Current account balance in Bulgaria
The current account balance of Bulgaria was -5.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2009.
Bulgaria, 2025
-5.8%
Change from 2024
−5.3percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
0.8%
Current account balance in Bulgaria over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -5.8% |
| 2024 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6% |
| 2017 | 3.2% |
| 2016 | 3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.2% |
| 2012 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5% |
| 2010 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | -8.2% |
| 2008 | -21.8% |
| 2007 | -25.7% |
| 2006 | -17.1% |
| 2005 | -11.2% |
| 2004 | -6.4% |
| 2003 | -4.8% |
| 2002 | -1.9% |
| 2001 | -5.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −5.3 percentage points from -0.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.0%, the figure has changed by −5.9 percentage points.