Bulgaria: Net financial flows, IMF nonconcessional (NFL, current US$)

Key figures

Since 1991 it is down 100% from US$395.82 million in 1991. The World Bank has no value for 14 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$508.83 million in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was US$510.47 million in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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

How it compares

In 2022, Bulgaria had the 1st highest value of the 28 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.

Closest to Bulgaria in the 2022 ranking

• Belize — 5th of 28: US$0
• Bolivia — 6th of 28: US$0
• Brazil — 7th of 28: US$0
• Burundi — 9th of 28: US$0
• Cambodia — 10th of 28: US$0
• Chad — 11th of 28: US$0

What this measures

Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IMF is the International Monetary Fund, which provides nonconcessional lending through the credit it provides to its members, mainly to meet balance of payments needs. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

All 18 values

Net financial flows, IMF nonconcessional (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies

• Albania — US$0 (2022)
• Armenia — −US$170.66 million (2024)
• Azerbaijan — US$0 (2022)
• Belarus — US$0 (2022)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — −US$204.1 million (2024)
• Georgia — −US$56.09 million (2024)
• Kosovo — US$3.43 million (2024)
• Kyrgyz Republic — −US$95.01 million (2024)
• Moldova — US$222.8 million (2024)

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 net financial flows, IMF nonconcessional (NFL, current US$)?

US$0 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is down 100% from US$395.82 million in 1991. The highest value was US$400.13 million in 1997 and the lowest −US$443.38 million in 2005.

How does Bulgaria rank?

1st highest of 28 economies with data for 2022.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.IMFN.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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