GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Bulgaria

GDP per capita growth in Bulgaria in 2025 — 3.23%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 186. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 1.32 pp.

2025 3.23% −0.24 pp vs 2024
World rank 66of 186
Period maximum 10.82%1988
Period minimum -13.59%1997

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Bulgaria, 1981–2025-20-100102019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 4.55%1982: 2.03%1983: 3.17%1984: 3.15%1985: 2.68%1986: 4.24%1987: 5.9%1988: 10.82%1989: -2.15%1990: -7.46%1991: -7.53%1992: -6.27%1993: -0.69%1994: 2.16%1995: 3.36%1996: 5.75%1997: -13.59%1998: 4.48%1999: -7.88%2000: 5.11%2001: 5.91%2002: 8.2%2003: 6.07%2004: 7.32%2005: 7.87%2006: 7.62%2007: 7.44%2008: 6.88%2009: -2.72%2010: 2.23%2011: 2.75%2012: 1.33%2013: 1.48%2014: 2.18%2015: 4.72%2016: 4.37%2017: 4.12%2018: 3.74%2019: 5.27%2020: -2.16%2021: 8.55%2022: 4.76%2023: 1.97%2024: 3.47%2025: 3.23%
Change over the period: −1.32 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bulgaria 3.23%
World 1.99%
Eastern Europe computed 1.73%
GDP per capita growth — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.23 −0.24 pp
2024 3.47 +1.5 pp
2023 1.97 −2.79 pp
2022 4.76 −3.78 pp
2021 8.55 +10.7 pp
2020 -2.16 −7.43 pp
2019 5.27 +1.53 pp
2018 3.74 −0.37 pp
2017 4.12 −0.26 pp
2016 4.37 −0.35 pp
2015 4.72 +2.54 pp
2014 2.18 +0.7 pp
2013 1.48 +0.15 pp
2012 1.33 −1.41 pp
2011 2.75 +0.52 pp
2010 2.23 +4.95 pp
2009 -2.72 −9.6 pp
2008 6.88 −0.56 pp
2007 7.44 −0.18 pp
2006 7.62 −0.25 pp
2005 7.87 +0.55 pp
2004 7.32 +1.24 pp
2003 6.07 −2.12 pp
2002 8.2 +2.28 pp
2001 5.91 +0.81 pp
2000 5.11 +12.99 pp
1999 -7.88 −12.37 pp
1998 4.48 +18.07 pp
1997 -13.59 −19.34 pp
1996 5.75 +2.39 pp
1995 3.36 +1.2 pp
1994 2.16 +2.86 pp
1993 -0.69 +5.58 pp
1992 -6.27 +1.26 pp
1991 -7.53 −0.07 pp
1990 -7.46 −5.31 pp
1989 -2.15 −12.97 pp
1988 10.82 +4.92 pp
1987 5.9 +1.66 pp
1986 4.24 +1.55 pp
1985 2.68 −0.47 pp
1984 3.15 −0.02 pp
1983 3.17 +1.14 pp
1982 2.03 −2.52 pp
1981 4.55

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.