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GDP growth in Bulgaria

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Bulgaria's gdp growth is 3.10 % — #59 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

3.10%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Bulgaria over time

7.83 %2.24 %-3.35 %7.83 % · 2021-3.35 % · 20092000: 4.59 %2001: 3.82 %2002: 5.87 %2003: 5.24 %2004: 6.51 %2005: 7.06 %2006: 6.80 %2007: 6.65 %2008: 6.13 %2009: -3.35 %2010: 1.56 %2011: 2.09 %2012: 0.75 %2013: -0.54 %2014: 0.95 %2015: 3.40 %2016: 3.03 %2017: 2.75 %2018: 2.33 %2019: 3.79 %2020: -3.13 %2021: 7.83 %2022: 4.08 %2023: 1.68 %2024: 3.39 %2025: 3.10 %2000201220253.10 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#59 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
54 %
68 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.29 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.73 pp
peak 7.83 % in 2021
Full series
▼ 1.49 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #9 of 39vs median 2.90 %: +0.19 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Bulgaria: ahead of 54 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthBulgaria 3.10 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Bulgaria is ahead of 54 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Bulgaria
57 Mauritius3.15 %+0.06 pp
58 Angola3.13 %+0.04 pp
59 Bulgaria3.10 %—
60 Madagascar3.00 %−0.09 pp
61 Israel2.93 %−0.17 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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