How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?

21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

International Monetary Fund, published as Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6), Short-term (Assets, Positions, US dollar). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Romania: Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6)

Bulgaria

353.39 million US dollar

in 2025

Romania

355.39 million US dollar

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

53rd

Romania rank

52nd

Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6) over time

Bulgaria
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 355.39 million US dollar against 353.39 million US dollar in Bulgaria, a difference of 2.00 million US dollar.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 53rd and Romania ranks 52nd of 131 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Romania	Difference	Ahead
2000s	26.38 million US dollar	49.08 million US dollar	22.70 million US dollar	Romania
2010s	74.09 million US dollar	45.93 million US dollar	28.15 million US dollar	Bulgaria
2020s	441.62 million US dollar	197.38 million US dollar	244.23 million US dollar	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6), Bulgaria or Romania?: Romania, at 355.39 million US dollar against 353.39 million US dollar in Bulgaria as of 2025.
What is the difference in portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6) between Bulgaria and Romania?: 2.00 million US dollar, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?: 21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and Romania rank globally for portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6)?: Bulgaria ranks 53rd and Romania ranks 52nd of 131 countries.
Where does this data come from?: International Monetary Fund, published as Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6), Short-term (Assets, Positions, US dollar). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bulgaria vs Romania: Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6). Statizoid, drawing on International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/portfolio-investment-debt-securities-other-sectors-bpm6-short-term-assets-positions-us/bulgaria/romania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/portfolio-investment-debt-securities-other-sectors-bpm6-short-term-assets-positions-us/bulgaria/romania/">Bulgaria vs Romania: Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6), Short-term (Assets, Positions, US dollar)
Unit: US dollar
Source: International Monetary Fund
Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 134 places, 2,496 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed: 19 August 2026

The International Investment Position (IIP) is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents.