Bulgaria — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Bulgaria, 1980–2025.
GDP for Bulgaria was 130.78 billion 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 7.63 billion in 1991 (about 17.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.26% per year.
Bulgaria ranks 63 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 101.16 billion, so Bulgaria sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 158%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 27 of 57 economies; Croatia (105.06 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 96% in 1995. That is 62% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1980 level: doubled by 2007. Doubling roughly every 17 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 51st of 163 in 1980 → 63rd of 192 in 1990 → 82nd of 204 in 2000 → 77th of 212 in 2010 → 72nd of 210 in 2020 → 62nd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1980 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130,777,235,529.61 | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 113,349,149,166.79 | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 102,204,457,334.82 | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 90,510,784,777.64 | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 84,378,926,047.3 | +19.7% |
| 2020 | 70,490,478,088.14 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 68,511,235,459.49 | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 66,100,606,676.65 | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 59,170,671,046.48 | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 53,932,152,153.55 | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 50,768,512,172.94 | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 57,083,817,239.81 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 55,822,115,861.19 | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 54,299,825,600.06 | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 57,684,243,980.46 | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 50,691,645,231.01 | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 52,026,461,289.66 | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 54,483,464,293.17 | +22.6% |
| 2007 | 44,433,521,724.83 | +29.2% |
| 2006 | 34,382,295,487.22 | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 29,870,182,424.91 | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 26,159,078,743.11 | +23.7% |
| 2003 | 21,146,038,619.26 | +28.9% |
| 2002 | 16,403,880,783 | +15.6% |
| 2001 | 14,184,170,318.95 | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 13,246,669,553.97 | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 13,637,793,853.94 | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 15,031,821,788.16 | +32.8% |
| 1997 | 11,316,706,412.44 | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 12,295,588,923.8 | -35.3% |
| 1995 | 18,992,388,645.36 | +95.6% |
| 1994 | 9,709,230,161.36 | -10.4% |
| 1993 | 10,832,041,595.4 | +25.9% |
| 1992 | 8,602,874,120.17 | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 7,628,764,750.16 | -63.2% |
| 1990 | 20,726,605,648.8 | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 21,746,286,446.79 | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 23,003,003,707.7 | -19.1% |
| 1987 | 28,428,718,531.03 | +40.3% |
| 1986 | 20,261,546,635.23 | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 17,562,270,446.95 | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 17,410,894,970.75 | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 16,959,180,921.52 | -14.4% |
| 1982 | 19,803,624,625.39 | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 20,055,685,480.82 | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 20,039,544,133.05 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Bulgaria’s GDP in 1981?
20,055,685,480.82 (1981). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Bulgaria’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1980 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +552.6% in total — about 4.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 130,777,235,529.61; 2024: 113,349,149,166.79; 2023: 102,204,457,334.82; 2022: 90,510,784,777.64; 2021: 84,378,926,047.3. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.