Bulgaria PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report
Summary
According to GlobalData, mining, manufacturing and utilities activities contributed 21.9% towards GVA, followed by financial intermediation, real estate and business activities (21.5%), and wholesale, retail and hotels utilities (15.9%) in 2022. The three sectors are forecast to grow by 6.0%, 6.9%, and 7.2%, respectively, in 2023.
Northern and Southeastern Bulgaria accounted for 49.4% of the population in 2022 and 36.2% of GDP in 2021, according to Eurostat.
SOFIX Index exhibited a volatile trend over past year. As of May 23, 2023, the index stood at 656.5, compared to 614.5 on May 23, 2022.
Scope
In 2022, the European Commission announced to allocate EUR1.6 billion ($1.7 billion) for the transport connectivity programme to foster development in the sector by 2027.
Reasons to Buy
Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.
This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.
List of Exhibits
Did You Know?
Country Highlights
Key Economic Updates
Country Snapshot
Political Landscape
Economic Landscape
Social Landscape
Technological Landscape
Legal Landscape
Environmental Landscape
Outlook
List of Tables
Exhibit 1: Bulgaria's performance in country risk analysis in comparison to East Europe and World average
Exhibit 2: Performance overview (score: 1–100)
Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index
Exhibit 4: Bulgaria Stock Exchange Index – SOFIX Index (May 2022 – May 2023)
Exhibit 5: Key sectors’ contribution to the economy
Exhibit 6: FDI flows by type (2016–22) and FDI flows by sector (Q1 2022 – Q1 2023)
Exhibit 7: FDI inflow by country (Q1 2022 to Q1 2023) and share of FDI by country (2022)
Exhibit 8: Key infrastructure indicators
Exhibit 9: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate (2018–25f)
Exhibit 10: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2022)
Exhibit 11: Exports and imports growth (2018–25f)
Exhibit 12: Current account balance (2018–25f)
Exhibit 13: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports (2018–21)
Exhibit 14: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, % share of the world’s total (2022)
Exhibit 15: Interest rates (May 2018 – May 2023)
Exhibit 16: Exchange rate and inflation (2018–25f)
Exhibit 17: General government net lending/borrowing (2018–25f)
Exhibit 18: General government debt (2018–25f)
Exhibit 19: Employed population and unemployment rate (2018–25f)
Exhibit 20: Average annual wages (2018–25f)
Exhibit 21: Labor force participation rate (2018–25f)
Exhibit 22: Rural-urban share of total population (2005, 2015, 2025)
Exhibit 23: Age-group share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)
Exhibit 24: Gender split (2005, 2015, 2025)
Exhibit 25: Internet users as a percentage of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate (2022)
Exhibit 26: Number of patents granted per million population (2021 or latest available data)
Exhibit 27: High technology exports, % of manufactured exports (2021)
Exhibit 28: Rule of law (rankings), 2022
Exhibit 29: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) (2022)