Health in Bulgaria

1,279 indicators covering health for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$ 461.29 2023 up 91.8% 50th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) per capita in 790.08 2023 up 152.3% 60th
Total healthcare expenditure gdp 7.92 2023 up 10.9% 63rd
Health expenditure government expenditure 12.83 2023 up 19.9% 66th
Mumps - number of reported cases 4 2025 down 77.8% 94th
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 0.07 2023 down 30.0% 159th
Hib vaccine 94 2024 up 13.3% 64th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2025 16th
Dentists 7,672 2023 up 8.6% 47th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 31,823 2023 down 10.9% 80th
Nursing personnel 28,570 2023 down 12.0% 80th
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.0345 2024 up 29.8% 104th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 34.87 2019 down 9.2% 54th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 39.53 2019 down 8.3% 17th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 63.5% 2019 up 11.2% 55th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 45.2 2019 up 0.2% 23rd
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 22.9% 2019 up 52.7% 62nd
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 24.2% 2019 up 54.1% 57th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 57.0% 2019 up 15.6% 37th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 52.3% 2019 up 15.5% 46th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 67.6% 2019 up 11.7% 37th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 52.2 2019 up 2.2% 9th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 86.0% 2025 down 4.4% 92nd
Adolescent birth rate 1.52 2022 down 5.6% 42nd
Rubella number unvaccinated 4,925 2023 up 45.3% 97th
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 77 2023 up 54.0% 59th
Medical doctors 43.92 2023 up 11.1% 24th
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 94.2% 2022 up 1.2% 112th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 37.0% 2022 up 24.8% 46th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 32.3% 2022 up 23.0% 65th
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 91 2022 down 4.2% 90th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 46.83 2023 down 4.8% 81st
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV 4,400 2025 up 69.2% 115th
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 0.1% 2025 unchanged 106th
Cases of paralytic polio from wild vs vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 24th
Immunization measles vs vaccine safety 91 2024 up 2.2% 66th
Share of children vaccinated with mcv2 91 2024 up 2.2% 66th
Cases of paralytic polio from vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 24th
Infant health: low birthweight 9.4 Percentage of live births 2024 unchanged 8th
Life expectancy 75.8 Years 2024 up 1.9% 35th
Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference 7.3 Years 2024 up 4.3% 5th
Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference -7.3 Years 2024 down 4.3% 37th
TB patients with known HIV status 72.0% 2024 down 2.7% 146th
Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 2,770 2025 up 231.7% 115th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 63.0% 2025 up 96.9% 104th
Dentists 11.29 2023 up 16.2% 11th
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 9 2024 down 79.5% 129th
Hib3 number unvaccinated 4,925 2023 up 45.3% 111th
Number of new HIV infections 500 2025 unchanged 89th
Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 100 2025 unchanged 99th
Adolescent birth rate 1.52 2022 down 5.6% 41st
Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 29,656 2020 up 6.4% 18th
Share of deaths from cardiovascular diseases men women 55.9 2022 down 8.0% 3rd
Deaths registered with an ill defined cause of death 4.54 2022 up 53.5% 51st
Share of deaths from homicide 0.0497 2022 down 50.7% 98th
Share of deaths from major causes 3.71 2022 up 14.1% 61st
Share of deaths from underlying causes 13.72 2022 down 18.1% 83rd
Tested TB patients HIV-positive 0.2% 2024 down 27.3% 161st
Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region - historical data 54,216 2020 up 10.8% 13th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 21.6% 2021 up 799.7% 119th