World Bank · Financial Sector

Bulgaria: Real interest rate

-2.96percent · 2025-167.7% since 2015

An interest rate is the amount charged, expressed as a percentage of the principal over a period of time, by the owners of certain kinds of financial assets for putting the financial assets at the disposal of another institutional unit. The real interest rate is the lending interest rate adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP deflator. The terms and conditions attached to lending rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100. Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1992 to 2025.

19922025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-2.958
2024-2.489
2023-3.303
2022-10.501
2021-2.664
2020-0.013
2019-0.697
20180.698
20170.598
20162.971
20154.372
20146.83
20138.965
20128.507
20114.256
201010.302
20097.117
20082.551
2007-0.949
20062.001
20051.939
20043.116
20036.218
20025.161
20014.705
20003.69
19999.852
1998-14.832
1997-69.106
1996139.963
1995-23.959
199417.261
199317.053
19929.069

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Real interest rate. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-real-interest-rate (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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