Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Bulgaria

Government consumption in US dollars in Bulgaria in 2025 — 27,232,444,707 US$. Ranked 49 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 892.2%.

2025 27.23B US$ +21.6% vs 2024
World rank 49of 132
Period maximum 27.23B US$2025
Period minimum 1.37B US$1997

Trend over time

1980–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Bulgaria, 1980–2025010B20B30B19801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 2,744,685,022 US$1981: 2,955,752,831 US$1982: 2,973,280,661 US$1983: 2,627,933,172 US$1984: 2,634,430,131 US$1985: 2,910,710,530 US$1986: 3,434,101,910 US$1987: 4,796,214,172 US$1988: 3,754,634,627 US$1989: 3,595,901,876 US$1990: 3,768,960,910 US$1991: 1,451,993,233 US$1992: 1,749,535,426 US$1993: 2,042,477,464 US$1994: 1,668,939,347 US$1995: 2,914,982,422 US$1996: 1,702,819,867 US$1997: 1,374,205,966 US$1998: 2,757,627,103 US$1999: 2,673,895,240 US$2000: 2,620,868,360 US$2001: 2,747,255,537 US$2002: 3,145,961,517 US$2003: 4,252,592,388 US$2004: 5,064,895,940 US$2005: 5,422,503,124 US$2006: 6,239,335,504 US$2007: 7,415,211,828 US$2008: 9,343,821,500 US$2009: 8,708,896,332 US$2010: 8,365,358,264 US$2011: 9,142,943,440 US$2012: 8,574,466,602 US$2013: 9,535,871,367 US$2014: 9,608,962,557 US$2015: 8,168,218,204 US$2016: 8,407,409,634 US$2017: 9,221,500,513 US$2018: 10,893,243,563 US$2019: 11,512,552,242 US$2020: 13,622,364,878 US$2021: 15,942,579,609 US$2022: 16,544,965,634 US$2023: 18,863,073,529 US$2024: 22,394,772,180 US$2025: 27,232,444,707 US$
Change over the period: +24.49B (+892.19%) Average annual rate: 5.23 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Bulgaria 27.23B US$
Eastern Europe computed 1.08T US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.69T US$
Government consumption in US dollars — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 27.23B +4.84B +21.6%
2024 22.39B +3.53B +18.72%
2023 18.86B +2.32B +14.01%
2022 16.54B +602M +3.78%
2021 15.94B +2.32B +17.03%
2020 13.62B +2.11B +18.33%
2019 11.51B +619M +5.69%
2018 10.89B +1.67B +18.13%
2017 9.22B +814M +9.68%
2016 8.41B +239M +2.93%
2015 8.17B −1.44B −14.99%
2014 9.61B +73.09M +0.77%
2013 9.54B +961M +11.21%
2012 8.57B −568M −6.22%
2011 9.14B +778M +9.3%
2010 8.37B −344M −3.94%
2009 8.71B −635M −6.8%
2008 9.34B +1.93B +26.01%
2007 7.42B +1.18B +18.85%
2006 6.24B +817M +15.06%
2005 5.42B +358M +7.06%
2004 5.06B +812M +19.1%
2003 4.25B +1.11B +35.18%
2002 3.15B +399M +14.51%
2001 2.75B +126M +4.82%
2000 2.62B −53.03M −1.98%
1999 2.67B −83.73M −3.04%
1998 2.76B +1.38B +100.67%
1997 1.37B −329M −19.3%
1996 1.7B −1.21B −41.58%
1995 2.91B +1.25B +74.66%
1994 1.67B −374M −18.29%
1993 2.04B +293M +16.74%
1992 1.75B +298M +20.49%
1991 1.45B −2.32B −61.47%
1990 3.77B +173M +4.81%
1989 3.6B −159M −4.23%
1988 3.75B −1.04B −21.72%
1987 4.8B +1.36B +39.66%
1986 3.43B +523M +17.98%
1985 2.91B +276M +10.49%
1984 2.63B +6.5M +0.25%
1983 2.63B −345M −11.62%
1982 2.97B +17.53M +0.59%
1981 2.96B +211M +7.69%
1980 2.74B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

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