Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 100.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Bulgaria, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Bulgaria stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Bulgaria peaked at 100.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 78.3%, in 2003.
That places Bulgaria 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 78.3% | — |
| 2004 | 79.6% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 81.8% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 84.0% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 85.9% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 88.0% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 94.8% | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 100.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 100.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.6% | 78.3% | 94.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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 starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Bulgaria?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Bulgaria was 100.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.3% in 2003.
- How does Bulgaria rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Bulgaria ranks 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.