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Government debt in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria's government debt is 27.10 % — #15 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

27.10%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 27.10 %19982012202527.10 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#15 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
88 %
109 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 3.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
51.60 pp
peak 78.70 % in 1999
Full series
▼ 40.20 pp
since 1998

In Europe: #4 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −27.45 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Bulgaria: ahead of 88 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBulgaria 27.10 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Bulgaria is ahead of 88 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Bulgaria
13 Cambodia26.50 %−0.60 pp
14 Luxembourg27.00 %−0.10 pp
15 Bulgaria27.10 %—
16 Guatemala27.20 %+0.10 pp
17 Denmark27.50 %+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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