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Key facts

  • Currency: Bulgarian lev
  • Capital city: Sofia
  • Region: Eastern Europe
  • Continent: Europe
  • Land area: 108,560 km²
  • Population: 6,465,097
  • Political Leader: Boyko Borisov (Prime Minister)

Latest news (see all)

Bulgaria Faces Another General Election

Read: The New York Times

2024-05-08

Coal-heavy Bulgaria faces losing battle against EU Green Deal

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-05-06

Bulgarian Distrust of Russia Simmers Over a Black Sea Oil Terminal

Read: The New York Times

2024-05-02

Bulgaria and Poland to increase climate adaptation and just transition efforts, Commission says

Read: Euronews

2024-04-29

Bulgaria seizes heroin worth nearly $8.5 million in truck heading from Iran to Western Europe

Read: The Star

2024-04-20

Turkish riders set to hit gas on French, Dutch, Bulgarian tracks

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-04-18

Tax office investigating organized benefits fraud from Bulgaria

Read: NL Times

2024-04-17

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 32.82 % of GDP
Expense 36.38 % of GDP
GDP 90,346,200,000.00 current US$
Inflation 15.33 annual %
Self-employed 11.09 % of total employment
Tax revenue 20.63 % of GDP
Unemployment 4.18 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 7.26 % of total employment

Environment

Agricultural land 50,466.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 25.83 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 34,138.10 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 46.21 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 3.82 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 11.61 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 33.81 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 0.37 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 6.37 % of total
Net energy imports 36.55 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.58 births per woman
Forest area 39,060 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 71.05 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -7,702.91 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 40.70 years
Methane emissions 6,980.50 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 4,328.73 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 3,329,964
Male Population 3,135,133
Renewable energy consumption 21.08 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 108,914.00 km²
Rural population 1,528,155
Urban land area 2,109.34 km²
Urban population 4,936,942
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.19 % of total population

Health

Birth rate 8.50 per 1,000 people
Death rate 21.70 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 856.71 current US$
Health expenditure 8.52 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 7.45 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 72 years
Suicide mortality rate 9.70 per 100,000 population

Other

Access to electricity 99.80 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 79.13 % of population
Net migration -4,800
Press freedom 2.23

Politics

Armed forces personnel 37,000
Democracy score 7.03
Democracy type Flawed democracy
Military expenditure 1.51 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 24.17 %

Visualizations

Location on a map

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Cities Population in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria historical Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence

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Bulgaria historical Central government debt

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Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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