BULGARIA

Capital Sofia
Area (km2) 110 993
Total population (thousands, 2023) 6 447
Population density (per km2) 58
National currency Bulgarian lev (BGN)
National statistical office www.nsi.bg
National Statistical Institute (NSI)
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 18%
   hourly wage, 2023 14%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 2%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 56%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 32%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 79.7
   males, years 72.0
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 18.8
   males, years 14.6
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.8
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 37.6
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 26.9
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-1.5
-1.8
0.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.2
6.1
5.2
4.2
4.3
4.2
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
8.8
14.2
15.8
10.6
12.1
12.3
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 136 742
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 21 229
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 56.4
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 53.9
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 16 358
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   BGN per USD, US=1, 2024 0.766
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 35
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 97

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 4 025
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 845
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 1 412
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 81
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 1 501
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 4 369
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 6 122
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 26 991