Real effective exchange rate index in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Real effective exchange rate index was 120.59 2010 = 100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Real effective exchange rate index in Bulgaria, 1993–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in 2010 = 100.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 120.59 2010 = 100 for real effective exchange rate index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real effective exchange rate index in Bulgaria peaked at 120.59 2010 = 100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 45.78 2010 = 100, in 1994.
That places Bulgaria 17th out of 95 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.22 2010 = 100 | 45.78 2010 = 100 | 66.87 2010 = 100 | 7 |
| 2000s | 84.31 2010 = 100 | 69.06 2010 = 100 | 103.74 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2010s | 100 2010 = 100 | 97.09 2010 = 100 | 102.35 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 113.4 2010 = 100 | 105.31 2010 = 100 | 120.59 2010 = 100 | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Bulgaria
- Net migration -2,961 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 7.16 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 58.79 billion current LCU (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 47.0% (2024)
- Net foreign assets 46.19 billion current LCU (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 3.9% (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 47.1% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 47.1% (2024)
- Broad money 82.1% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 1.74 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real effective exchange rate index in Bulgaria?
- Real effective exchange rate index in Bulgaria was 120.59 2010 = 100 in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real effective exchange rate index recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 120.59 2010 = 100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest real effective exchange rate index recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.78 2010 = 100 in 1994.
- How does Bulgaria rank for real effective exchange rate index?
- Bulgaria ranks 17th out of 95 countries with data for 2025.
- Is real effective exchange rate index rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Real effective exchange rate is the nominal effective exchange rate (a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies) divided by a price deflator or index of costs. This indicator is an index series where 2010=100.