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Government debt in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria's government debt is 29.90 % — #19 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

29.90%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.3 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Bulgaria over time

78.70 %46.40 %14.10 %78.70 % · 199914.10 % · 20101998: 67.30 %1999: 78.70 %2000: 73.30 %2001: 67.10 %2002: 53.40 %2003: 45.40 %2004: 37.80 %2005: 28.50 %2006: 22.60 %2007: 17.60 %2008: 14.70 %2009: 14.50 %2010: 14.10 %2011: 14.30 %2012: 16.50 %2013: 17.20 %2014: 26.30 %2015: 25.40 %2016: 27.00 %2017: 22.90 %2018: 20.10 %2019: 18.40 %2020: 22.70 %2021: 23.90 %2022: 22.50 %2023: 22.90 %2024: 23.80 %2025: 29.90 %19982012202529.90 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#19 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
85 %
106 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 6.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
48.80 pp
peak 78.70 % in 1999
Full series
▼ 37.40 pp
since 1998

In Europe: #6 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −24.80 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Bulgaria: ahead of 85 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtBulgaria 29.90 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Bulgaria is ahead of 85 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Bulgaria
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina28.80 %−1.10 pp
18 Guyana28.90 %−1.00 pp
19 Bulgaria29.90 %—
20 Peru30.10 %+0.20 pp
21 Andorra30.30 %+0.40 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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