Social Development in Bulgaria 174 indicators covering social development for Bulgaria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 9 2018 unchanged 33rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 290 2025 up 40.1% 141st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 52.1% 148th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.6% 151st Political Rights Score 30 2025 down 9.1% 81st Freedom Score 74 2025 down 7.5% 76th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 1,317 2025 down 86.1% 97th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 84.9% 93rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 94.6% 103rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -31.92 % change on previous year 2025 down 398.5% 119th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 19 2018 unchanged 33rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -77.98 % change on previous year 2025 down 290.8% 149th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.713 2025 down 2.9% 67th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.872 2025 down 3.3% 63rd Political Corruption Index 0.643 2025 up 22.0% 65th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.643 2025 up 22.0% 65th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.65 2024 up 12.8% 12th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0036 units per square kilometre 2023 up 119.8% 150th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.11 units per square kilometre 2023 up 163.1% 40th LGBT+ Rights Index 4.94 2019 unchanged 46th Forcibly displaced people 106,913 2025 up 310.7% 77th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 up 100.0% 1st Age of electoral democracy 36 years 2025 up 38.5% 63rd Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 43 2024 unchanged 75th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 13.25 2024 up 10.0% 8th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 12.56 2024 up 14.2% 4th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8419 2024 down 26.3% 71st Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.1524 2024 down 52.0% 166th Self-reported life satisfaction 5.7 2025 up 35.2% 84th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 5.7 2025 up 35.2% 84th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 37.1% 2024 down 4.3% 101st Homicide rate 1.09 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 27.4% 129th Homicides 74 homicides 2023 down 32.1% 104th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.09 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 27.4% 129th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.09 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 27.4% 128th Age of electoral democracy 36 years 2025 up 38.5% 39th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy -0.4845 2020 up 44.0% 81st Homicides 59 deaths 2022 down 46.4% 63rd Child homicide rate 0.3039 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 41.8% 67th Citizen satisfaction with democracy -1.31 2020 up 36.9% 122nd Homicide rate 0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 39.4% 70th Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 39.4% 70th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 — 1st Homicides 74.49 deaths 2021 down 45.4% 134th Homicide rate 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 40.3% 157th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.08 2021 down 40.9% 152nd Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 1.84 million 2030 down 12.8% 61st States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 12.36 2030 up 5.7% 8th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →