Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 94.8% in 2021. β² Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bulgaria, 1991β2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 94.8% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2021. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Bulgaria peaked at 94.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 25.1%, in 1998.
That places Bulgaria 51st out of 185 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.8% | 25.1% | 79.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 52.7% | 35.0% | 68.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.4% | 67.8% | 85.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.7% | 94.7% | 94.8% | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Bulgaria
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 47.0% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 7.16 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 58.79 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets 46.19 billion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 47.1% (2024)
- Broad money 82.1% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 3.9% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 47.1% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 1.74 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -2,961 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Bulgaria?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Bulgaria was 94.8% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 94.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.1% in 1998.
- How does Bulgaria rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Bulgaria ranks 51st out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.