The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
est.)
Population below poverty line:
14.1% (2003 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25.4% (2005)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31.6 (2005)
Investment (gross fixed):
29.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $16.84 billion expenditures: $15.35 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Public debt:
10.5% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.8% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
4.58% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
10% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$15.58 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$17.03 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$25.18 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock
Industries:
electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel
Industrial production growth rate:
14% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
43.15 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
30.5 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
7.534 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
3.054 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 47.8% hydro: 8.1% nuclear: 44.1% other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
3,661 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
109,600 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
50,530 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - imports:
158,400 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - proved reserves:
15 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
5.6 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
5.179 billion cu m (2005)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
-$8.53 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$18.44 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
Exports - partners:
Turkey 11.5%, Germany 10.3%, Italy 10.2%, Greece 9.1%, Belgium 6.2%,
Romania 4.9% (2007)
Imports:
$28.67 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
Imports - partners:
Russia 12.3%, Germany 12.3%, Italy 8.7%, Ukraine 7.2%, Turkey 6.9%,
Greece 6.2%, Romania 4.5%, Austria 4.3% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$742 million (2005–06 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$17.38 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$34.88 billion (30 June 2007)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$33.91 billion (2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$559 million (2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$10.32 billion (2006)
Currency (code):
lev (BGN)
Currency code:
BGN
Exchange rates:
leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004), 1.7327 (2003)
Communications
Bulgaria
Telephones - main lines in use:
2.3 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
9.897 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; quality has improved; the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 when alternative fixed-line operators were given access to its network; a drop in fixed-line connections in recent years has been more than offset by a sharp increase in mobile-cellular telephone use fostered by multiple service providers; the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now exceeds the population domestic: a fairly modern digital cable trunk line now connects switching centers in most of the regions; the others are connected by digital microwave radio relay international: country code - 359; submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and Macedonia; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intersputnik in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 Intelsat in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)
Radios:
4.51 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
3.31 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.bg