BG · 2018 · gov_10dd_edpt1
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
Bulgaria, 2018
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
22.2%
Bulgaria, 2018
▼ 11.6% vs 2017 (25.1%)
Analysis
In 2018, Bulgaria's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 11.6% compared to 2017, reaching 22.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 79.5%.
Bulgaria ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 30.6% (from 17.0% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
27.9%
EU-27: 79.5%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · gov_10dd_edpt1