Liquid liabilities to GDP (%) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Liquid liabilities to GDP (%) was 94.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bulgaria, 1991–2021
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 186 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.
Liquid liabilities to GDP (%) in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 74.5% | — |
| 1992 | 76.4% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 79.0% | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 79.7% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 46.1% | -42.1% |
| 1996 | 60.2% | +30.6% |
| 1997 | 31.2% | -48.1% |
| 1998 | 25.1% | -19.6% |
| 1999 | 30.1% | +19.8% |
| 2000 | 35.0% | +16.5% |
| 2001 | 40.1% | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 40.9% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 45.8% | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 50.5% | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 55.0% | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 61.6% | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 68.4% | +11.0% |
| 2008 | 64.9% | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 65.2% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 67.8% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 70.2% | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 74.7% | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 81.8% | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 80.8% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 82.6% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 83.4% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 83.4% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 84.8% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 85.1% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 94.7% | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 94.8% | +0.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 94.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 96.0%, 99% of the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 94.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 75.1%, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Liquid liabilities to GDP (%) in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | -48.1% | 60.2% | 31.2% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More financial sector data for Bulgaria
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 20.89 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 15.25 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 20.89 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (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 186 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.