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Services share of GDP — Bulgaria

Services share of GDP in Bulgaria in 2025 — 63.3%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 158. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 32.8 pp.

2025 63.3% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 43of 158
Period maximum 65.9%1996
Period minimum 21.4%1986

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Bulgaria, 1980–202502040608019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 30.5%1981: 29%1982: 25%1983: 25.1%1984: 24.1%1985: 25.1%1986: 21.4%1987: 30.1%1988: 32.5%1989: 32.7%1990: 35.2%1991: 35.7%1992: 39.1%1993: 45.3%1994: 44.7%1995: 65.3%1996: 65.9%1997: 49.1%1998: 54.4%1999: 53.4%2000: 54%2001: 53.5%2002: 55.3%2003: 53.9%2004: 54.1%2005: 53.5%2006: 52.9%2007: 53.9%2008: 53.2%2009: 56.1%2010: 59.5%2011: 57.6%2012: 57.2%2013: 58.2%2014: 58.7%2015: 58.3%2016: 57.6%2017: 58%2018: 60.9%2019: 61.5%2020: 61.5%2021: 62.4%2022: 59.9%2023: 62.4%2024: 63.8%2025: 63.3%
Change over the period: +32.8 pp Annual average: 0.73 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bulgaria 63.3%
World computed 59.9%
Europe & Central Asia 65.5%
Eastern Europe computed 59.6%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 57.2%
Services share of GDP — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63.3 −0.4 pp
2024 63.8 +1.3 pp
2023 62.4 +2.5 pp
2022 59.9 −2.5 pp
2021 62.4 +0.9 pp
2020 61.5 +0 pp
2019 61.5 +0.5 pp
2018 60.9 +3 pp
2017 58 +0.4 pp
2016 57.6 −0.7 pp
2015 58.3 −0.5 pp
2014 58.7 +0.5 pp
2013 58.2 +1 pp
2012 57.2 −0.4 pp
2011 57.6 −1.9 pp
2010 59.5 +3.4 pp
2009 56.1 +2.9 pp
2008 53.2 −0.7 pp
2007 53.9 +1 pp
2006 52.9 −0.6 pp
2005 53.5 −0.5 pp
2004 54.1 +0.2 pp
2003 53.9 −1.4 pp
2002 55.3 +1.8 pp
2001 53.5 −0.5 pp
2000 54 +0.6 pp
1999 53.4 −1 pp
1998 54.4 +5.3 pp
1997 49.1 −16.8 pp
1996 65.9 +0.7 pp
1995 65.3 +20.6 pp
1994 44.7 −0.6 pp
1993 45.3 +6.2 pp
1992 39.1 +3.4 pp
1991 35.7 +0.5 pp
1990 35.2 +2.5 pp
1989 32.7 +0.3 pp
1988 32.5 +2.4 pp
1987 30.1 +8.7 pp
1986 21.4 −3.8 pp
1985 25.1 +1.1 pp
1984 24.1 −1 pp
1983 25.1 +0.1 pp
1982 25 −4 pp
1981 29 −1.5 pp
1980 30.5 —

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

BG Bulgaria 63.3 RO Romania 61.7 MD Moldova 61.5 UA Ukraine 61 CZ Czechia 60.8 HU Hungary 60.1 SK Slovakia 59.8 PL Poland 59.7 RU Russia 58.9 BY Belarus 50
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About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

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

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