Government debt, quarterly in Bulgaria
Government debt in Bulgaria was equal to 28.7% of GDP at the end of Q2 2026.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Bulgaria, Q2 2026
28.7%p (Provisional)
Change from Q1 2026
+0.1percentage points
European Union, Q2 2026
82.9%p (Provisional)
Median of European Union (27 countries), Q2 2026
59.4%
Position in Q2 2026
25th of 28
Government debt, quarterly in Bulgaria over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 28.7%p (provisional) | 82.9%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2026 | 28.6%p (provisional) | 82.5%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2025 | 30.0% | 81.5%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2025 | 28.4% | 81.7%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2025 | 26.3% | 81.4%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2025 | 23.7% | 81.0%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2024 | 23.8% | 80.3%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2024 | 24.3% | 80.8%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2024 | 22.0% | 80.9%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2024 | 22.4% | 80.7%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2023 | 22.9% | 80.3%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2023 | 21.0% | 81.1%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2023 | 21.5% | 81.7%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2023 | 22.2% | 82.1%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2022 | 22.5% | 82.3%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2022 | 23.0% | 83.4%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2022 | 21.2% | 84.8%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2022 | 21.9% | 86.0%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2021 | 23.8% | 86.6%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2021 | 23.2% | 88.6%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2021 | 24.1% | 89.6%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2021 | 24.2% | 91.4%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2020 | 24.5% | 89.4%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2020 | 24.9% | 88.9%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2020 | 21.1% | 86.9%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2020 | 20.0% | 79.0%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2019 | 20.1% | 77.4%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2019 | 20.4% | 78.9%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2019 | 20.3% | 79.5%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2019 | 20.8% | 79.8%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2018 | 22.2% | 79.4%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2018 | 22.6% | 80.6%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2018 | 23.3% | 80.8%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2018 | 23.8% | 81.3%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2017 | 25.1% | 81.5% |
| Q3 2017 | 25.5% | 82.9% |
| Q2 2017 | 27.8% | 84.0% |
| Q1 2017 | 28.2% | 84.2% |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 28.6% in Q1 2026.
- Since Q4 2023, when it was 22.9%, the figure has changed by +5.8 percentage points.
- Among the 28 countries with data for Q2 2026, Bulgaria has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in Q2 2026 was 82.9%.