Bulgaria: Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Bulgaria's commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) rose US$32.94 million on 2021 (from US$221.77 million to US$254.71 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +US$6.39 million and a typical year strayed about US$3.38 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$9.22 billion in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was US$9.2 billion in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Bulgaria in the 2022 ranking

• Algeria — 2nd of 4: US$12.51 million
• Sierra Leone — 3rd of 4: −US$3.1 million
• Russian Federation — 4th of 4: −US$52.05 billion

What this measures

Commercial bank and other lending includes net commercial bank lending (public and publicly guaranteed and private non- guaranteed) and other private credits. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Proposed: Commercial bank and other lending includes net commercial bank and other private creditors lending excluding bonds (public and publicly guaranteed + private nonguaranteed).

Limitations: Data on external debt are gathered through the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS). Long term debt data are compiled using the countries report on public and publicly guaranteed borrowing on a loan-by-loan basis and private non guaranteed borrowing on an aggregate basis. These data are supplemented by information from major multilateral banks and official lending agencies in major creditor countries. Short-term debt data are gathered from the Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS) database, jointly developed by the World Bank and the IMF and from creditors through the reporting systems of the Bank for International Settlements.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 42 values

Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies

• Albania — US$423.93 million (2024)
• Armenia — US$274.09 million (2024)
• Azerbaijan — US$46.76 million (2024)
• Belarus — −US$828.98 million (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$195.51 million (2024)
• Georgia — −US$175.6 million (2024)
• Kazakhstan — −US$5.63 billion (2024)
• Kosovo — US$98.84 million (2024)
• Moldova

More economic policy & debt data for Bulgaria

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.06% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$387.76 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$46.2 million (2021)
• Trade in services (% of GDP) — 21.44% (2025)
• Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 37.95% (2025)
• Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$11.11 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$67.93 billion (2025)
• Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$58.51 billion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Bulgaria's commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)?

US$254.71 million in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is down 35.28% from US$393.55 million in 1981 (1.06% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$14.08 billion in 2008 and the lowest −US$3.51 billion in 2015.

Is the latest change in commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) unusual for Bulgaria?

In 2022, Bulgaria's commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) rose US$32.94 million on 2021 (from US$221.77 million to US$254.71 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +US$6.39 million and a typical year strayed about US$3.38 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.PCBO.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/debt-statistics Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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