Bulgaria's net flows on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NFL, current US$) was US$106.5 million in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 91.33% from US$1.23 billion in 2012 (21.7% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$106.5 million | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | −US$356.25 million | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | US$1.23 billion | 2012 |
| Highest | US$13.8 billion | 2008 |
| Lowest | −US$3.46 billion | 2015 |
| Average since 2013 | −US$225.09 million | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | US$37.77 million |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Bulgaria's net flows on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NFL, current US$) fell US$146.96 million on 2021 (from US$253.45 million to US$106.5 million).
Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2021), the average change was +US$8.63 million and a typical year strayed about US$3.68 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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$9.12 billion in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was US$9.28 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 2% 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
- Russian Federation — 2nd of 2: −US$42.8 billion
What this measures
Private nonguaranteed external debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is not guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 27 values
| Year | Net flows on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 106,496,000 |
| 2021 | 253,452,000 |
| 2020 | 979,675,000 |
| 2019 | 375,328,000 |
| 2018 | -619,184,000 |
| 2017 | -356,247,000 |
| 2016 | -1,306,158,000 |
| 2015 | -3,461,136,000 |
| 2014 | -752,292,000 |
| 2013 | 2,529,206,000 |
Net flows on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$427.28 million (2024)
- Armenia — US$278.53 million (2024)
- Azerbaijan — US$368.86 million (2024)
- Belarus — −US$824.5 million (2024)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$199.7 million (2024)
- Georgia — US$525.91 million (2024)
- Kazakhstan — −US$5.32 billion (2024)
- Kosovo — US$99.68 million (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Bulgaria
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.06% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — 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$58.51 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bulgaria's net flows on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NFL, current US$)?
- US$106.5 million in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1996?
- It is up 181.93% from US$37.77 million in 1996 (4.07% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$13.8 billion in 2008 and the lowest −US$3.46 billion in 2015.
- Is the latest change in net flows on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NFL, current US$) unusual for Bulgaria?
- In 2022, Bulgaria's net flows on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (NFL, current US$) fell US$146.96 million on 2021 (from US$253.45 million to US$106.5 million). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2021), the average change was +US$8.63 million and a typical year strayed about US$3.68 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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.DPNG.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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