European ranking
7 / 36
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for GDP per capita in PPS in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: GDP per capita in PPS
Latest value
68.00 EU27 = 100
European ranking
7 / 36
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
-36.3 puntos
Bulgaria is 36.3 points below the European average.
EU: 104.26
Affected population
6.4M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: GDP per capita in PPS
Granularity: Regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
Bulgaria performs less favourably than the European benchmark on GDP per capita in PPS, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
In Bulgaria, GDP per capita stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 68.0 (EU27 = 100) versus 98.7 (EU27 = 100) in 2025, a large gap of 30.7 index points.
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 57.0 in 2020 to 68.0 in 2025. The latest step, from 66.0 in 2024 to 68.0 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
In Bulgaria, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.