Bulgaria — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Bulgaria, 1986–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.58%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · +69.7% since 1986
Inflation for Bulgaria was 4.58% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 40 years, from 1986 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1058.37% in 1997. The lowest was -1.42% in 2014 (about -3.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.36% per year.
Bulgaria ranks 50 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 27%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.79%, so Bulgaria sits above it. It peaked in 1997 and has fallen 100% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 4478%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.58%
First (1986)
2.70%
Change
+69.7%
Highest
1058.37%
in 1997
Lowest
-1.42%
in 2014
Average
50.52%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.36%
Years of data
40
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.58% |
| 2024 | 2.45% |
| 2023 | 9.44% |
| 2022 | 15.33% |
| 2021 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 1.67% |
| 2019 | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 2.81% |
| 2017 | 2.06% |
| 2016 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | -1.42% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. 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
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.