Open translate

International Rankings of Bulgaria - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES  Spanish Simplified Chinese French German Russian Hindi Arabic Portuguese

This table lists the international rankings of Bulgaria, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Bulgaria, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 24 30 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 58 2.115 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 40 75 % 2021
Internet users - total 89 5.175 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 48 11 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 76 787637 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 46 115 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 102 7.903 million 2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 16 5 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 59 19.3 % of household expenditures 2018
Budget - expenditures 69 26.544 billion US Dollars 2020
Budget - revenues 70 24.487 billion US Dollars 2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 16 1.8 % of GDP 0
Current account balance 111 373.660 million US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 78 39.059 billion US Dollars 2019
Exports 63 51.505 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 77 68.490 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 32 66.3 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 77 16 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 106 61.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 146 64.8 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 93 19.2 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 39 1.7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 111 4.3 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 78 28 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 72 67.4 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 44 40.3 % 2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 52 31.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 32 1.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 0
Imports 64 50.059 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 131 1.72 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 98 3.3 % 2021
Labor force 102 3.291 million US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 105 6.8 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 31 26.6 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 64 66.6 % 2016
Population below poverty line 72 23.8 % 2019
Public debt 195 N/A % of GDP 2023
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 75 167.804 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 44 7.63 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 77 24400 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 53 39.188 billion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 83 20.27 % of GDP 0
Unemployment rate 130 5.42 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 106 14 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 93 14.3 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 96 14.2 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 35 20.483 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 76 5.642 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 85 12.248 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 24 23.213 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 51 35000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 62 675000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 20 22.298 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 24 2.366 billion metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 63 30.905 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 27 7.115 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - imports 45 3.707 billion kWh 2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity 61 11.097 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 70 2.767 billion kWh 2019
Electricity access 2 N/A % 2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 39 1.9 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 117 36.5 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 17 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 100 9.1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 5 44.7 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 33 4 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 6 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 45 4 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 55 103.924 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 73 2.929 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - exports 55 2.747 million cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - imports 44 2.950 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - production 84 62.439 million cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - proven reserves 81 5.663 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 73 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 41 119800 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 76 15.000 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 84 97800 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 91 4500 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 47 92720 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 85 49260 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 62 144300 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 59 41.71 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 106 6.77 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 102 18.82 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 66 46.9 2018
Land use - arable land 28 29.9 2018
Land use - forest 82 36.7 2018
Land use - other 137 16.4 2018
Land use - permanent crops 70 1.5 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 95 15.5 2018
Revenue from coal 22 0.14 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 78 0.22 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 123 21.300 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 89 760.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 27 3.480 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 55 840.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 175 0.28 2025
Urbanization - urban population 55 76.7 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 61 3.011 million tons 2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 50 572993 tons 2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 41 19 % 2015
Geography
Area - land 104 108489 sq km 0
Area - total 107 110879 sq km 0
Area - water 29 2.390 million sq km 0
Coastline 124 354 km 0
Elevation - highest point 65 2925 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 35 0 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 74 472 meters 0
Irrigated land 94 987 sq km 2013
Land boundaries - total 96 1806 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 66 46.9 2018
Land use - arable land 28 29.9 2018
Land use - forest 82 36.7 2018
Land use - other 137 16.4 2018
Land use - permanent crops 70 1.5 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 95 15.5 2018
Military
Military expenditures 34 1.8 % of GDP 2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 15 4.44 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 57 0.06 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 4 4.96 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 9 11.18 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 39 1.72 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 207 7.97 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 91 1.9 % 2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate 130 N/A % 0
Current health expenditure 36 8.5 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 76 57.3 % 2023
Death rate 5 14.31 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 7 35.3 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 126 2.8 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 78 57.3 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 170 22 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 6 99.5 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 92 2.6 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 92 1 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 59 0.5 % of population 0
Education expenditures 46 4 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 96 0.73 % 2023
Hospital bed density 7 7.5 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 149 6.72 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 144 8.85 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 149 7.82 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 91 79.21 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 111 72.64 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 105 75.83 years 0
Literacy - female 16 98.2 % 2021
Literacy - male 12 98.7 % 0
Literacy - total population 15 98.4 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 115 7 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 17 45.6 years 2020
Median age - male 19 41.9 years 0
Median age - total 17 43.7 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 37 26.4 2020
Net migration rate 94 0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 45 25 % 2016
Physicians density 21 4.2 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 108 6.828 million 2023
Population growth rate 167 0.66 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 1 100 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 119 0 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 121 0 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 94 0 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 9 14 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 8 13 years 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 8 14 years 0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 10 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 19 1.04 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 46 0.67 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 7 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 24 0.95 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 3 37.1 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 33 40.9 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 7 39 % 2020
Total fertility rate 129 1.51 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 175 0.28 2025
Urbanization - urban population 55 76.7 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 106 14 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 93 14.3 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 96 14.2 0
Transportation
Airports 66 68 2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports 12 5 0
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports 1 N/A 0
Airports - with paved runways - military airports 8 6 0
Airports - with paved runways - other airports 10 45 0
Airports - with unpaved runways 88 111000 3280
Heliports 25 1 2021
Merchant marine - total 97 80 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 111 1.380 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 100 1.023 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 68 44 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 20 8 2020
Railways 13 4029 km 2020
Roadways - paved 56 19235 km 2011
Roadways - total 101 19512 km 2011
Waterways 82 470 km 2009

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

This page was last modified 04 May 24, Copyright © 2024 ITA all rights reserved.