Bulgaria - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 3.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 16.75 in 1981, while its lowest value was 2.06 in 2003.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 16.75
1982 13.11
1983 13.62
1984 11.82
1985 9.15
1986 4.09
1987 4.03
1988 7.14
1989 5.27
1990 8.88
1991 7.71
1992 10.74
1993 8.93
1994 6.39
1995 6.60
1996 6.01
1997 3.80
1998 3.84
1999 3.26
2000 2.37
2001 2.84
2002 2.66
2003 2.06
2004 2.64
2005 2.97
2006 2.64
2007 3.09
2008 5.31
2009 3.62
2010 3.42
2011 3.89
2012 4.68
2013 6.21
2014 5.57
2015 5.21
2016 5.31
2017 4.71
2018 3.20
2019 4.47
2020 3.54

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Bulgaria was 31,907,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33,617,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 572,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

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Year Value
1960 572,000,000
1961 663,000,000
1962 773,000,000
1963 834,000,000
1964 980,000,000
1965 1,176,000,000
1966 1,305,000,000
1967 1,458,000,000
1968 1,615,000,000
1969 1,795,000,000
1970 2,004,000,000
1971 2,182,000,000
1972 2,627,000,000
1973 3,301,000,000
1974 3,836,000,000
1975 4,691,000,000
1976 5,382,000,000
1977 6,329,000,000
1978 7,478,000,000
1979 8,869,000,000
1980 10,390,000,000
1981 10,700,000,000
1982 11,440,000,000
1983 12,140,000,000
1984 12,860,000,000
1985 13,310,000,000
1986 14,140,000,000
1987 15,850,000,000
1988 17,290,000,000
1989 16,220,000,000
1990 5,030,000,000
1991 3,760,000,000
1992 3,550,000,000
1993 3,580,000,000
1994 4,005,000,000
1995 5,355,000,000
1996 4,890,000,000
1997 4,940,000,000
1998 4,300,000,000
1999 3,979,000,000
2000 4,852,000,000
2001 5,118,000,000
2002 5,733,000,000
2003 7,543,000,000
2004 9,932,000,000
2005 11,739,000,000
2006 15,064,000,000
2007 18,518,000,000
2008 22,362,000,000
2009 16,318,000,000
2010 20,630,000,000
2011 28,208,000,000
2012 26,686,000,000
2013 29,579,000,000
2014 29,245,000,000
2015 25,371,000,000
2016 26,572,000,000
2017 31,438,000,000
2018 33,617,000,000
2019 33,340,000,000
2020 31,907,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 73.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 73.63 in 2020, while its lowest value was 43.05 in 1988.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 64.21
1982 64.96
1983 67.17
1984 58.48
1985 45.89
1986 48.47
1987 46.84
1988 43.05
1989 43.36
1990 62.37
1991 60.71
1992 59.88
1993 63.67
1994 60.54
1995 49.93
1996 49.87
1997 55.71
1998 61.96
1999 63.43
2000 64.28
2001 69.92
2002 71.67
2003 72.03
2004 71.58
2005 69.68
2006 71.28
2007 69.48
2008 68.45
2009 72.42
2010 69.50
2011 71.16
2012 68.87
2013 68.85
2014 70.90
2015 71.65
2016 71.68
2017 68.79
2018 73.21
2019 72.07
2020 73.63

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 9.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 24.13 in 1981, while its lowest value was 4.44 in 2002.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 24.13
1982 23.69
1983 20.76
1984 16.59
1985 19.83
1986 14.62
1987 14.73
1988 16.58
1989 16.63
1990 20.57
1991 19.35
1992 20.64
1993 23.35
1994 13.06
1995 10.74
1996 11.05
1997 8.60
1998 6.44
1999 5.66
2000 5.18
2001 4.72
2002 4.44
2003 4.64
2004 4.78
2005 5.48
2006 5.00
2007 5.51
2008 7.84
2009 6.94
2010 7.12
2011 6.94
2012 9.28
2013 10.61
2014 8.82
2015 8.95
2016 8.90
2017 9.28
2018 8.19
2019 9.79
2020 9.75

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 4.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 8.85 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.42 in 2001.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 1.75
1982 2.49
1983 3.87
1984 2.38
1985 1.62
1986 3.28
1987 4.17
1988 3.97
1989 5.23
1990 6.36
1991 6.56
1992 4.70
1993 8.85
1994 3.84
1995 1.66
1996 2.23
1997 2.25
1998 0.63
1999 0.50
2000 0.63
2001 0.42
2002 0.61
2003 1.24
2004 0.83
2005 1.22
2006 1.18
2007 1.03
2008 1.25
2009 1.42
2010 1.74
2011 1.80
2012 3.34
2013 3.65
2014 3.04
2015 3.09
2016 2.90
2017 3.09
2018 3.31
2019 3.74
2020 4.31

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 14.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 34.27 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.11 in 1989.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 2.64
1982 2.96
1983 5.32
1984 5.86
1985 3.51
1986 1.54
1987 0.31
1988 0.48
1989 0.11
1990 1.39
1991 6.23
1992 7.74
1993 11.43
1994 24.15
1995 34.27
1996 31.49
1997 29.94
1998 24.05
1999 19.91
2000 18.90
2001 16.52
2002 16.53
2003 15.22
2004 15.96
2005 16.99
2006 22.40
2007 24.76
2008 22.27
2009 19.04
2010 21.05
2011 19.99
2012 20.36
2013 19.26
2014 18.35
2015 16.52
2016 15.03
2017 17.01
2018 14.86
2019 15.47
2020 14.26

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 0.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 1.92 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.30 in 2014.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year Value
1981 0.43
1982 1.17
1983 0.96
1984 0.87
1985 0.55
1986 1.05
1987 1.08
1988 0.97
1989 1.04
1990 0.69
1991 0.77
1992 0.87
1993 1.59
1994 1.92
1995 1.45
1996 1.14
1997 1.11
1998 0.86
1999 0.82
2000 0.88
2001 0.72
2002 0.93
2003 0.73
2004 0.75
2005 0.90
2006 0.80
2007 0.61
2008 0.62
2009 0.32
2010 0.42
2011 0.46
2012 0.41
2013 0.32
2014 0.30
2015 0.34
2016 0.41
2017 0.54
2018 0.53
2019 0.54
2020 0.49

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 2.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 14.50 in 1981, while its lowest value was 1.82 in 2003.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 14.50
1982 11.74
1983 11.53
1984 10.26
1985 14.21
1986 6.83
1987 7.06
1988 9.25
1989 7.37
1990 10.02
1991 9.50
1992 11.83
1993 9.28
1994 5.55
1995 5.49
1996 5.36
1997 3.73
1998 3.70
1999 3.02
2000 2.45
2001 2.54
2002 2.16
2003 1.82
2004 2.38
2005 2.32
2006 2.04
2007 2.77
2008 3.59
2009 3.12
2010 2.99
2011 2.65
2012 3.33
2013 4.75
2014 4.38
2015 4.18
2016 4.25
2017 3.96
2018 2.68
2019 3.89
2020 2.98

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 0.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 6.65 in 1982, while its lowest value was 0.26 in 2005.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 5.91
1982 6.65
1983 2.75
1984 2.08
1985 2.89
1986 2.45
1987 1.21
1988 1.19
1989 2.29
1990 2.16
1991 1.58
1992 2.18
1993 2.31
1994 0.72
1995 1.00
1996 1.13
1997 0.79
1998 0.67
1999 0.98
2000 0.56
2001 0.45
2002 0.30
2003 0.36
2004 0.42
2005 0.26
2006 0.58
2007 0.70
2008 1.01
2009 0.51
2010 0.54
2011 0.40
2012 0.32
2013 0.28
2014 0.32
2015 0.43
2016 0.57
2017 0.53
2018 0.49
2019 0.54
2020 0.68

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 1.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 1.88 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.34 in 1999.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 1.54
1982 1.64
1983 1.66
1984 1.00
1985 0.56
1986 1.01
1987 1.21
1988 1.19
1989 0.70
1990 1.35
1991 0.94
1992 1.07
1993 1.32
1994 1.02
1995 1.14
1996 1.19
1997 0.72
1998 0.58
1999 0.34
2000 0.66
2001 0.59
2002 0.44
2003 0.49
2004 0.39
2005 0.78
2006 0.40
2007 0.40
2008 1.37
2009 1.57
2010 1.43
2011 1.63
2012 1.88
2013 1.61
2014 0.78
2015 0.91
2016 0.77
2017 1.16
2018 1.18
2019 1.08
2020 1.29

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 2.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 39.91 in 1989, while its lowest value was 0.25 in 2007.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 9.02
1982 8.38
1983 6.75
1984 19.08
1985 30.77
1986 35.37
1987 38.12
1988 39.89
1989 39.91
1990 15.67
1991 13.71
1992 11.74
1993 1.56
1994 2.24
1995 5.06
1996 7.59
1997 5.75
1998 7.55
1999 11.00
2000 11.64
2001 8.84
2002 7.36
2003 8.10
2004 7.69
2005 7.85
2006 1.32
2007 0.25
2008 1.44
2009 1.60
2010 2.34
2011 1.92
2012 1.50
2013 1.29
2014 1.93
2015 2.87
2016 4.40
2017 4.93
2018 3.74
2019 2.66
2020 2.36

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Bulgaria was 31,907,290,000 as of 2020. Over the past 39 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 33,617,630,000 in 2018 and 1,701,418,000 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 2,003,266,000
1982 1,839,731,000
1983 1,701,418,000
1984 1,880,182,000
1985 2,560,644,000
1986 2,451,878,000
1987 2,726,163,000
1988 2,948,694,000
1989 2,786,684,000
1990 2,031,609,000
1991 2,051,429,000
1992 2,443,737,000
1993 2,319,330,000
1994 3,399,711,000
1995 5,220,422,000
1996 4,780,667,000
1997 4,313,587,000
1998 4,150,000,000
1999 3,755,121,000
2000 4,823,629,000
2001 5,114,110,000
2002 5,750,703,000
2003 7,541,197,000
2004 9,934,003,000
2005 11,440,190,000
2006 14,774,520,000
2007 18,575,370,000
2008 22,494,090,000
2009 16,370,950,000
2010 20,578,700,000
2011 28,218,010,000
2012 26,667,290,000
2013 29,579,830,000
2014 29,245,740,000
2015 25,370,890,000
2016 26,572,370,000
2017 31,437,470,000
2018 33,617,630,000
2019 33,340,030,000
2020 31,907,290,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Bulgaria was 14.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 34.27 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.11 in 1989.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1981 2.64
1982 2.96
1983 5.32
1984 5.86
1985 3.51
1986 1.54
1987 0.31
1988 0.48
1989 0.11
1990 1.39
1991 6.23
1992 7.74
1993 11.43
1994 24.15
1995 34.27
1996 31.49
1997 29.94
1998 24.05
1999 19.91
2000 18.90
2001 16.52
2002 16.53
2003 15.22
2004 15.96
2005 16.99
2006 22.40
2007 24.76
2008 22.27
2009 19.04
2010 21.05
2011 19.99
2012 20.36
2013 19.26
2014 18.35
2015 16.52
2016 15.03
2017 17.01
2018 14.86
2019 15.47
2020 14.26

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports