OECD Economic Surveys: Bulgaria 2023
Basic statistics of Bulgaria, 2021
Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average1
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
6.52 |
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Population density per km² |
63.4 |
(38.7) |
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Under 15 (%) |
14.0 |
(17.4) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2020) |
73.6 |
(79.0) |
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Over 65 (%) |
22.4 |
(17.7) |
Men (2020) |
69.9 |
(76.2) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2019) |
2.4 |
(13.2) |
Women (2020) |
77.5 |
(82.0) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
-0.7 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
10. 2022 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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Value added shares (%) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
83.9 |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
5.0 |
(2.6) |
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In current prices (billion BGN) |
138.6 |
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Industry including construction |
23.8 |
(26.6) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
2.5 |
(1.6) |
Services |
71.2 |
(70.8) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP) |
28.0 |
(50.8) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT (Per cent of GDP) |
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Expenditure |
40.7 |
(46.4) |
Gross financial debt |
35.1 |
(110.4) |
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Revenue |
36.8 |
(38.8) |
Net financial debt |
4.9 |
(70.6) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (BGN per USD) |
1.65 |
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Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
0.72 |
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Manufactured goods |
23.3 |
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In per cent of GDP |
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Machinery and transport equipment |
22.5 |
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Exports of goods and services |
62.2 |
(29.8) |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
13.9 |
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Imports of goods and services |
59.8 |
(29.9) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
-0.5 |
(0.2) |
Machinery and transport equipment |
26.2 |
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Net international investment position |
-14.4 |
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Manufactured goods |
16.9 |
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Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
15.0 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
52.3 |
(56.2) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
5.3 |
(6.1) |
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Men |
58.6 |
(64.1) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
15.8 |
(12.8) |
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Women |
46.6 |
(48.7) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %) |
2.6 |
(1.7) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
55.3 |
(60.3) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2017, OECD: 2021)? |
24.7 |
(39.9) |
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Average hours worked per year |
1,619 |
(1,716) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2020) |
0.9 |
(3.0) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2020, OECD: 2021) |
2.5 |
(3.8) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2020, OECD: 2021) |
4.8 |
( 7.9) |
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Renewables (%, 2020, OECD: 2021) |
14.0 |
(11.6) |
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (1 000 m?, 2019) |
3.0 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2019) |
99.8 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2020, OECD: 2020) |
0.4 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2019, OECD: latest available) |
0.402 |
(0.315) |
Education outcomes (PISA score, 2018) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2019, OECD: 2018) |
17.6 |
(11.7) |
Reading |
420 |
(485) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2019, OECD: 2018) |
13.1 |
(25.5) |
Mathematics |
436 |
(487) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
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Science |
424 |
(487) |
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Health care (2020) |
8.5 |
(9.7) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
23.8 |
(32.4) |
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Pensions (OECD: 2019) |
16.7 |
(9.5) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI, 2017) |
0.1 |
(0.4) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2020) |
4.0 |
(4.4) |
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Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table.
1. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
2. National Statistical Institute 2021 Population Census.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank and National Statistical Institute 2021 Population Census.