Starting a business - Score in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Starting a business - Score was 85.4 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Bulgaria, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 85.4 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Bulgaria peaked at 85.4 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 65.96, in 2003.
Bulgaria ranks 114th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 65.96 | — |
| 2004 | 66.29 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 66.92 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 70.64 | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 69.68 | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 73.87 | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 83.4 | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 84.7 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 84.73 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 84.79 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 84.8 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.83 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 84.84 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 85.35 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 85.37 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 85.38 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 85.4 | +0.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 85.4 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 94% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 85.4 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 93% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.97 | 65.96 | 83.4 | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.02 | 84.7 | 85.4 | 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 - score in Bulgaria?
- Starting a business - score in Bulgaria was 85.4 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 85.4 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.96 in 2003.
- How does Bulgaria rank for starting a business - score?
- Bulgaria ranks 114th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.