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Bulgaria - Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP) 13.79

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

13.79 (2023)

Global rank

##27 of 77 economies

Share of global total

1.7%

Growth since 2017

1.12×

Ranking Race — Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#55201720222025#31#272022 overtook Estonia2023 overtook Czechia
BulgariaMauritiusNew ZealandTürkiye

Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Bulgaria climbed from #31 to #27 (overtook Estonia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Bulgaria ↓

Key Events — Bulgaria

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2022
Overtook Estonia in global rank auto
2023
Overtook Czechia in global rank auto

Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2023

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20172022202311.512.2613.0313.79
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