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

Human development rose from 0.706 in 1990 to 0.845 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 75.8 years2024at birthUp 3.2 years from 72.6 years in 2005
Internet users: 82%2024of people onlineUp 55 points from 27% in 2006
Urban population: 74%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 4 points from 71% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.722024births per womanUp 0.35 from 1.37 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 20%2021of energy usedUp 11 points from 10% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 9 points from 91% in 2005
Infant mortality: 52024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 6 from 11 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 5.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 1.5 t from 6.8 t in 2005
Forest area: 36%2023of land under forestUp 4 points from 32% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.706	71.6	—	—	1.82	1.8	100	15	9.2	30.1	—	—
1991	0.706	71.6	—	67.1	1.66	2.2	100	15	7.5	30.1	—	—
1992	0.709	71.5	—	67.2	1.55	2.6	100	15	7.3	30.2	—	—
1993	0.711	71.3	0.0	67.4	1.46	2.4	100	15	7.4	30.2	—	—
1994	0.713	71.2	0.0	67.7	1.37	2.3	100	15	7.1	30.3	—	—
1995	0.709	71.0	0.1	67.8	1.23	3.0	100	16	7.3	30.3	—	—
1996	0.718	70.9	0.7	67.7	1.23	3.5	100	16	7.4	30.3	—	—
1997	0.713	70.3	1.2	67.7	1.09	3.8	100	16	7.1	30.4	—	—
1998	0.723	71.1	1.8	67.9	1.11	5.8	100	15	6.9	30.4	—	—
1999	0.728	71.4	2.9	68.0	1.23	6.6	100	15	6.1	30.5	—	—
2000	0.733	71.7	5.4	68.3	1.26	8.0	88	14	5.9	30.5	—	—
2001	0.742	71.8	7.6	69.2	1.21	7.2	89	14	6.3	30.8	—	—
2002	0.753	71.9	9.1	69.5	1.23	8.7	89	13	6.1	31.7	—	—
2003	0.762	72.1	12.0	69.8	1.26	9.2	90	13	6.9	32.0	—	—
2004	0.769	72.6	18.1	69.9	1.33	9.6	90	12	6.7	32.4	—	—
2005	0.775	72.6	20.0	70.1	1.37	9.8	91	11	6.8	32.7	—	—
2006	0.779	72.6	27.1	70.5	1.44	10.0	91	10	7.1	33.1	4523	11406
2007	0.785	72.7	33.6	70.7	1.49	8.8	92	10	7.6	33.4	5889	12822
2008	0.791	73.0	39.7	70.9	1.56	9.9	92	10	7.3	33.7	7272	14347
2009	0.793	73.4	45.0	71.3	1.66	11.6	93	9	6.3	34.1	6989	14188
2010	0.799	73.5	46.2	71.5	1.57	14.3	94	9	6.7	34.4	6854	14954
2011	0.803	74.2	48.0	72.6	1.51	13.2	94	9	7.5	34.6	7850	15747
2012	0.807	74.3	51.9	72.8	1.50	15.6	95	8	6.8	34.8	7432	16327
2013	0.815	74.9	53.1	73.0	1.54	18.2	95	8	6.2	35.0	7796	16894
2014	0.819	74.5	55.5	73.1	1.62	17.1	96	7	6.7	35.1	8070	17991
2015	0.824	74.6	56.7	73.1	1.64	17.9	97	7	7.1	35.3	7269	18896
2016	0.827	74.8	59.8	73.2	1.67	17.7	97	6	6.8	35.4	7823	20746
2017	0.829	74.8	63.4	73.4	1.71	17.1	98	6	7.2	35.5	8697	22317
2018	0.832	75.0	64.8	73.6	1.73	19.6	99	6	6.9	35.6	9850	23998
2019	0.835	75.1	68.0	73.7	1.79	19.3	99	6	6.8	35.7	10354	26766
2020	0.826	73.4	70.2	73.3	1.77	21.1	100	5	6.0	35.9	10761	27352
2021	0.817	71.2	75.3	73.3	1.80	20.4	100	5	7.0	36.0	12967	30959
2022	0.835	74.2	79.1	73.5	1.78	—	100	5	7.7	36.1	14000	36320
2023	0.845	75.8	80.4	73.7	1.81	—	100	5	5.7	36.2	15854	38829
2024	—	75.8	82.4	74.0	1.72	—	100	5	5.3	—	17597	41970
2025	—	—	—	74.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	20328	44451
On the profile	0.845	75.8	82.4	74.2	1.72	20.4	—	—	5.3	36.2	20328	44451

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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