Bulgaria - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Bulgaria was $1,026,710,000 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $2,647,592,000 in 2016 and ($10,751,040,000) in 2008.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1980 $995,769,200
1981 $221,714,300
1982 $206,266,700
1983 $34,555,560
1984 $331,666,700
1985 ($69,842,100)
1986 ($695,823,600)
1987 ($516,230,800)
1988 ($74,529,410)
1989 ($382,111,100)
1990 ($744,545,500)
1991 $467,741,900
1992 ($603,092,800)
1993 ($826,087,000)
1994 ($60,608,860)
1995 $1,787,530,000
1996 $1,373,671,000
1997 $1,435,845,000
1998 $1,027,722,000
1999 ($623,502,700)
2000 ($703,087,600)
2001 ($1,321,722,000)
2002 ($1,308,128,000)
2003 ($2,152,558,000)
2004 ($2,916,766,000)
2005 ($4,377,368,000)
2006 ($5,876,095,000)
2007 ($8,363,361,000)
2008 ($10,751,040,000)
2009 ($4,294,512,000)
2010 ($1,619,957,000)
2011 $86,290,790
2012 ($1,784,371,000)
2013 ($317,709,000)
2014 ($619,634,400)
2015 $456,648,200
2016 $2,647,592,000
2017 $2,553,032,000
2018 $1,685,665,000
2019 $2,224,766,000
2020 $1,026,710,000

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Bulgaria was 1,762,143,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,680,942,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of -14,375,220,000 in 2008.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1980 1,294,500
1981 310,400
1982 309,400
1983 62,200
1984 597,000
1985 -132,700
1986 -1,182,900
1987 -671,100
1988 -126,700
1989 -687,800
1990 -1,638,000
1991 5,800,000
1992 -11,700,000
1993 -22,800,000
1994 -3,285,000
1995 120,122,000
1996 244,376,000
1997 2,414,947,000
1998 1,809,202,000
1999 -1,145,811,000
2000 -1,492,866,000
2001 -2,887,567,000
2002 -2,716,981,000
2003 -3,729,737,000
2004 -4,594,199,000
2005 -6,890,414,000
2006 -9,162,596,000
2007 -11,951,240,000
2008 -14,375,220,000
2009 -6,041,090,000
2010 -2,393,324,000
2011 121,368,000
2012 -2,715,813,000
2013 -468,176,000
2014 -913,465,000
2015 805,710,000
2016 4,680,942,000
2017 4,430,787,000
2018 2,793,147,000
2019 3,886,667,000
2020 1,762,143,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Bulgaria was -5,905,453,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,828,139,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of -5,905,453,000 in 2020.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
2015 805,710,000
2016 2,828,139,000
2017 2,040,641,000
2018 -485,436,000
2019 -1,342,821,000
2020 -5,905,453,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Bulgaria was 1.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 12.69 in 1997, while its lowest value was -19.75 in 2008.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1980 5.02
1981 1.12
1982 1.07
1983 0.21
1984 1.89
1985 -0.41
1986 -3.44
1987 -1.84
1988 -0.33
1989 -1.74
1990 -3.61
1991 4.27
1992 -5.83
1993 -7.63
1994 -0.63
1995 9.42
1996 11.17
1997 12.69
1998 6.84
1999 -4.58
2000 -5.31
2001 -9.32
2002 -7.98
2003 -10.18
2004 -11.15
2005 -14.66
2006 -17.09
2007 -18.83
2008 -19.75
2009 -8.25
2010 -3.20
2011 0.15
2012 -3.29
2013 -0.57
2014 -1.09
2015 0.90
2016 4.91
2017 4.31
2018 2.54
2019 3.23
2020 1.47

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts