Bulgaria: Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Bulgaria's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.24 percentage points on 2021 (from 15.25% to 15.01%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −0.74 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.77 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 22.44 percentage points in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.86 percentage points in 1994. 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 1.71 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 68% 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

• Russian Federation — 2nd of 3: 9.64%
• Vanuatu — 3rd of 3: 8.78%

What this measures

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.

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

All 38 values

Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies

• Albania — 11.4% (2024)
• Armenia — 17.66% (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 0.6% (2024)
• Belarus — 19.06% (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 22.93% (2024)
• Georgia — 26.13% (2024)
• Kazakhstan — 20.54% (2024)
• Kosovo — 29.69% (2024)
• Kyrgyz Republic

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 short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?

15.01% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1985?

It is up 14.58 percentage points from 0.43% in 1985. The highest value was 72.99% in 2009 and the lowest 0.43% in 1985.

Is the latest change in short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Bulgaria?

In 2022, Bulgaria's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.24 percentage points on 2021 (from 15.25% to 15.01%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −0.74 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.77 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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.DOD.DSTC.XP.ZS, 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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