Foreign direct investment inflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment inflows — Bulgaria

Foreign direct investment inflows in Bulgaria in 2025 — 4,883,020,000 US$. Ranked 33 in the world out of 97.

2025 4.88B US$ +60.06% vs 2024
World rank 33of 97
Period maximum 13.88B US$2007
Period minimum 0 US$1980

Trend over time

1980–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment inflows — Bulgaria, 1980–202505B10B15B19801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 0 US$1981: 0 US$1982: 0 US$1983: 0 US$1984: 0 US$1985: 0 US$1986: 0 US$1987: 0 US$1988: 0 US$1989: 0 US$1990: 4,000,000 US$1991: 55,900,000 US$1992: 41,500,000 US$1993: 40,000,000 US$1994: 105,400,000 US$1995: 90,400,000 US$1996: 109,000,000 US$1997: 504,800,000 US$1998: 537,317,256 US$1999: 818,788,155 US$2000: 1,001,503,842 US$2001: 812,942,202 US$2002: 904,659,791 US$2003: 2,096,788,700 US$2004: 3,072,550,962 US$2005: 4,098,122,931 US$2006: 7,874,476,255 US$2007: 13,875,270,457 US$2008: 10,296,720,634 US$2009: 3,896,664,559 US$2010: 1,842,900,000 US$2011: 2,103,810,000 US$2012: 1,788,110,000 US$2013: 1,989,040,000 US$2014: 1,093,600,000 US$2015: 2,221,390,000 US$2016: 1,488,430,000 US$2017: 2,007,290,000 US$2018: 1,809,860,000 US$2019: 2,221,250,000 US$2020: 2,801,390,000 US$2021: 2,133,700,000 US$2022: 4,748,510,000 US$2023: 5,170,140,000 US$2024: 3,050,820,000 US$2025: 4,883,020,000 US$
Change over the period: +4.88B

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 4.88B US$
World 1.35T US$
Eastern Europe computed 1.9B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 298B US$
Foreign direct investment inflows — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 4.88B +1.83B +60.06%
2024 3.05B −2.12B −40.99%
2023 5.17B +422M +8.88%
2022 4.75B +2.61B +122.55%
2021 2.13B −668M −23.83%
2020 2.8B +580M +26.12%
2019 2.22B +411M +22.73%
2018 1.81B −197M −9.84%
2017 2.01B +519M +34.86%
2016 1.49B −733M −33%
2015 2.22B +1.13B +103.13%
2014 1.09B −895M −45.02%
2013 1.99B +201M +11.24%
2012 1.79B −316M −15.01%
2011 2.1B +261M +14.16%
2010 1.84B −2.05B −52.71%
2009 3.9B −6.4B −62.16%
2008 10.3B −3.58B −25.79%
2007 13.88B +6B +76.21%
2006 7.87B +3.78B +92.15%
2005 4.1B +1.03B +33.38%
2004 3.07B +976M +46.54%
2003 2.1B +1.19B +131.78%
2002 905M +91.72M +11.28%
2001 813M −189M −18.83%
2000 1B +183M +22.32%
1999 819M +281M +52.38%
1998 537M +32.52M +6.44%
1997 505M +396M +363.12%
1996 109M +18.6M +20.58%
1995 90.4M −15M −14.23%
1994 105M +65.4M +163.5%
1993 40M −1.5M −3.61%
1992 41.5M −14.4M −25.76%
1991 55.9M +51.9M +1,297.5%
1990 4M +4M
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Net inflows of foreign direct investment — investment by non-residents that gives them at least 10% of the voting shares of an enterprise: equity capital, reinvested earnings and intra-company loans. Values can be negative when capital is withdrawn. The figures are distorted by flows in transit through holding-company jurisdictions.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.