Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) was -43.71 million in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Bulgaria, 2003–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Bulgaria stood at -43.71 million. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 79.4% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Bulgaria peaked at -43.71 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, -212.35 million, in 2024.
Bulgaria ranks 27th of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -86.23 million | -130.26 million | -56.26 million | 7 |
| 2010s | -103.83 million | -137.80 million | -73.90 million | 10 |
| 2020s | -136.12 million | -212.35 million | -43.71 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More external debt data for Bulgaria
- IFC, private nonguaranteed 116.56 million NFL, US$ (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 18.1 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0.001 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre -80.51 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 2.1% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IBRD -70.13 million NFL, current US$ (2022)
- Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 3.3% (2024)
- Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$), annual growth rate 5.99 % change on previous year (2022)
- Other investment, Debt instruments 27.38 billion US dollar (2025)
- Use of IMF credit 1.96 billion DOD, current US$ (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Bulgaria?
- Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Bulgaria was -43.71 million in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was -43.71 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was -212.35 million in 2024.
- How does Bulgaria rank for contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal)?
- Bulgaria ranks 27th out of 74 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Contingent liabilities (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.