65Data 2025 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.79%rank #44Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)2,400.6rank #35Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)20.7%rank #35Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.74rank #44Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)102.5%rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)3.5%rank #58Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT3.2%rank #49Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)6.9%rank #20Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)10.2%rank #74Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT9.2%rank #64Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)50.7%rank #36Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)51.8%rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)48.32Brank #58Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)60.89Brank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)99.2%rank #46Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)86.1%rank #112Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data0.57rank #27Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,999.6rank #85Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF94%rank #6Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)7.9%rank #62Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)4.6rank #23Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)75.8rank #101Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)6rank #6Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)94%rank #6Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF94%rank #6Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF6.9%rank #32Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)4.3rank #19Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)19.7rank #114Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)9.2rank #37Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)38.7%rank #132Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF7%rank #13Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)9.5rank #120Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)12rank #47Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF5.7rank #48Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)2.5%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF5.9%rank #28Data 2014 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)98.3%rank #12Data 2011 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.5%rank #68Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)15.3rank #63Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)11.5rank #55Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)94.6%rank #57Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)95.3%rank #98Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)94.8%rank #52Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)69.5%rank #31Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)8.3rank #171Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)1.7rank #125Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP44.3rank #17Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP0.76rank #77Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)6.43Mrank #111Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)-0.13%rank #181Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP79.9rank #102Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP5,402.2rank #127Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP57.2rank #90Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)74.2%rank #65Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data31.62Mrank #75Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data4.7rank #70Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber22.5%rank #38Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber6.7%rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber18.2%rank #14Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber3.5%rank #54Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)5,469.9rank #38Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)36.4%rank #92Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch4.3rank #87Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber275.4rank #39Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data32.8%rank #51Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)20.4%rank #96Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch27.8rank #80Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)22.8%rank #52Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)2,608.1rank #41Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)6,862.2rank #148Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)25.9%rank #127Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)44.3%rank #6Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)46.2%rank #72Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)11,428.7rank #83Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)5,103.2rank #42Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)95.3rank #154Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)8.2rank #86Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)118.1rank #81Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)50,750.6rank #26Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR290rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)1%rank #11Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)50.4%rank #117Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)37rank #29Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)1rank #24Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.21rank #48Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)39.5rank #37Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)1.1rank #29Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.85rank #44Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.75rank #42Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)82.4%rank #88Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data5.7rank #81Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.74rank #28Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #90Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.01rank #52Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.01rank #60Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.02rank #62Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR105,596rank #51Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR533rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT10.7%rank #39Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.1rank #15Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)0.8rank #9Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.6rank #16Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.9rank #19Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.1rank #8Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.4rank #27Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.2rank #19Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.6rank #17Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3rank #20Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.2rank #35Data 2026 · Status unspecified