Country
Bulgaria
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Sofia
- ISO code
- BG · BGR
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 6.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 35,326 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 75.8 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 5.3 t CO₂
Population
- Population 6.4M 2025 111th of 214
- Population density 59 people/km² 2024 143rd of 212
- Population growth -0.13 % per year 2025 179th of 214
- Natural increase -5.9 per 1,000 people 2023 218th of 228
- Net migration -0.5 per 1,000 people 2025 112th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.72 births per woman 2024 123rd of 214
- Urban population 74.2 % 2025 75th of 214
- Median age 44.3 years 2023 20th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 22.2 % 2025 18th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 35.1 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 19th of 214
- Children under 15 14.4 % 2025 188th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 75.8 years 2024 99th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 79.5 years 2024 91st of 214
- Life expectancy, men 72.2 years 2024 103rd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 7.3 years 2024 28th of 214
- Infant mortality 4.6 per 1,000 births 2024 151st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 5.7 per 1,000 births 2024 148th of 195
- Maternal mortality 6 per 100,000 births 2023 161st of 193
- Health spending per person 1,258 USD 2023 56th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 2,970 $ (PPP) 2023 48th of 191
- Physicians 4.33 per 1,000 people 2022 23rd of 179
- Hospital beds 8.2 per 1,000 people 2023 6th of 150
- Measles immunization 94 % 2024 67th of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 38.7 % 2024 7th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,000 kcal per day 2023 84th of 175
- Meat supply 63.7 kg per person per year 2023 77th of 175
Economy
- GDP 131B USD 2025 62nd of 185
- GDP per capita 20,328 USD 2025 54th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 35,326 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 56th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 20,592 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 59th of 165
- GDP growth 3.1 % 2025 99th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.2 % 2025 65th of 185
- Inflation 4.6 % 2025 41st of 169
- Unemployment 3.5 % 2025 123rd of 181
- Youth unemployment 10.2 % 2025 108th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 11.5 % 2025 111th of 150
- Trade 110 % of GDP 2024 46th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 39.5 2023 41st of 151
- Extreme poverty 1.0 % 2023 87th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 2.4 % of GDP 2024 141st of 187
- Women in the labour force 50.4 % 2025 117th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.845 2023 55th of 192
- Literacy rate 98.3 % 2011 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 4.5 % of GDP 2022 67th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 96 % 2023 68th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 80 % 2023 27th of 127
- Primary completion rate 94 % 2023 75th of 135
- Women in parliament 25.0 % 2025 98th of 183
- Homicide rate 1.0 per 100,000 people 2020 95th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 82 % 2024 90th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 118 per 100 people 2023 88th of 172
- Fixed broadband 37.0 per 100 people 2023 29th of 169
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 96 % 2024 47th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 76 % 2024 56th of 140
- Research and development 0.79 % of GDP 2023 44th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 34.2 Mt CO₂ 2024 66th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 5.3 t CO₂ 2024 48th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 4.68 t CO₂ 2024 75th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 4.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 49th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 7.2 t CO₂e 2024 51st of 201
- Forest area 36.4 % of land 2024 91st of 208
- Water stress 40 % 2022 43rd of 176
- Arable land 32.2 % of land 2024 25th of 205
- Renewable energy 20.4 % of final energy 2021 106th of 210
- Renewable electricity 29.9 % of electricity 2024 100th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 41.2 % of electricity 2024 4th of 193
- Electricity from coal 22.9 % of electricity 2024 33rd of 193
- Electricity from wind 3.7 % of electricity 2024 56th of 193
- Electricity from solar 14.3 % of electricity 2024 27th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 279 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 132nd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 5,942 kWh 2024 39th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 19.7 µg/m³ 2023 87th of 199
Bulgaria on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldBulgarian · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldEuro (EUR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2 / UTC+3 in summerSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world7 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map17 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- VPN provider mapServers of 35 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)