Bulgaria vs Romania

Bulgaria vs Romania: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.5% a year in Bulgaria and 7.3% a year in Romania, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 3.8 percentage points, or 2.07 times that in Bulgaria.

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% a year · IMF

Bulgaria vs Romania: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.5% a year in Bulgaria and 7.3% a year in Romania, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 3.8 percentage points, or 2.07 times that in Bulgaria.
BulgariaRomaniaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Romania has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Bulgaria.
  • In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 69 and Romania ranked 31 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bulgaria at 2.2% a year and Romania at 2.3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBulgariaRomania
20253.57.3
20242.65.6
20238.610.4
20221313.8
20212.85
20201.22.6
20192.53.8
20182.64.6
20171.21.3
2016-1.3-1.6
2015-1.1-0.6
2014-1.61.1
20130.44
20122.43.3
20113.45.8
201036.1
20092.55.6
2008127.8
20077.64.8
20067.46.6
200569
20046.111.9
20032.315.4
20025.822.5
20017.434.5
200010.345.7
19992.645.8
199818.759.1
19971,061154.8
199612338.8
199562.132.3
199496136.7
199372.8256.1
199282210.4
1991333.5161.1
199023.9127.9
19896.40.9
19882.52.6
19872.71.1
19862.70.7
19852.8-0.2
19842.8-0.3
19832.84.7
19822.816.9
198102.2
198001.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBulgariaRomania
20264.98.2
20274.84.1
20283.44.3
20292.52.9
20302.42.6
20312.22.3

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Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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