# Trade as a share of GDP in Bulgaria

Trade as a share of GDP in Bulgaria was 102.5% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `bg`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/bulgaria
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=bg

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 102.5 |
| 2024 | 110.2 |
| 2023 | 119.9 |
| 2022 | 138.8 |
| 2021 | 121.2 |
| 2020 | 110.4 |
| 2019 | 125.3 |
| 2018 | 129.2 |
| 2017 | 129.6 |
| 2016 | 122.8 |
| 2015 | 126.7 |
| 2014 | 130.2 |
| 2013 | 129.7 |
| 2012 | 124 |
| 2011 | 117.4 |
| 2010 | 103.4 |
| 2009 | 92.7 |
| 2008 | 124.7 |
| 2007 | 123.5 |
| 2006 | 111 |
| 2005 | 99.7 |
| 2004 | 93.1 |
| 2003 | 79 |
| 2002 | 75.3 |
| 2001 | 79.1 |
| 2000 | 77.7 |
| 1999 | 90.1 |
| 1998 | 77 |
| 1997 | 86.5 |
| 1996 | 85.8 |
| 1995 | 55.3 |
| 1994 | 90.7 |
| 1993 | 84 |
| 1992 | 100.1 |
| 1991 | 82.7 |
| 1990 | 69.8 |
| 1989 | 94.6 |
| 1988 | 91.5 |
| 1987 | 83.4 |
| 1986 | 83.5 |
| 1985 | 86 |
| 1984 | 78.4 |
| 1983 | 74.1 |
| 1982 | 67.5 |
| 1981 | 70.2 |
| 1980 | 66.4 |