Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Bulgaria's real interest rate stands at -2.96% as of 2025-12-31, down from -2.49% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1992 to 2025 (34 observations).
In 2025, Bulgaria's real interest rate was -2.96%, down from -2.49% in 2024.
In 2024, Bulgaria's real interest rate was -2.49%, up from -3.3% in 2023.
In 2023, Bulgaria's real interest rate was -3.3%, up from -10.5% in 2022.
In 2022, Bulgaria's real interest rate was -10.5%, down from -2.66% in 2021.
In 2021, Bulgaria's real interest rate was -2.66%, down from -0.0127% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.96% | -0.469% |
| 2024 | -2.49% | +0.814% |
| 2023 | -3.3% | +7.2% |
| 2022 | -10.5% | -7.84% |
| 2021 | -2.66% | -2.65% |
| 2020 | -0.0127% | +0.6839% |
| 2019 | -0.6966% | -1.39% |
| 2018 | 0.6984% | +0.1007% |
| 2017 | 0.5977% | -2.37% |
| 2016 | 2.97% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 4.37% | -2.46% |
| 2014 | 6.83% | -2.13% |
| 2013 | 8.96% | +0.4576% |
| 2012 | 8.51% | +4.25% |
| 2011 | 4.26% | -6.05% |
| 2010 | 10.3% | +3.18% |
| 2009 | 7.12% | +4.57% |
| 2008 | 2.55% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | -0.9488% | -2.95% |
| 2006 | 2% | +0.062% |
| 2005 | 1.94% | -1.18% |
| 2004 | 3.12% | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 6.22% | +1.06% |
| 2002 | 5.16% | +0.4557% |
| 2001 | 4.71% | +1.02% |
| 2000 | 3.69% | -6.16% |
| 1999 | 9.85% | +24.68% |
| 1998 | -14.83% | +54.27% |
| 1997 | -69.11% | -209.07% |
| 1996 | 139.96% | +163.92% |
| 1995 | -23.96% | -41.22% |
| 1994 | 17.26% | +0.2085% |
| 1993 | 17.05% | +7.98% |
| 1992 | 9.07% | — |
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Bulgaria's real interest rate is -2.96% as of 2025-12-31, compared with -2.49% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 139.96% (1996); the lowest is -69.11% (1997), across data from 1992 to 2025.
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