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General Information

Region		Eastern Europe
Population (000, 2024)		6 758^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		62.3^a
Capital city		Sofia
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		1 276.9^c
UN membership date		14 December 1955
Surface area (km2)		110 372^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		93.8^a
National currency		Bulgarian Lev (BGN)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.8^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	50 766	70 203	90 213^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.4	-4	3.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	6 945.4	10 059.0	13 301.9^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	4.7	4	4.3^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	27.8	25.2	28.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	67.5	70.8	67^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	6.9	6.6	6.4^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	29.9	30.3	30^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	63.2	63.1	63.5^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	9.1	5.1	3.9ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	48.6 / 60.0	49.2 / 62.4	51.0 / 63.5ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	107	116	152^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	90	100^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	25 779	31 915	47 901^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	29 265	35 027	53 529^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 3 486	- 3 113	- 5 628^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-123	-31	-248^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.7	-0.5	-0.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	74	75.3^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.2^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.5	1.6	1.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	78.1 / 71.2	77.5 / 70.0	79.4 / 72.3^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	13.9 / 27.2	14.4 / 28.5	14.5 / 28.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	123.8 / 1.7	184.4 / 2.7	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	19	21.5	199.2^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	7.7	6	5.9^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	7.4	8.5	8.6^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	4	4.2	4.9^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.9	4.2^c	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.3 / 99.2	88.8 / 89.1	87.2 / 87.4^m
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	117.2 / 122.5	97.0 / 97.2	93.8 / 94.4^m
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	87.3 / 89.2	85.9 / 89.0	84.9 / 88.8^m
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.7	1	1.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	20.4	26.7ⁿ	25.4ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^o (per 100 inhabitants)	56.7	70.2	79.1^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.9	0.8	0.8^m
Threatened species (number)	85	127	142^d
Forested area (% of land area)	35.3	35.9	36^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	44.3 / 6.1	34.9 / 5.0	40.4 / 5.9^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	505	453	503^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	106	105	115^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	7 099	1 290	5 557^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	98.3	99.3	99.3^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	69.6 / 55.7	75.1 / 60.2	77.2 / 61.4^b
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed (% of GNI)	0.09^p	...	0.27^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2019
d		2023
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		2021
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
p		2014