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Bulgaria: External debt stocks, total

47.21Bcurrent USD · 2022-8.2% since 2012

Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1981 to 2022.

19832022

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202247,206,483,345.4
202144,946,801,413.5
202046,867,045,226.7
201940,501,402,414.8
201840,103,456,193.4
201740,989,144,703.6
201639,994,027,753.1
201540,378,595,624.5
201447,074,927,807.1
201351,652,240,788.2
201251,428,607,356.1
201147,739,502,725.5
201050,697,349,714.5
200955,682,965,449.1
200853,067,247,242
200743,822,454,674.9
200628,007,279,111.5
200518,507,353,591.6
200416,620,274,377.5
200314,259,733,783.4
200212,313,486,729.7
200111,274,814,331.7
200012,008,623,065.1
199911,794,851,857.2
199811,404,629,614.5
199711,099,448,177.6
199610,368,413,941.5
199510,378,823,642.3
19949,828,532,996.1
199312,177,634,744.5
199211,838,561,986.7
199111,741,672,280.9
199010,889,618,418.3
198910,137,085,437.7
19888,943,895,641.4
19878,265,581,747
19865,866,004,143.2
19853,851,537,192.7
19842,583,927,136.9
19831,738,593,873
19821,313,089,665.2
1981772,737,948

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