Consumer price inflation in Bulgaria

Consumer prices in Bulgaria changed by 4.6% in 2025.

Measure: Consumer price inflation (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1986 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Bulgaria, 2025 4.6% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +2.1percentage points 2024: 2.4%
European Union, 2025 2.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.5% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 41st of 169 See the full ranking

Consumer price inflation in Bulgaria over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Consumer price inflation (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2025 4.6% 2.5%
2024 2.4% 2.4%
2023 9.4% 6.3%
2022 15.3% 8.8%
2021 3.3% 2.6%
2020 1.7% 0.5%
2019 3.1% 1.6%
2018 2.8% 1.7%
2017 2.1% 1.4%
2016 -0.8% 0.2%
2015 -0.1% -0.1%
2014 -1.4% 0.2%
2013 0.9% 1.2%
2012 3.0% 2.7%
2011 4.2% 3.3%
2010 2.4% 1.5%
2009 2.8% 0.8%
2008 12.3% 4.2%
2007 8.4% 2.5%
2006 7.3% 2.7%
2005 5.0% 2.5%
2004 6.1% 2.3%
2003 2.3% 2.1%
2002 5.8% 2.4%
2001 7.4% 3.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.1 percentage points from 2.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.1%, the figure has changed by +4.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, Bulgaria has the 41st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 2.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1986 to 2025 for Bulgaria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics