The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

to the world: 60 1.6% (2009)

      Central bank discount rate:

      0.55% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 78 5.77% (31 December 2008)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      11.34% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 10.86% (31 December 2008 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $12.7 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 68 $12.91 billion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $35.37 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 73 $33.93 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $34.54 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67 $33.89 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $7.103 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 69 $8.858 billion (31 December 2008)

      $21.79 billion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock

      Industries:

      electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel

      Industrial production growth rate:

      0.4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 153

      Electricity - production:

      44.83 billion kWh (2008) country comparison to the world: 51

      Electricity - consumption:

      29.9 billion kWh (2008) country comparison to the world: 59

      Electricity - exports:

      5.407 billion kWh (2008)

      Electricity - imports:

      3.097 billion kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      3,227 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 101

      Oil - consumption:

      125,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 71

      Oil - exports:

      76,570 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 70

      Oil - imports:

      189,000 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

      Oil - proved reserves:

      15 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 84

      Natural gas - production:

      218 million cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 74

      Natural gas - consumption:

      3.35 billion cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 70

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 198

      Natural gas - imports:

      3.48 billion cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 38

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 88

      Current account balance:

      -$1.528 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 153 -$4.348 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $19.33 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 69 $16.53 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels

      Exports - partners:

      Germany 11.21%, Greece 9.43%, Italy 9.24%, Romania 8.52%, Turkey 7.33%, Belgium 5.61%, France 4.44% (2009)

      Imports:

      $22.78 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67 $22.22 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials

      Imports - partners:

      Russia 13.14%, Germany 12.23%, Italy 7.78%, Greece 6.17%, Romania 5.65%, Turkey 5.48%, Ukraine 4.81%, Austria 4.08% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $15.07 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 47 $18.53 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $36.15 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 60 $39.56 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $51.28 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 54 $49.28 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $1.372 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 70 $1.194 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.5138 (2010), 1.404 (2009), 1.3171 (2008), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006)

      Communications ::Bulgaria

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      2.164 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 52

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      10.617 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 62

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: inherited an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network from the Soviet era; quality has improved with a modern digital trunk line now connecting switching centers in most of the regions; remaining areas are connected by digital microwave radio relay

      domestic: the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 in an effort to upgrade fixed-line services; mobile-cellular teledensity, fostered by multiple service providers, approached 150 telephones per 100 persons in 2009

      international: country code - 359; submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and Macedonia; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intersputnik in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 Intelsat in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      4 national terrestrial television stations with 1 state-owned and 3 privately-owned; a vast array of TV stations are available from cable and satellite TV providers; state-owned national radio broadcasts over 3 networks; large number of private radio stations broadcasting, especially in urban areas (2007)

      Internet country code:

      .bg

      Internet hosts:

      785,546 (2010) country comparison to the world: 46

      Internet users:

      3.395 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 63

      Transportation ::Bulgaria

      Airports:

      210 (2010) country comparison to the