Editing Economy of Bulgaria (section)

== Data ==
=== Data ===
The following table shows the main economic indicators in 1980–2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=1980&ey=2020&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=52&pr1.y=9&c=918&s=NGDP_RPCH%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPCPIPCH%2CLUR%2CGGXCNL_NGDP%2CGGSB_NPGDP%2CGGXWDG_NGDP&grp=0&a=|title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects|website=imf.org|language=en-US|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year
!GDP<br /><small>(in Bil. US$ PPP)</small>
!GDP per capita<br /><small >(in US$ PPP)</small>
!GDP
<small>(in Bil. US$ nominal)</small>
!GDP growth<br /><small>(real)</small>
!Inflation rate<br /><small>(in Percent)</small>
!Unemployment <br /><small>(in Percent)</small>
!Budget balance <br /><small>(in % of GDP)</small>
!Government debt<br /><small>(in % of GDP)</small>
|-
|1980
|39.6
|4,497
|37.8
|5.87%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1981
|{{Increase}} 45.7
|{{Increase}} 5,168
|{{Increase}}40.7
|{{Increase}} 5.3%
|{{Steady}} 0%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1982
|{{Increase}} 50.5
|{{Increase}} 5,701
|{{Increase}}42.5
|{{Increase}} 4.2%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 2.8%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1983
|{{Increase}} 54.1
|{{Increase}} 6,087
|{{Increase}}43.6
|{{Increase}} 3.0%
|{{Steady}} 2.8%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1984
|{{Increase}} 58.6
|{{Increase}} 6,585
|{{Increase}}46.4
|{{Increase}} 4.6%
|{{Steady}} 2.8%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1985
|{{Increase}} 61.5
|{{Increase}} 6,911
|{{Decrease}}39.7
|{{Increase}} 1.8%
|{{Steady}} 2.8%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1986
|{{Increase}} 66.1
|{{Increase}} 7,426
|{{Decrease}}35.1
|{{Increase}} 5.3%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 2.7%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1987
|{{Increase}} 70.9
|{{Increase}} 7,978
|{{Increase}}40.7
|{{Increase}} 4.7%
|{{Steady}} 2.7%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1988
|{{Increase}} 75.2
|{{Increase}} 8,480
|{{Increase}}66.5
|{{Increase}} 2.4%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 2.5%
|n/a
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1989
|{{Increase}} 77.7
|{{Increase}} 8,807
|{{Increase}}67.8
|{{Decrease}} 0.5%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 6.4%
|{{Steady}} 0.0%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1990
|{{Decrease}} 73.3
|{{Decrease}} 8,358
|{{Decrease}}29.9
|{{Decrease}} 9.1%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 23.9%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 2.9%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1991
|{{Decrease}} 67.6
|{{Decrease}} 7,777
|{{Decrease}}2.9
|{{Decrease}} 10.8%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 335.5%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 6.8%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1992
|{{Decrease}} 63.3
|{{Decrease}} 7,360
|{{Decrease}}11.9
|{{Decrease}} 8.4%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 82.0%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 13.2%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1993
|{{Decrease}} 57.3
|{{Decrease}} 6,736
|{{Decrease}}6.4
|{{Decrease}} 11.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 72.8%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 15.8%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1994
|{{Decrease}} 56.4
|{{Decrease}} 6,707
|{{Increase}}11.3
|{{Decrease}} 3.7%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 96.0%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 14.1%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1995
|{{Increase}} 56.6
|{{Decrease}} 6,511
|{{Increase}}19.0
|{{Decrease}} 1.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 62.1%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 11.4%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1996
|{{Decrease}} 53.0
|{{Decrease}} 6,448
|{{Decrease}}12.3
|{{Decrease}} 8.0%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 123.0%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 11.0%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1997
|{{Increase}} 53.1
|{{Increase}} 6,502
|{{Decrease}}11.3
|{{Decrease}} 1.6%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 1,061.2%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 14.0%
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|1998
|{{Increase}} 56.3
|{{Increase}} 6,943
|{{Increase}}15.0
|{{Increase}} 4.9%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 18.7%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 12.4%
|{{Increase}} 1.2%
|76.5%
|-
|1999
|{{Increase}} 56.8
|{{Increase}} 7,042
|{{Decrease}}13.6
|{{Decrease}} 0.5%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 2.6%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 13.8%
|{{Increase}} 0.2%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 79.4%
|-
|2000
|{{Increase}} 61.0
|{{Increase}} 7,483
|{{Decrease}}13.2
|{{Increase}} 5.0%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 10.3%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 18.1%
|{{Decrease}} 0.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 73.9%
|-
|2001
|{{Increase}} 64.7
|{{Increase}} 8,195
|{{Increase}}14.2
|{{Increase}} 3.8%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 7.4%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 17.5%
|{{Decrease}} 0.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 67.6%
|-
|2002
|{{Increase}} 69.6
|{{Increase}} 8,870
|{{Increase}}16.4
|{{Increase}} 5.9%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 5.8%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 17.4%
|{{Decrease}} 0.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 53.8%
|-
|2003
|{{Increase}} 74.5
|{{Increase}} 9,555
|{{Increase}}21.1
|{{Increase}} 5.2%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 2.3%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 13.9%
|{{Steady}} 0.0%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 45.8%
|-
|2004
|{{Increase}} 81.5
|{{Increase}} 10,498
|{{Increase}}26.2
|{{Increase}} 6.4%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 6.1%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 12.2%
|{{Increase}} 1.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 38.1%
|-
|2005
|{{Increase}} 90.0
|{{Increase}} 11,660
|{{Increase}}29.9
|{{Increase}} 7.1%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 6.0%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 10.2%
|{{Increase}} 2.2%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 28.7%
|-
|2006
|{{Increase}} 99.1
|{{Increase}} 12,904
|{{Increase}}34.4
|{{Increase}} 6.9%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 7.4%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 9.0%
|{{Increase}} 3.2%
|{{decreasePositive}} 22.8%
|-
|2007
|{{Increase}} 109.2
|{{Increase}} 14,297
|{{Increase}}44.4
|{{Increase}} 7.3%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 7.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 6.9%
|{{Increase}} 3.1%
|{{decreasePositive}} 17.6%
|-
|2008
|{{Increase}} 118.1
|{{Increase}} 15,521
|{{Increase}}54.5
|{{Increase}} 6.0%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 12.0%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 5.7%
|{{Increase}} 2.7%
|{{decreasePositive}} 14.7%
|-
|2009
|{{Decrease}} 114.7
|{{Decrease}} 15,164
|{{Increase}}52.0
|{{Decrease}} 3.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 2.5%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 6.9%
|{{Decrease}} 0.9%
|{{decreasePositive}} 14.6%
|-
|2010
|{{Increase}} 117.6
|{{Increase}} 15,666
|{{Decrease}}50.7
|{{Increase}} 1.3%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 3.0%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 10.3%
|{{Decrease}} 3.8%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 14.1%
|-
|2011
|{{Increase}} 122.3
|{{Increase}} 16,694
|{{Increase}}57.7
|{{Increase}} 1.9%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 3.4%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 11.4%
|{{Decrease}} 1.8%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 14.4%
|-
|2012
|{{Increase}} 124.7
|{{Increase}} 17,120
|{{Decrease}}54.3
|{{Steady}} 0.0%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 2.4%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 12.4%
|{{Decrease}} 0.4%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 16.7%
|-
|2013
|{{Increase}} 127.5
|{{Increase}} 17,600
|{{Increase}}55.8
|{{Increase}} 0.5%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 0.4%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 13.0%
|{{Decrease}} 1.8%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 17.2%
|-
|2014
|{{Increase}} 132.3
|{{Increase}} 18,373
|{{Increase}}57.1
|{{Increase}} 1.8%
|{{DecreasePositive}} -1.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 11.5%
|{{Decrease}} 3.7%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 26.4%
|-
|2015
|{{Increase}} 138.4
|{{Increase}} 19,344
|{{Decrease}}50.8
|{{Increase}} 3.5%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} -1.1%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 9.2%
|{{Decrease}} 2.8%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 25.6%
|-
|2016
|{{Increase}} 145.5
|{{Increase}} 20,474
|{{Increase}}54.0
|{{Increase}} 3.9%
|{{DecreasePositive}} -1.3%
|{{decreasePositive}} 7.7%
|{{Increase}} 1.6%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 27.4%
|-
|2017
|{{Increase}} 153.8
|{{Increase}} 21,817
|{{Increase}}59.3
|{{Increase}} 3.8%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 1.2%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 6.3%
|{{Increase}} 0.8%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 23.3%
|-
|2018
|{{Increase}} 162.3
|{{Increase}} 23,155
|{{Increase}}66.4
|{{Increase}} 3.2%
|{{IncreaseNegative}} 2.6%
|{{decreasePositive}} 5.2%
|{{Increase}} 0.1%
|{{DecreasePositive}} 20.5%
|}

[[File:Economic Growth in Bulgaria.gif|thumb|300px|Positive indicators for the Bulgarian economy: high GDP growth and falling unemployment]]
[[File:Public and Private Foreign Debt for Bulgaria.gif|thumb|300px|Negative indicators for the Bulgarian economy: high levels of foreign debt have happened before falls in GDP, e.g., in 1996, 2008 and 2012. Then, before the 2020 fall in GDP, Bulgaria had lower total debt]]

{| width="25%" style="toc: 25em; font-size: 85%; lucida grande, sans-serif; text-align: left;" class="infobox"
|-
!align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="3"|Industrial production
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | ''[[Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant]]'' - the largest Power Plant in South-eastern Europe
|-
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="left" valign="top"| Main industries
| style="background:#f0f0f0;" valign="top"| Metallurgical industry, electricity, electronics, machinery and equipment, shipbuilding, petrochemicals, cement and construction, textiles, food and beverages, mining, tourism
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Industrial growth rate
|valign="top"| 5.5% (2007)
|-
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="left" valign="top"|Labor force
| style="background:#f0f0f0;" valign="top"| 33.6% of total labor force
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|GDP of sector
|valign="top"| 31.3% of total GDP
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="2"|
|}
'''Household income or consumption by percentage share:'''
* ''lowest 10%:'' 2.9%
* ''highest 10%:'' 25.4% (25.4)

'''Distribution of family income - [[Gini index]]:'''
36.6% (2013)

'''Industrial production growth rate:'''
11.3% (Third Quarter)

'''Electricity:'''
* ''production:'' 45.7 [[TWh]] (2006)
* ''consumption:'' 37.4 TWh (2006)
* ''exports:'' 7.8 TWh (2006)
* ''imports:'' 0 TWh (2006)

'''Electricity - production by source:'''
* ''fossil fuel:'' 47.8%
* ''hydro:'' 8.1%
* ''nuclear:'' 44.1%
* ''other:'' 0% (2001)

'''Oil:'''
* ''production:'' 3,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)
* ''consumption:'' 131,400 bbl/day (2005 est.)
* ''exports:'' 51,000 (2005 est.)
* ''imports:'' 138,800 (2004 est.)
* ''proved reserves:'' 15 million bbl (1 January 2006)

'''Natural gas:'''
* ''production:'' 407,000 cu m (2005 est.)
* ''consumption:'' 5.179 billion cu m (2005 est.)
* ''exports:'' 0 cu m (2005 est.)
* ''imports:'' 5.8 billion cu m (2005)
* ''proved reserves:'' 5.703 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

'''Agriculture - products:'''
[[vegetable]]s, [[fruit]]s, [[tobacco]], [[livestock]], [[wine]], [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[sunflower]]s, [[sugar beet]]s

'''Current account balance:'''
$ -5.01 billion (2006 est.)

'''Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:'''
$11.78 billion (2006 est.)

'''Exchange rates:'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border;1px"
! Year || 2000 || 2001 || 2002 || 2003 || 2004 || 2005 || 2006 || 2007
|-
| Rate || 2.12 || 2.18 || 2.08 || 1.73 || 1.58 || 1.57 || 1.56 || 1.43
|-
|}