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Bulgaria: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

-2.63percent · 2024+50.7% since 2014

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024-2.631
2023-1.876
2022-3.198
2021-4.058
2020-4.108
20192.281
20181.595
20171.39
20160.243
2015-0.927
2014-5.342
2013-1.109
2012-1.054
2011-1.724
2010-3.652
2009-3.601
20081.788
20070.093
20062.477
20051.993
20041.484
20030.134
2002-1.155
20010.743
20000.226
19990.383
19981.407
19971.447
1996-6.68
1995-3.88
1994-5.036
1993-11.346
1992-4.895
1991-3.353
1990-5.05

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing-zs (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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