Health in Bulgaria

1,279 indicators covering health for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 5.2 2009 up 28.7% 117th
Confirmed cases of MDR-TB 49 2012 up 4.3% 57th
Self-perceived health by sex, age and educational attainment level 63.2 2025 down 2.8% 11th
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age 2.8 2025 down 22.2% 32nd
Healthy life years by sex 75.8 2024 up 1.7% 31st
New cases: other 1 2012 31st
Health care expenditure by function 8,945 2024 up 170.6% 22nd
Health care expenditure by financing scheme 8,945 2024 up 170.6% 22nd
Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care 8,945 2024 up 170.6% 22nd
Health care expenditure by provider 8,945 2024 up 170.6% 22nd
Expenditure for selected health care providers by health care 8,945 2024 up 170.6% 22nd
Number of disruptions to health services attributed to disasters 4 2023 17th
Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care 8,945 2024 up 170.6% 22nd
Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability 2.8 2025 down 22.2% 32nd
Self-perceived health by level of disability (activity limitation) 95.9 2025 up 0.8% 9th
Healthy life expectancy based on self-perceived health 71.8 2024 up 6.1% 25th
Deaths and disappearances during migration 5 2024 up 25.0% 48th
1.1.1 Children living in households in extreme poverty 2.22 2022 down 72.3% 17th
Infant mortality by age and sex 41 2023 down 57.3% 27th
Number of imported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis reported 0 2021 down 100.0% 34th
Number of imported cases of visceral leishmaniasis reported 1 2024 down 50.0% 14th
Health impacts of air pollution 72,781 2023 down 46.4% 9th
Number of destroyed or damaged health facilities attributed to 1 2022 down 87.5% 28th
Persistence to last grade of primary 94.5% 2016 down 2.2% 46th
Deaths related to infectious diseases 231 2024 down 18.1% 24th
Causes of death - infant mortality by country of occurrence 229 2024 down 55.9% 17th
HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 0.0% 2013 96th
Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by country of occurrence 5.7 2024 down 21.9% 7th
Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother, country of residence and 304 2024 down 39.6% 17th
Reported cases of gonorrhea 56 2023 down 41.7% 30th
Reported cases of syphilis 348 2023 down 1.7% 24th
Causes of death - potential years of life lost by treatable and 5,531 2023 down 7.5% 5th
Treatable and preventable mortality of residents by cause and sex 28,251 2023 down 6.0% 11th
Causes of death - infant mortality by country of residence 272 2023 down 44.7% 12th
Financial hardship in health and components (SDG 3.8.2, 2025) 22.6% 2023 up 13.8% 19th
Reported cases of chlamydia 40 2023 down 87.6% 31st
Excess mortality by month -10 2026 down 113.5% 23rd
Consumption of antibiotics in the community and hospital sectors 23.4 2024 up 17.0% 7th
Number of people spending more than 10% of household consumption or 950,000.0% 2010 up 31.9% 18th
Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or 56,000.0% 2010 down 1.8% 21st
Hospital days of in-patients - historical data 11.03 million 2021 down 5.7% 11th
Number of people pushed below the $2.15 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by o 0 2010 down 100.0% 21st
Number of people pushed below the $3.65 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by o 10,000 2010 down 47.4% 20th
Hospital discharges by diagnosis, in-patients, total number 2.01 million 2021 up 2.6% 8th
Hospital discharges by diagnosis, in-patients, per 100 000 29,269 2021 up 9.7% 1st
Proportion of population who say that overall they are satisfied with 60.0% 2023 up 53.8% 9th
Infant mortality by mother's educational attainment level (ISCED11f) 238 2024 15th
Imports in 1000s hectolitres 51 2007 down 26.1% 71st
Population with household spending on health greater than 25% of 2.9% 2018 up 191.0% 10th
Population pushed below a relative poverty line by household health 3.6% 2018 up 11.0% 6th
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 1.2% 2018 up 85.9% 6th
Population pushed below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household 0.6% 2018 up 100.0% 20th
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.2% 2018 up 600.0% 19th
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.2% 2018 up 450.0% 19th
Population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household 0.0% 2018 28th
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.0% 2018 26th
Population pushed below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household 0.0% 2018 26th
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures 0.0% 2018 25th
Population pushed further below the $3.20 a day poverty line by 2.3% 2018 up 218.3% 24th
Population pushed below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household 0.6% 2018 up 100.0% 21st