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Economic Indicators For: Bulgaria › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Lev, BGL
Year of data: 2008 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed: 19
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2013
Date of Last Update: 1 Sept 2009
Population: 7,204,687 (July 2009 est.)
Area: total: 110,910 sq km land: 110,550 sq km water: 360 sq km
Natural Resources: bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land
Government Type: Bulgaria government type
Government Ministers: Bulgaria ministers
Capital: Sofia
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook

Bulgaria, a former Communist nation that entered the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2007, has experienced robust growth since a serious economic downturn in 1996. Successive governments have demonstrated commitment to economic reform and responsible financial planning, but have failed so far to rein in rising inflation rates and large national current account balance deficits. Bulgaria has averaged more than 6 per cent growth since 2004, attracting marked amounts of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), but corruption (including cronyism and nepotism) in the public government, a weak judiciary, and the presence of organized crime remain marked problems.
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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is BGL 44.19 Billion. Real GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units; the base year is country-specific.

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 6.016 %. Annual percentages of constant price GDP are year-on-year changes; the base year is country-specific.

GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is BGL 66.728 Billion. GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is US$ 51.989 Billion. Values are based upon GDP in national currency and the exchange rate projections provided by country economists for the group of other emerging market and developing countries. Exchanges rates for advanced economies are established in the WEO assumptions for each WEO exercise.

GDP Deflator for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 151.003 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100). The GDP deflator is derived by dividing current price GDP by constant price GDP and is considered to be an alternate measure of inflation. Please note: Data are expressed in the base year of each country's national accounts.

GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is BGL 5,828.28 . GDP is expressed in constant national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing constant price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is BGL 8,800.86 . GDP is expressed in current national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing current price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is US$ 6,856.91 . GDP is expressed in current U.S. dollars per person. Data are derived by first converting GDP in national currency to U.S. dollars and then dividing it by total population.

Output Gap, Percent of Potential GDP for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Bulgaria in year 2008 is US$ 93.569 Billion. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Bulgaria in year 2008 is US$ 12,340.95 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 0.135 %. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Implied PPP Conversion Rate for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 0.713 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Investment (% of GDP) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 169.293 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 11.95 %. Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 162.844 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 7.188 %. Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data.

Six-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Change % for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

Employment for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

Population for Bulgaria in year 2008 is 7.582 Million .

General Government Balance (National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

General Government Balance (% of GDP) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (% Potential GDP) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

General Government Net Debt (National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

General Government Net Debt (% GDP) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

General Government Gross Debt (National Currency) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

General Government Gross Debt (% GDP) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is not available

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is US$ -12.707 Billion. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bulgaria in year 2008 is -24.442 %. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.