Bulgaria — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Bulgaria, 1980–2025.
GDP per capita for Bulgaria was 20,328 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 46 years, from 1980 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 884 in 1991 (about 23.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.00% per year.
Bulgaria ranks 73 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 34%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 32,959, so Bulgaria sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 180%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 38 of 57 economies; Turkiye (18,599) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 96% in 1995. That is 65% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1980 level: doubled by 2006. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 64th of 163 in 1980 → 84th of 192 in 1990 → 115th of 204 in 2000 → 99th of 212 in 2010 → 80th of 210 in 2020 → 54th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1980 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20,328.17 | +15.5% |
| 2024 | 17,596.92 | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 15,854.02 | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 13,999.91 | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 12,966.81 | +20.5% |
| 2020 | 10,760.76 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 10,354.25 | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 9,849.89 | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 8,697.13 | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 7,822.9 | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 7,269.03 | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 8,070.01 | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 7,796.38 | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 7,432.34 | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 7,849.98 | +14.5% |
| 2010 | 6,854.3 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 6,988.63 | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 7,271.67 | +23.5% |
| 2007 | 5,888.87 | +30.2% |
| 2006 | 4,523.38 | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 3,900.03 | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 3,389.86 | +24.6% |
| 2003 | 2,719.63 | +29.9% |
| 2002 | 2,093.09 | +18.2% |
| 2001 | 1,771 | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 1,621.35 | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 1,660.99 | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 1,820.54 | +33.7% |
| 1997 | 1,361.48 | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 1,470.27 | -34.9% |
| 1995 | 2,259.37 | +96.5% |
| 1994 | 1,149.89 | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 1,278.52 | +26.9% |
| 1992 | 1,007.34 | +14.0% |
| 1991 | 883.74 | -62.8% |
| 1990 | 2,377.37 | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 2,449.74 | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 2,561.17 | -19.2% |
| 1987 | 3,168.83 | +40.1% |
| 1986 | 2,261.8 | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 1,959.96 | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 1,943.03 | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 1,897.06 | -14.6% |
| 1982 | 2,220.77 | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 2,255.7 | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 2,261.41 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Bulgaria’s GDP per capita in 1981?
2,255.7 (1981). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Bulgaria’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Bulgaria’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1980 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +798.9% in total — about 5.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 20,328.17; 2024: 17,596.92; 2023: 15,854.02; 2022: 13,999.91; 2021: 12,966.81. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.