Bulgaria's GDP per capita (current US$) was US$20,328 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 179.65% from US$7,269 in 2015 (10.83% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$20,328 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$10,761 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$7,269 | 2015 |
| Highest | US$20,328 | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$883.74 | 1991 |
| Average since 2016 | US$12,823 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$2,261 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Bulgaria's GDP per capita (current US$) rose US$2,731 on 2024 (from US$17,597 to US$20,328).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$548.23 and a typical year strayed about US$738.63 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$2,731 in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was US$1,494 in 1991. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$1,321 a year. A straight line explains 95% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Bulgaria had the 55th highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | US$20,328 | 2025 |
| World | US$14,406 | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$34,604 | 2025 |
| High income | US$53,997 | 2025 |
Closest to Bulgaria in the 2025 ranking
- Uruguay — 51st of 186: US$25,216
- Antigua and Barbuda — 52nd of 186: US$24,819
- Romania — 53rd of 186: US$22,538
- Costa Rica — 55th of 186: US$19,970
- Oman — 56th of 186: US$19,947
- Panama — 57th of 186: US$19,790
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 46 values
| Year | GDP per capita (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 20,328 |
| 2024 | 17,597 |
| 2023 | 15,854 |
| 2022 | 14,000 |
| 2021 | 12,967 |
| 2020 | 10,761 |
| 2019 | 10,354 |
| 2018 | 9,850 |
| 2017 | 8,697 |
| 2016 | 7,823 |
| 2015 |
GDP per capita (current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$12,998 (2025)
- Andorra — US$54,292 (2025)
- Armenia — US$9,474 (2025)
- Austria — US$62,930 (2025)
- Azerbaijan — US$7,411 (2025)
- Belarus — US$10,279 (2025)
- Belgium — US$60,750 (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$10,382 (2025)
- Channel Islands — US$74,586 (2023)
- Croatia — US$27,104 (2025)
- Cyprus — US$41,783 (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Bulgaria
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.06% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — 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$58.51 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bulgaria's GDP per capita (current US$)?
- US$20,328 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 798.92% from US$2,261 in 1980 (5% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$20,328 in 2025 and the lowest US$883.74 in 1991.
- How does Bulgaria rank?
- 55th highest of 186 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GDP per capita (current US$) unusual for Bulgaria?
- In 2025, Bulgaria's GDP per capita (current US$) rose US$2,731 on 2024 (from US$17,597 to US$20,328). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$548.23 and a typical year strayed about US$738.63 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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