Average tariff applied by developed countries … preferential in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Average tariff applied by developed countries … preferential was 4.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Bulgaria, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 4.1% for average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Bulgaria peaked at 10.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2024.
That places Bulgaria 98th out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Average tariff applied by developed countries … preferential in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.9% | — |
| 2005 | 8.1% | -25.3% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 6.7% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 6.7% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 6.5% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | -23.8% |
| 2020 | 4.9% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 4.9% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 4.2% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 4.1% | -0.9% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 4.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 5.3%, 78% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 4.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.9%, 85% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Average tariff applied by developed countries … preferential in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | -25.3% | 10.9% | 8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.5% | 8.1% | 10.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 5.0% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 95 Israel 4.2% compare
- 96 Czechia 4.2% compare
- 97 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.2% compare
- 99 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4.1% compare
- 100 Marshall Islands 4.0% compare
- 101 France 3.9% compare
More development goals data for Bulgaria
- Red List Index 0.9197 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 7.46 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 1,853 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 41 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 41 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 0 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 0 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 84 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 96 (2025)
- Infant deaths 288 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Bulgaria?
- Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Bulgaria was 4.1% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2024.
- How does Bulgaria rank for average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status?
- Bulgaria ranks 98th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status, by type of product (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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