Bulgaria's general govt deficit at 1.9%/GDP in 2023 - prelim data

The deficit in the central government sub-sector stood at some 3.38 billion levs, or 1.8% of GDP, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a data release.

Bulgaria's government debt amounted to 42.38 billion levs at the end of 2023, equivalent to 23.1% of GDP.

This was the second-lowest government debt to GDP ratio in the EU, preceded only by Estonia with 19.6%, data published separately by Eurostat on Monday showed.

The government debt to GDP ratio in the EU stood at 81.7% at the end of last year, while the same ratio was 88.6% for the countries in the eurozone, according to Eurostat.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)