Health in Bulgaria

1,279 indicators covering health for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 2,172 2011 down 43.8% 106th
Physiotherapists 1,909 2023 up 21.7% 45th
Perceived health status 7.9 Percentage of population in the same age 2025 down 35.8% 13th
Health graduates 2,020 2024 up 161.7% 9th
Health personnel 30,086 2024 up 4.7% 15th
Coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine 3 2024 down 85.7% 71st
Generalist medical practitioners 3,908 2023 down 17.6% 54th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 85.7% 25th
New cases: pulmonary smear-negative 579 2012 down 62.9% 93rd
Hospital beds by function and type of care 56,061 2024 up 8.8% 11th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 116.7% 26th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 62.5% 30th
Average death rate due to natural disasters 0.1307 2021 89th
Number of full-time equivalent staff in national agency 1 2022 unchanged 110th
Total number of notified TB cases 1,872 2014 down 42.1% 111th
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 156 2021 100th
Specialist medical practitioners 25,938 2023 up 8.2% 31st
New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 39 2012 76th
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 86.0% 2011 down 1.1% 59th
Share of one year olds who received the rotavirus vaccine 50 2024 up 61.3% 99th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for other smoked 15 2022 down 6.2% 12th
Insufficiently active 73.33 2016 down 2.1% 128th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 85.7% 22nd
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 47.71 2021 115th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 62.5% 24th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 116.7% 23rd
Medical doctors 55.7% 2023 up 0.2% 33rd
Retreatment cases: treatment after default 26 2012 84th
Retreatment cases: other 144 2012 63rd
Road accident deaths per passenger kilometers 89.18 1994 up 132.1% 5th
Retreatment cases: treatment after failure 29 2012 75th
Large household expenditures health 3.07 2018 up 303.9% 12th
Share of population with large household expenditures on health 10pc 21.28 2018 up 65.7% 6th
Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 9,500 2015 up 1.1% 49th
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient curative care 2.05 million 2023 down 3.1% 8th
Tuberculosis funding versus budget requirement 9.54 million 2025 up 28.1% 28th
Hospital beds by hospital ownership 39,682 2024 down 3.8% 12th
Health graduates - historical data 1,414 2020 up 136.9% 14th
Expenditure on sickness and health care function by type of benefit 5,578 2024 up 163.0% 23rd
Preterm birth rate 7.97 2020 up 12.2% 47th
Preterm birth 4,766 2020 down 14.5% 73rd
Percentage of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads 59 2025 up 90.3% 70th
Percentage of people living with HIV receiving treatment who have 92 2025 down 4.2% 59th
Number of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis reported 0 2024 61st
Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household 18.8% 2023 up 5.7% 27th
Health personnel (excluding nursing and caring professionals) 29,656 2020 up 6.4% 15th
Number of cases of visceral leishmaniasis reported 3 2024 down 75.0% 41st
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 20.8 2014 up 3.0% 13th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 0.5 2014 up 25.0% 115th
Congenital syphilis number of cases, reported 13 2023 down 51.9% 34th
Hospital beds by type of care - historical data 53,997 2019 up 7.9% 12th
How many health warnings are approved by the law for smokeless 1 2022 unchanged 51st
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment multi drug resistant 6,271 2024 up 379.4% 6th
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 100.0% 2015 up 0.1% 1st
Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 22.73 2023 down 43.9% 26th
Nursing personnel 99.2% 2023 down 0.4% 2nd
Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 99.2% 2023 down 0.4% 2nd
Treatment success rate: XDR-TB cases 0 2021 down 100.0% 77th
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 95.4% 2016 down 4.3% 42nd
Hpv vaccination coverage in 15 year olds 4 2024 down 83.3% 72nd