Bulgaria's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) was US$2.9 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.54% from US$2.83 billion in 2015 (0.25% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$2.9 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$2.52 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.83 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$4.02 billion | 2013 |
| Lowest | US$80 million | 1980 |
| Average since 2016 | US$3.06 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$80 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Bulgaria's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) rose 1.3% on 2024 (from US$2.87 billion to US$2.9 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 23.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 150.6% in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 46.8% 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Bulgaria had the 73rd highest value of the 132 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$2.9 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$1.66 trillion | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$661.72 billion | 2025 |
| High income | US$883.81 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Bulgaria in the 2025 ranking
- Tajikistan — 70th of 132: US$3.24 billion
- North Macedonia — 71st of 132: US$3.02 billion
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 72nd of 132: US$2.95 billion
- Algeria — 74th of 132: US$2.72 billion
- Kazakhstan — 75th of 132: US$2.66 billion
- Cambodia — 76th of 132: US$2.63 billion
What this measures
Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 46 values
| Year | Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,902,680,000 |
| 2024 | 2,866,560,000 |
| 2023 | 3,542,450,000 |
| 2022 | 3,251,570,000 |
| 2021 | 2,714,100,000 |
| 2020 | 2,523,350,000 |
| 2019 | 3,496,020,000 |
| 2018 | 3,553,560,000 |
| 2017 | 2,989,420,000 |
| 2016 | 2,744,290,000 |
Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$1.8 billion (2025)
- Armenia — US$1.38 billion (2025)
- Austria — US$8.8 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — US$1.41 billion (2025)
- Belarus — US$3.64 billion (2025)
- Belgium — US$28.66 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$3.66 billion (2025)
- Croatia — US$6.08 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — US$1.03 billion (2025)
- Czechia — US$6.19 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Bulgaria
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.06% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — 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$58.51 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bulgaria's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$)?
- US$2.9 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 3,528% from US$80 million in 1980 (8.31% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$4.02 billion in 2013 and the lowest US$80 million in 1980.
- How does Bulgaria rank?
- 73rd highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) unusual for Bulgaria?
- In 2025, Bulgaria's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) rose 1.3% on 2024 (from US$2.87 billion to US$2.9 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 23.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 BX.TRF.CURR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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