Environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Environmentally related tax revenue was 2.84 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
2.84 Percentage of GDP
Change on year
up 6.3%
World rank
6th
of 123 countries
All-time high
3.28 Percentage of GDP
in 2008
All-time low
0.8143 Percentage of GDP
in 1996
Years of data
29
1995–2023

Environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria, 1995–2023

11.522.533.51995200920231995: 1.2 Percentage of GDP1996: 0.814 Percentage of GDP1997: 1.2 Percentage of GDP1998: 2.3 Percentage of GDP1999: 2.5 Percentage of GDP2000: 2.8 Percentage of GDP2001: 2.5 Percentage of GDP2002: 2.4 Percentage of GDP2003: 2.8 Percentage of GDP2004: 3 Percentage of GDP2005: 3 Percentage of GDP2006: 2.8 Percentage of GDP2007: 3.2 Percentage of GDP2008: 3.3 Percentage of GDP2009: 2.8 Percentage of GDP2010: 2.8 Percentage of GDP2011: 2.7 Percentage of GDP2012: 2.7 Percentage of GDP2013: 2.9 Percentage of GDP2014: 2.8 Percentage of GDP2015: 3 Percentage of GDP2016: 3 Percentage of GDP2017: 2.8 Percentage of GDP2018: 2.6 Percentage of GDP2019: 3 Percentage of GDP2020: 3 Percentage of GDP2021: 2.8 Percentage of GDP2022: 2.7 Percentage of GDP2023: 2.8 Percentage of GDP

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

Annual values for Environmentally related tax revenue in Bulgaria, 1995 to 2023.
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%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 3 Montenegro 2.96 Percentage of GDP compare
  2. 4 Guinea 2.94 Percentage of GDP compare
  3. 5 Greece 2.86 Percentage of GDP compare
  4. 7 Italy 2.68 Percentage of GDP compare
  5. 8 Gambia 2.39 Percentage of GDP compare
  6. 9 Portugal 2.28 Percentage of GDP compare

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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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Indicator
Environmentally related tax revenue
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
146 places, 4,005 data points, 1994–2024
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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.