Bulgaria: PPG, commercial banks (NFL, current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Bulgaria's PPG, commercial banks (NFL, current US$) rose US$47,000 on 2021 (from −US$433,000 to −US$386,000).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −US$2.91 million and a typical year strayed about US$48.32 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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$555.12 million in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was US$590.61 million in 1990. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$24,958 a year. A straight line explains 58% 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.

Closest to Bulgaria in the 2022 ranking

• Algeria — 2nd of 4: −US$498,000
• Sierra Leone — 3rd of 4: −US$3.1 million
• Russian Federation — 4th of 4: −US$11.1 billion

What this measures

Public and publicly guaranteed commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

All 42 values

PPG, commercial banks (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies

• Albania — −US$9.82 million (2024)
• Armenia — −US$4.45 million (2024)
• Azerbaijan — −US$313.83 million (2024)
• Belarus — −US$4.48 million (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — −US$4.18 million (2024)
• Georgia — −US$2.98 million (2024)
• Kazakhstan — −US$290.07 million (2024)
• Kosovo — −US$842,000 (2024)
• Moldova — −US$2.07 million (2024)
• Montenegro — −US$115.1 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 PPG, commercial banks (NFL, current US$)?

−US$386,000 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is down 100.15% from US$251.04 million in 1981. The highest value was US$1 billion in 1989 and the lowest −US$193.63 million in 1994.

Is the latest change in PPG, commercial banks (NFL, current US$) unusual for Bulgaria?

In 2022, Bulgaria's PPG, commercial banks (NFL, current US$) rose US$47,000 on 2021 (from −US$433,000 to −US$386,000). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −US$2.91 million and a typical year strayed about US$48.32 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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.PCBK.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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