Travel services in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Travel services was 26.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Bulgaria, 1980–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Bulgaria is 26.2%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Bulgaria peaked at 55.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10.9%, in 1991.
Bulgaria ranks 126th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Travel services in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 28.7% | — |
| 1981 | 26.4% | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 33.5% | +26.8% |
| 1983 | 39.2% | +17.1% |
| 1984 | 31.4% | -19.8% |
| 1985 | 39.1% | +24.3% |
| 1986 | 39.0% | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 42.7% | +9.3% |
| 1988 | 40.8% | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 40.5% | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 38.2% | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 10.9% | -71.4% |
| 1992 | 20.0% | +83.4% |
| 1993 | 26.2% | +31.0% |
| 1994 | 28.8% | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 33.0% | +14.8% |
| 1996 | 28.4% | -13.9% |
| 1997 | 25.8% | -9.2% |
| 1998 | 54.7% | +112.0% |
| 1999 | 53.0% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 50.5% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 47.3% | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 51.0% | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 55.6% | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 55.4% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 55.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 49.9% | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 54.9% | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 54.2% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 54.9% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 51.0% | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 50.5% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 46.8% | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 49.1% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 41.4% | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 38.7% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 40.8% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 43.7% | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 41.3% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 37.4% | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 18.5% | -50.6% |
| 2021 | 21.2% | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 24.2% | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 24.8% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 25.3% | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 26.2% | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36.1% | 26.4% | 42.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.9% | 10.9% | 54.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 52.9% | 47.3% | 55.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 37.4% | 51.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.4% | 18.5% | 26.2% | 6 |
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 travel services in Bulgaria?
- Travel services in Bulgaria was 26.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 55.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9% in 1991.
- How does Bulgaria rank for travel services?
- Bulgaria ranks 126th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.