Bulgaria vs Romania: GDP per capita

Bulgaria
20,328 current US$
in 2025
Romania
22,538 current US$
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
73rd
Romania rank
71st

GDP per capita over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k198020022025

How they compare

Romania currently reports 22,538 current US$ against 20,328 current US$ in Bulgaria, a difference of 2,210 current US$.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Globally, Bulgaria ranks 73rd and Romania ranks 71st of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP per capita (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,741 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.