| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $57.13 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
4.3% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $7,600 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 11.4%
industry: 30%
services: 58.6% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
13.4% (2002 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 4.5%
highest 10%: 22.8% (1997) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.3% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
3.333 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 26%, industry 31%, services 43% (1998 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $8.121 billion
expenditures: $8.121 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
electricity, gas and water; food, beverages and tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
6.3% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
41.38 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 47.8%
hydro: 8.1%
nuclear: 44.1%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
32.52 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
6.79 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
830 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
vegetables, fruits, tobacco, livestock, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets |
| Exports : |
$7.337 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels |
| Exports - Partners : |
Italy 14.6%, Germany 11.7%, Turkey 9.2%, US 5.8%, Greece 5.7%, Belgium 5.4%, France 5.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$9.723 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
fuels, minerals, and raw materials; machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; food, textiles |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 14.4%, Russia 12.6%, Italy 10.3%, Greece 6.7%, Turkey 6.2%, France 5.7% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$12.05 billion (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$300 million (2000 est.) |
| Currency : |
lev (BGL) |
| Currency Code : |
BGN |
| Exchange Rates : |
leva per US dollar - 1.7327 (2003), 2.077 (2002), 2.1847 (2001), 2.1233 (2000), 1.8364 (1999)
note: on 5 July 1999, the lev was redenominated; the post-5 July 1999 lev is equal to 1,000 of the pre-5 July 1999 lev |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
