Bulgaria - Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Bulgaria was -0.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 4.81 in 1980, while its lowest value was -25.76 in 2007.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1980 4.81
1981 0.61
1982 0.92
1983 0.22
1984 3.04
1985 -0.79
1986 -4.70
1987 -2.56
1988 -1.78
1989 -3.50
1990 -8.29
1991 -0.70
1992 -3.48
1993 -10.15
1994 -0.33
1995 -0.14
1996 0.13
1997 3.77
1998 -0.41
1999 -4.79
2000 -5.31
2001 -5.67
2002 -1.95
2003 -4.83
2004 -6.39
2005 -11.21
2006 -17.05
2007 -25.76
2008 -21.81
2009 -8.18
2010 -1.90
2011 0.47
2012 -0.97
2013 1.22
2014 1.31
2015 -0.24
2016 2.89
2017 3.36
2018 0.84
2019 1.83
2020 -0.38

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments