Household consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Bulgaria

Household consumption (% of GDP) in Bulgaria in 2025 — 58.5%. Ranked 74 in the world out of 131. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 3.2 pp.

2025 58.5% +1.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 74of 131
Period maximum 74%1994
Period minimum 48.7%1981

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Household consumption (% of GDP) — Bulgaria, 1980–2025405060708019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 55.3%1981: 48.7%1982: 49.8%1983: 50.9%1984: 49.8%1985: 51.6%1986: 50.6%1987: 52.1%1988: 49.6%1989: 52.1%1990: 59.8%1991: 54.1%1992: 65.6%1993: 73.5%1994: 74%1995: 57.5%1996: 73.8%1997: 65.4%1998: 56.1%1999: 65.1%2000: 66.5%2001: 68.6%2002: 68.3%2003: 68%2004: 68.4%2005: 68.8%2006: 66.9%2007: 68.5%2008: 65.7%2009: 63%2010: 64.2%2011: 62.6%2012: 65.6%2013: 62.5%2014: 62.8%2015: 62.1%2016: 60.5%2017: 60.3%2018: 59.7%2019: 59.1%2020: 58%2021: 57.9%2022: 57.9%2023: 57.6%2024: 57.3%2025: 58.5%
Change over the period: +3.2 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bulgaria 58.5%
Eastern Europe computed 54.5%
Household consumption (% of GDP) — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.5 +1.2 pp
2024 57.3 −0.3 pp
2023 57.6 −0.3 pp
2022 57.9 +0 pp
2021 57.9 −0.1 pp
2020 58 −1.1 pp
2019 59.1 −0.6 pp
2018 59.7 −0.6 pp
2017 60.3 −0.3 pp
2016 60.5 −1.5 pp
2015 62.1 −0.7 pp
2014 62.8 +0.3 pp
2013 62.5 −3.1 pp
2012 65.6 +3 pp
2011 62.6 −1.5 pp
2010 64.2 +1.2 pp
2009 63 −2.7 pp
2008 65.7 −2.9 pp
2007 68.5 +1.6 pp
2006 66.9 −1.9 pp
2005 68.8 +0.4 pp
2004 68.4 +0.4 pp
2003 68 −0.3 pp
2002 68.3 −0.3 pp
2001 68.6 +2.1 pp
2000 66.5 +1.4 pp
1999 65.1 +9 pp
1998 56.1 −9.3 pp
1997 65.4 −8.4 pp
1996 73.8 +16.3 pp
1995 57.5 −16.5 pp
1994 74 +0.5 pp
1993 73.5 +7.9 pp
1992 65.6 +11.5 pp
1991 54.1 −5.7 pp
1990 59.8 +7.7 pp
1989 52.1 +2.5 pp
1988 49.6 −2.5 pp
1987 52.1 +1.4 pp
1986 50.6 −1 pp
1985 51.6 +1.9 pp
1984 49.8 −1.1 pp
1983 50.9 +1.1 pp
1982 49.8 +1.1 pp
1981 48.7 −6.7 pp
1980 55.3

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP — the market value of all goods and services bought by the population, including the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing. A low consumption share alongside a high share of capital formation is typical of investment- and export-driven economies; a high one, of countries short of savings.

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