Bulgaria

Bulgaria, a former Communist country that entered the EU on 1 January 2007, averaged more than 6% growth from 2004 to 2008, driven by significant amounts of foreign direct investment and consumption. Successive governments have demonstrated a commitment to economic reforms and responsible fiscal planning, but the global downturn sharply reduced domestic demand, exports, capital inflows, and industrial production. GDP contracted by approximately 5% in 2009, and stagnated in 2010, despite a significant recovery in exports. The economy is expected to grow modestly in 2011, however. Corruption in the public administration, a weak judiciary, and the presence of organized crime remain significant challenges.

$91.83 billion (2010 est.)

$91.83 billion (2009 est.)

$96.67 billion (2008 est.)

$44.84 billion (2010 est.)

0% (2010 est.)

-5% (2009 est.)

6.2% (2008 est.)

$12,800 (2010 est.)

$12,700 (2009 est.)

$13,300 (2008 est.)

2.61 million (2010 est.)

9.5% (2010 est.)

6.3% (2008 est.)

14% (2008)

29.8 (2008)

26.4 (2001)

22.8% of GDP (2010 est.)

16.2% of GDP (2010 est.)

14.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

2.1% (2010 est.)

1.6% (2009)

0.55% (31 December 2009)

5.77% (31 December 2008)

11.34% (31 December 2009 est.)

10.86% (31 December 2008 est.)

$12.7 billion (31 December 2010 est)

$12.91 billion (31 December 2009 est)

$35.37 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

$33.93 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

$34.54 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

$33.89 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

$7.103 billion (31 December 2009)

$8.858 billion (31 December 2008)

$21.79 billion (31 December 2007)

vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock

electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel

0.4% (2010 est.)

44.83 billion kWh (2008)

29.9 billion kWh (2008)

5.407 billion kWh (2008)

3.097 billion kWh (2008 est.)

3,227 bbl/day (2009 est.)

125,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)

76,570 bbl/day (2007 est.)

189,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)

15 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)

218 million cu m (2008)

3.35 billion cu m (2008)

0 cu m (2008)

3.48 billion cu m (2008)

5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.)

-$1.528 billion (2010 est.)

-$4.348 billion (2009 est.)

$19.33 billion (2010 est.)

$16.53 billion (2009 est.)

clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels

Germany 11.21%, Greece 9.43%, Italy 9.24%, Romania 8.52%, Turkey 7.33%, Belgium 5.61%, France 4.44% (2009)

$22.78 billion (2010 est.)

$22.22 billion (2009 est.)

machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials

Russia 13.14%, Germany 12.23%, Italy 7.78%, Greece 6.17%, Romania 5.65%, Turkey 5.48%, Ukraine 4.81%, Austria 4.08% (2009)

$15.07 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

$18.53 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

$36.15 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

$39.56 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

$51.28 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

$49.28 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

$1.372 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

$1.194 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.5138 (2010), 1.404 (2009), 1.3171 (2008), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006)