Environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Environmentally related tax revenue was 2.84 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria, 1995–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria is 2.84 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria peaked at 3.28 Percentage of GDP in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.8143 Percentage of GDP, in 1996.
That places Bulgaria 6th out of 123 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.2 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 0.8143 Percentage of GDP | -32.3% |
| 1997 | 1.15 Percentage of GDP | +41.6% |
| 1998 | 2.35 Percentage of GDP | +103.7% |
| 1999 | 2.52 Percentage of GDP | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 2.85 Percentage of GDP | +13.1% |
| 2001 | 2.54 Percentage of GDP | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 2.41 Percentage of GDP | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 2.85 Percentage of GDP | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 3.05 Percentage of GDP | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 3 Percentage of GDP | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 2.76 Percentage of GDP | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 3.19 Percentage of GDP | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 3.28 Percentage of GDP | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 2.85 Percentage of GDP | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 2.75 Percentage of GDP | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 2.68 Percentage of GDP | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.65 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 2.86 Percentage of GDP | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 2.84 Percentage of GDP | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 2.95 Percentage of GDP | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 2.97 Percentage of GDP | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2.79 Percentage of GDP | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 2.62 Percentage of GDP | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 3 Percentage of GDP | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 3 Percentage of GDP | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.77 Percentage of GDP | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 2.67 Percentage of GDP | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 2.84 Percentage of GDP | +6.3% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 2.84 Percentage of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.54 Percentage of GDP, 1.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 2.84 Percentage of GDP is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.7 Percentage of GDP, 1.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Environmentally related tax revenue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +103.7% | 1.15 Percentage of GDP | 2.35 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.61 Percentage of GDP | 0.8143 Percentage of GDP | 2.52 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.88 Percentage of GDP | 2.41 Percentage of GDP | 3.28 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.81 Percentage of GDP | 2.62 Percentage of GDP | 3 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.82 Percentage of GDP | 2.67 Percentage of GDP | 3 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 3 Montenegro 2.96 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Lesotho 1.86 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Netherlands 2.36 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Türkiye 2.28 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Eswatini 1.69 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Guinea 2.94 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Greece 2.86 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Madagascar 1.52 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Poland 2.15 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Estonia 2.11 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Mauritania 1.51 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Italy 2.68 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Gambia 2.39 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Equatorial Guinea 0.4036 Percentage of GDP compare
- 9 Fiji 0.4015 Percentage of GDP compare
- 9 Lithuania 1.69 Percentage of GDP compare
- 9 Portugal 2.28 Percentage of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Bulgaria
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -8.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.48 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.58 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0156 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 316.82 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.1831 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0114 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 231.34 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria was 2.84 Percentage of GDP in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.28 Percentage of GDP in 2008.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8143 Percentage of GDP in 1996.
- How does Bulgaria rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Bulgaria ranks 6th out of 123 countries with data for 2023.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Environmentally related tax revenue. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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<!DOCTYPE html> ERTR Database body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } Environmentally related taxes are effective policy instruments to shape relative prices of goods and services. The Environmental Related Tax Revenue Database (ERTR) categorises taxes based on their environmental relevance, constructing environmentally related tax revenue with a breakdown by tax-base category (including energy, transport, pollution, and resources) and 22 environmental domains. Note that tax-base categories are mutually exclusive, while domains are not. Therefore, one should not aggregate revenue across domains as it may lead to double counting. Data source(s): ERTR draws from the OECD Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE) database. The database contains detailed qualitative and quantitative information on environmentally related taxes and fees, tradable permits and offsets, deposit-refund schemes, environmentally beneficial subsidies and payments and voluntary approaches used for environmental policy. It is updated annually and covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries. The data has been cross-validated and complemented with Revenue statistics from the Global Revenue Statistics databases, Eurostat National Tax Lists, and official national sources. Contact: pinedatabase@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 For further details on the dataset consult the dataset documentation and oe.cd/pine. For revenue data at the individual-tax level, please consult https://oe.cd/pinedatabase.