Labor force | 3.103 million (2023 est.) |
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Industrial production growth rate | 0.91% (2023 est.) |
Industries | electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, automotive parts, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel; outsourcing centers |
Population below poverty line | 20.6% (2022 est.) |
Taxes and other revenues | 21.8% (of GDP) (2022 est.) |
Fiscal year | |
Exchange rates | |
Currency | leva (BGN) per US dollar - |
Exchange rates 2023 | 1.809 (2023 est.) |
Exchange rates 2022 | 1.86 (2022 est.) |
Exchange rates 2021 | 1.654 (2021 est.) |
Exchange rates 2020 | 1.716 (2020 est.) |
Exchange rates 2019 | 1.747 (2019 est.) |
Debt - external | |
Debt - external 2022 | $14.277 billion (2022 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023 | $46.334 billion (2023 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022 | $40.989 billion (2022 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021 | $39.188 billion (2021 est.) |
Current account balance | |
Current account balance 2023 | -$248.13 million (2023 est.) |
Current account balance 2022 | -$591.65 million (2022 est.) |
Current account balance 2021 | -$1.516 billion (2021 est.) |
Public debt | |
Public debt 2022 | 30.3% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Budget | |
Revenues | $33.1 billion (2022 est.) |
Expenditures | $35.619 billion (2022 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | |
Remittances | |
Remittances 2023 | 2.44% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Remittances 2022 | 2.25% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Remittances 2021 | 2.35% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Household income | |
Lowest 10% | 2% (2021 est.) |
Highest 10% | 29.9% (2021 est.) |
Average household expenditures | |
On food | 19.1% of household expenditures (2022 est.) |
On alcohol and tobacco | 5.3% of household expenditures (2022 est.) |
Imports | |
Imports 2023 | $58.79 billion (2023 est.) |
Imports 2022 | $60.252 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $50.048 billion (2021 est.) |
Imports (partners) | Germany 10%, Russia 10%, Turkey 9%, Romania 7%, Greece 6% (2022) |
Comodities Imports force | crude petroleum, natural gas, copper ore, cars, packaged medicine (2022) |
Exports | |
Imports 2023 | $58.79 billion (2023 est.) |
Imports 2022 | $60.252 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $50.048 billion (2021 est.) |
Exports (partners) | Germany 13%, Romania 13%, Italy 7%, Turkey 6%, Greece 6% (2022) |
Comodities Exports force | refined petroleum, natural gas, garments, wheat, refined copper (2022) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) | |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023 | $214.061 billion (2023 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022 | $210.181 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021 | $202.24 billion (2021 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate) | $101.584 billion (2023 est.) |
Real GDP Per capita | |
Real GDP per capita 2023 | $33,300 (2023 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2022 | $32,500 (2022 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2021 | $29,400 (2021 est.) |
GDP - composition, by sector of origin | |
Agriculture | 3% (2023 est.) |
Industry | 25.4% (2023 est.) |
Services | 59.3% (2023 est.) |
GDP - composition, by end use | |
Household consumption | 59.8% (2023 est.) |
Government consumption | 18.2% (2023 est.) |
Investment in fixed capital | 17.3% (2023 est.) |
Investment in inventories | 1.5% (2023 est.) |
Exports of goods and services | 60.9% (2023 est.) |
Imports of goods and services | -57.7% (2023 est.) |
Unemployment rate | |
Unemployment rate 2023 | 4.3% (2023 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2022 | 4.27% (2022 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2021 | 5.27% (2021 est.) |
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) | |
Total | 12% (2023 est.) |
Male | 11.8% (2023 est.) |
Female | 12.2% (2023 est.) |
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