Bulgaria, year by year

Every index this site holds for Bulgaria, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.698 → 0.799 (+0.101)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth72.6 → 75.8 (+3.2)

Internet users27 → 82 (+55)

Urban population71 → 74 (+4)

Births per woman1.37 → 1.72 (+0.35)

Renewable share of energy10 → 20 (+11)

Access to electricity91 → 100 (+9)

Infant mortality11 → 5 (-6)

CO2 emissions per person6.8 → 5.3 (-1.5)

Forest area32 → 36 (+4)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 4 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.698	71.6	—	—	1.82	2	100	15	9.2	30.1	—	—
1991	0.698	71.6	—	67	1.66	2	100	15	7.5	30.1	—	—
1992	0.700	71.5	—	67	1.55	3	100	15	7.3	30.2	—	—
1993	0.702	71.3	0	67	1.46	2	100	15	7.4	30.2	—	—
1994	0.704	71.2	0	68	1.37	2	100	15	7.1	30.3	—	—
1995	0.700	71.0	0	68	1.23	3	100	16	7.3	30.3	—	—
1996	0.709	70.9	1	68	1.23	4	100	16	7.4	30.3	—	—
1997	0.704	70.3	1	68	1.09	4	100	16	7.1	30.4	—	—
1998	0.714	71.1	2	68	1.11	6	100	15	6.9	30.4	—	—
1999	0.718	71.4	3	68	1.23	7	100	15	6.1	30.5	—	—
2000	0.723	71.7	5	68	1.26	8	88	14	5.9	30.5	—	—
2001	0.732	71.8	8	69	1.21	7	89	14	6.3	30.8	—	—
2002	0.743	71.9	9	69	1.23	9	89	13	6.1	31.7	—	—
2003	0.753	72.1	12	70	1.26	9	90	13	6.9	32.0	—	—
2004	0.760	72.6	18	70	1.33	10	90	12	6.7	32.4	—	—
2005	0.765	72.6	20	70	1.37	10	91	11	6.8	32.7	—	—
2006	0.770	72.6	27	71	1.44	10	91	10	7.1	33.1	4523	11406
2007	0.776	72.7	34	71	1.49	9	92	10	7.6	33.4	5889	12822
2008	0.782	73.0	40	71	1.56	10	92	10	7.3	33.7	7272	14347
2009	0.784	73.4	45	71	1.66	12	93	9	6.3	34.1	6989	14188
2010	0.790	73.5	46	72	1.57	14	94	9	6.7	34.4	6854	14954
2011	0.794	74.2	48	73	1.51	13	94	9	7.5	34.6	7850	15747
2012	0.798	74.3	52	73	1.50	16	95	8	6.8	34.8	7432	16327
2013	0.804	74.9	53	73	1.54	18	95	8	6.2	35.0	7796	16894
2014	0.807	74.5	55	73	1.62	17	96	7	6.7	35.1	8070	17991
2015	0.809	74.6	57	73	1.64	18	97	7	7.1	35.3	7269	18896
2016	0.810	74.8	60	73	1.67	18	97	6	6.8	35.4	7823	20746
2017	0.810	74.8	63	73	1.71	17	98	6	7.2	35.5	8697	22317
2018	0.811	75.0	65	74	1.73	20	99	6	6.9	35.6	9850	23998
2019	0.813	75.1	68	74	1.79	19	99	6	6.8	35.7	10354	26766
2020	0.802	73.4	70	73	1.77	21	100	5	6.0	35.9	10761	27352
2021	0.796	71.2	75	73	1.80	20	100	5	7.0	36.0	12967	30959
2022	0.799	74.2	79	73	1.78	—	100	5	7.7	36.1	14000	36320
2023	—	75.8	80	74	1.81	—	100	5	5.7	36.2	15854	38829
2024	—	75.8	82	74	1.72	—	100	5	5.3	—	17597	41970
2025	—	—	—	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	20328	44451
Profile shows	0.799	75.8	82	74	1.72	20	—	—	5.3	36.2	20328	44451

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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