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Bulgaria: Merchandise trade

83.51percent · 2025-22.3% since 2015

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. 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. Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202583.51
202490.772
202399.422
2022119.195
2021103.541
202095.062
2019103.637
2018108.128
2017110.903
2016102.916
2015107.5
2014111.934
2013114.439
2012109.385
2011105.384
201091.027
200976.609
2008108.785
2007109.105
2006111.493
2005100.107
200493.218
200387.08
200283.438
200187.4
200086.029
199969.344
199861.529
199787.216
199681.045
199557.997
199488.473
199378.286
199290.319
199198.968
199048.874
1989144.392
1988147.763
1987112.597
1986144.806
1985153.397
1984146.92
1983144.052
1982116.039
1981107.202
1980100.102

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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