Bulgaria vs Lower middle income: Revenue, excluding grants

Bulgaria
34.4%
in 2024
Lower middle income
14.2%
in 2018
Bulgaria rank
33rd
Lower middle income rank
31st

Revenue, excluding grants over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Lower middle income
1020304050199020072024

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 34.4% against 14.2% in Lower middle income, a difference of 20.2%.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 2.4 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Bulgaria has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Lower middle income ranks 31st of 157 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Lower middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 35.0% 15.3% 19.8% Bulgaria
2010s 32.2% 14.8% 17.4% Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher revenue, excluding grants, Bulgaria or Lower middle income?
Bulgaria, at 34.4% against 14.2% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in revenue, excluding grants between Bulgaria and Lower middle income?
20.2%, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Lower middle income?
17 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2018.
How do Bulgaria and Lower middle income rank globally for revenue, excluding grants?
Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Lower middle income ranks 31st of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
192 places, 5,652 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Revenue is an increase in net worth resulting from a transaction. Grants are excluded from this figure. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.