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Bulgaria — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Bulgaria, 1981–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.10%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -36.8% since 1981
GDP growth for Bulgaria was 3.10% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 45 years, from 1981 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.94% in 1988. The lowest was -14.12% in 1997 (about -4.6× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.04% per year.
Bulgaria ranks 110 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 52%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 2.03%, so Bulgaria sits above it. It peaked in 1988 and has fallen 72% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.10%
First (1981)
4.90%
Change
-36.8%
Highest
10.94%
in 1988
Lowest
-14.12%
in 1997
Average
1.91%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.04%
Years of data
45
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 3.39% |
| 2023 | 1.68% |
| 2022 | 4.08% |
| 2021 | 7.83% |
| 2020 | -3.13% |
| 2019 | 3.79% |
| 2018 | 2.33% |
| 2017 | 2.75% |
| 2016 | 3.03% |
| 2015 | 3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.95% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.