Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff was 6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bulgaria, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 6 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 50.0% over ten years.
Bulgaria ranks 60th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 5 DB16-20 methodology | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 6 DB16-20 methodology | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
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More private sector data for Bulgaria
- Merchandise trade 83.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 60.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 53.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 48.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,511 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3695 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.8979 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bulgaria?
- Getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bulgaria was 6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 6 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does Bulgaria rank for getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff?
- Bulgaria ranks 60th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index is calculated on the basis of the following six components: (i) duration and frequency of power outages, (ii) tools to monitor power outages, (iii) tools to restore power supply, (iv) regulatory monitoring of utilities’ performance, (v) financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages, and (vi) transparency and accessibility of tariffs. An economy is eligible to obtain a score on the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index only if (i) the utility collects data on all types of outages (average total duration of outages per customer and the average number of outages per customer), including planned and unplanned outages, as well as load shedding, with the minimum outage time of not more than 5 minutes; and (ii) the SAIDI value is below a threshold of 100 hours and the SAIFI value is under 100 outages. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.