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Bulgaria’s debt for 2024 amounts to 24.1% of the GDP

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Bulgaria’s debt for 2024 amounts to BGN 48.846 billion (EUR 24 billion), or 24.1% of the country’s GDP, preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) show. In 2023, the country's debt was BGN 42.383 billion (EUR 20.8 billion), or 23.1% of the country’s GDP.

In 2024, the General Government Sector reports a deficit of BGN 6.158 billion (EUR 3 billion), or 3% of GDP. The deficit in the Central Government subsector was BGN 5.277 billion (EUR 2.6 billion), or 2.6% of GDP. A year earlier, the General Government deficit was 1.9% of GDP, and the deficit of the Central Government was 1.8% of Bulgaria’s GDP.

The deficit in Local Government subsector amounts to BGN 810 million (EUR 405 million), while the Social Security subsector reports a deficit of BGN 71 million (EUR 35.5 million).




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