Health in Bulgaria

1,279 indicators covering health for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 25.6 2021 unchanged 23rd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.7 2021 down 12.5% 68th
Suicide mortality rate, by sex 9.5 2021 down 23.4% 55th
Rotavirus number unvaccinated 31,395 2023 down 29.7% 52nd
Share of deaths registered 93.7 2019 87th
Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 2.16 2022 down 46.7% 123rd
Personal remittances, received 2.64 billion 2024 up 53.8% 30th
Health expenditure and financing per capita 2,731 2024 up 80.9% 40th
Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Age-adjusted 13.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 down 4.8% 2nd
Road deaths over the long term 531 2022 down 11.6% 37th
Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 0 2021 19th
Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories 2.18 million Discharges 2023 down 9.4% 14th
Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters 0.07 2023 99th
Mean systolic blood pressure 131.7 2009 down 1.2% 19th
Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.4 2009 unchanged 71st
Number of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretrovirals 7 2025 down 70.8% 100th
Hiv expenditure 20.13 million 2017 up 202.0% 51st
Infant mortality rates 1.8 2023 down 41.9% 23rd
Number of new leprosy cases with G2D among children 0 2024 35th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 5 2020 up 21.4% 158th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.8% 2020 down 4.5% 4th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.2% 2020 up 8.7% 48th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2020 34th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2020 42nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.2% 2020 unchanged 19th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.4% 2020 down 10.2% 33rd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 3.03 2020 up 10.6% 87th
Number healthy diet unaffordable 400,000 2024 down 42.9% 109th
Import of environmentally sound technologies 2.01 billion 2020 up 50.9% 60th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status 83 2025 up 23.9% 79th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving 76 2025 up 58.3% 100th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 7.06 2020 up 15.9% 69th
Export of environmentally sound technologies 1.86 billion 2020 up 113.8% 46th
Pcv3 number unvaccinated 8,003 2023 up 96.7% 93rd
Infant mortality 281 2023 down 41.8% 18th
Health risks - Regions — Respiratory system diseases mortality crude 77.41 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2024 up 42.1% 19th
Gross national income per capita 32,175 2023 up 43.8% 42nd
Health risks - Regions — Circulatory system diseases mortality crude 948.55 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2024 down 4.5% 1st
Avoidable mortality 28,205 Deaths 2023 down 6.4% 21st
Avoidable mortality — Preventable mortality 15,248 Deaths 2023 down 8.6% 23rd
Avoidable mortality — Treatable mortality 12,957 Deaths 2023 down 3.6% 19th
Reported number of human rabies deaths 0 2023 62nd
Projected life expectancy by age (in completed years), sex and type 87.6 2100 up 1.6% 30th
Assumptions for mortality rates by age, sex and type of projection 0.0027 2100 down 16.4% 4th
Projected life expectancy by age, sex and type of projection 86 2100 up 2.3% 29th
Assumptions for mortality rates by age, sex and type of projection 0.0004 2100 down 35.6% 1st
Projected life expectancy by age (in completed years), sex and type 87.8 2100 up 1.7% 29th
Proportion of births delivered in a health facility (Facility births) 91.2% 2018 down 4.5% 87th
Life expectancy by age and sex 75.8 2024 up 1.9% 38th
Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 0 2024 47th
Crude death rate hmd 21.49 2021 up 48.0% 1st
Births and deaths 21.49 2021 up 48.0% 1st
Period versus cohort life expectancy 71.41 2021 down 3.7% 39th
Annual death rate by age group 5.57 2021 down 33.3% 3rd
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 600 2024 up 9.1% 102nd
Percentage of all children enrolled in private institutions of 2.83 2024 up 150.2% 63rd
Human Development Index 0.845 2023 up 3.7% 41st
HPV immunization coverage estimates among primary target cohort (9-14) 14.0% 2025 up 133.3% 109th
Life expectancy at birth oecd 71.4 2021 down 3.8% 46th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for cigarette 15 2022 down 6.2% 11th