Exports (As % of GDP) fell 9.82% to 0.558% in Bulgaria in 2024

Exports (As % of GDP) (%), 2024
Economy | Bulgaria | September 1, 2025
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Exports as a share of GDP fell 9.82% to 0.558% in Bulgaria in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, exports as a share of GDP in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 0.700% in 2022 and an all time low of 0.323% in 1995. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, exports as a share of GDP in Greece amounted to 0.420%, 0.356% in Romania, 0.527% in Serbia and 0.280% in Turkey in 2024.

Bulgaria has been ranked 32nd within the group of 130 countries we follow in terms of exports as a share of GDP, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Exports (As % of GDP) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Albania % 0.311% 0.309% 0.225% 0.311% 0.372%
Bosnia and Herzegovina % 0.420% 0.400% 0.342% 0.426% 0.483%
Bulgaria % 0.658% 0.642% 0.564% 0.618% 0.700%
Croatia % 0.491% 0.505% 0.413% 0.498% 0.595%
Greece % 0.386% 0.396% 0.315% 0.403% 0.490%
Hungary % 0.834% 0.811% 0.781% 0.794% 0.895%
Iran % 0.311% 0.235% 0.194% 0.228% 0.268%
Iraq % 0.408% 0.381% 0.278% 0.373% 0.445%
Macedonia % 0.604% 0.624% 0.578% 0.654% 0.728%
Moldova % 0.307% 0.312% 0.279% 0.306% 0.412%
Romania % 0.415% 0.401% 0.368% 0.405% 0.434%
Serbia % 0.487% 0.490% 0.461% 0.523% 0.607%
Turkey % 0.312% 0.331% 0.291% 0.357% 0.386%
Ukraine % 0.452% 0.412% 0.388% 0.407% 0.354%