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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Bulgaria

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Bulgaria in 2025 — 20.8%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 7.1 pp.

2025 20.8% +1.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 30of 132
Period maximum 20.8%2025
Period minimum 12.1%1997

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Bulgaria, 1980–20251012.51517.52022.519801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 13.7%1981: 14.7%1982: 15%1983: 15.5%1984: 15.1%1985: 16.6%1986: 16.9%1987: 16.9%1988: 16.3%1989: 16.5%1990: 18.2%1991: 19%1992: 20.3%1993: 18.9%1994: 17.2%1995: 15.3%1996: 13.8%1997: 12.1%1998: 18.3%1999: 19.6%2000: 19.8%2001: 19.4%2002: 19.2%2003: 20.1%2004: 19.4%2005: 18.2%2006: 18.1%2007: 16.7%2008: 17.1%2009: 16.7%2010: 16.5%2011: 15.8%2012: 15.8%2013: 17.1%2014: 16.8%2015: 16.1%2016: 15.6%2017: 15.6%2018: 16.5%2019: 16.8%2020: 19.3%2021: 18.9%2022: 18.3%2023: 18.5%2024: 19.8%2025: 20.8%
Change over the period: +7.1 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bulgaria 20.8%
Europe & Central Asia 20.6%
Eastern Europe computed 20.4%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 14.5%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.8 +1.1 pp
2024 19.8 +1.3 pp
2023 18.5 +0.2 pp
2022 18.3 −0.6 pp
2021 18.9 −0.4 pp
2020 19.3 +2.5 pp
2019 16.8 +0.3 pp
2018 16.5 +0.9 pp
2017 15.6 −0 pp
2016 15.6 −0.5 pp
2015 16.1 −0.7 pp
2014 16.8 −0.2 pp
2013 17.1 +1.3 pp
2012 15.8 −0.1 pp
2011 15.8 −0.7 pp
2010 16.5 −0.2 pp
2009 16.7 −0.4 pp
2008 17.1 +0.5 pp
2007 16.7 −1.5 pp
2006 18.1 −0 pp
2005 18.2 −1.2 pp
2004 19.4 −0.7 pp
2003 20.1 +0.9 pp
2002 19.2 −0.2 pp
2001 19.4 −0.4 pp
2000 19.8 +0.2 pp
1999 19.6 +1.3 pp
1998 18.3 +6.2 pp
1997 12.1 −1.7 pp
1996 13.8 −1.5 pp
1995 15.3 −1.8 pp
1994 17.2 −1.7 pp
1993 18.9 −1.5 pp
1992 20.3 +1.3 pp
1991 19 +0.8 pp
1990 18.2 +1.6 pp
1989 16.5 +0.2 pp
1988 16.3 −0.5 pp
1987 16.9 −0.1 pp
1986 16.9 +0.4 pp
1985 16.6 +1.4 pp
1984 15.1 −0.4 pp
1983 15.5 +0.5 pp
1982 15 +0.3 pp
1981 14.7 +1 pp
1980 13.7 —

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

UA Ukraine 38.9 SK Slovakia 21.4 PL Poland 21.3 BG Bulgaria 20.8 HU Hungary 20.8 CZ Czechia 20 RU Russia 19.1 BY Belarus 18.9 MD Moldova 18.5 RO Romania 17.3
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

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

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