The Bulgarian economy increased by 4.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, below an upwardly revised 5.2 percent expansion in the previous quarter, flash estimates showed. Final consumption slowed (6.6 percent vs. 7.5 percent in Q4) while gross fixed capital formation declined less (6.1 percent vs. 15.2 percent). Exports went up 11.8 percent (vs. 13.6 percent in Q4), while imports rose faster at 13.6 percent (vs. 11.2 percent in Q4). On a quarterly basis, Bulgaria’s GDP grew by 1.0 percent, easing from an upwardly revised 1.4 percent in the last quarter of 2021. source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria
GDP Annual Growth Rate in Bulgaria averaged 2.35 percent from 1996 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 23.67 percent in the first quarter of 1996 and a record low of -17.20 percent in the first quarter of 1997. This page provides - Bulgaria GDP Annual Growth Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Bulgaria GDP Annual Growth Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2022.
GDP Annual Growth Rate in Bulgaria is expected to be 2.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Bulgaria GDP Annual Growth Rate is projected to trend around 3.50 percent in 2023 and 2.70 percent in 2024, according to our econometric models.