Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -153.69 million in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Bulgaria, 2003–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Bulgaria stood at -153.69 million. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 59.7% on the previous year and up 64.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Bulgaria peaked at -153.69 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, -4.05 billion, in 2014.
Bulgaria ranks 22nd of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -501.52 million | -730.29 million | -208.60 million | 7 |
| 2010s | -870.93 million | -4.05 billion | -187.90 million | 10 |
| 2020s | -951.13 million | -1.78 billion | -153.69 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More financial sector data for Bulgaria
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate -2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.2174 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 4,420 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate -2.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 4,667 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 5,351 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 5,351 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 34.42 billion SDR (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Bulgaria?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Bulgaria was -153.69 million in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was -153.69 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.05 billion in 2014.
- How does Bulgaria rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Bulgaria ranks 22nd out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Total foreign currency loans securities and deposits, principal, Outflows (reserves template) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.