The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

est.)

      Population below poverty line:

      14.1% (2003 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25.4% (2005)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      31.6 (2005)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      29.8% of GDP (2007 est.)

      Budget:

      revenues: $16.84 billion expenditures: $15.35 billion (2007 est.)

      Fiscal year:

      calendar year

      Public debt:

      10.5% of GDP (2007 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      9.8% (2007 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      4.58% (31 December 2007)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      10% (31 December 2007)

      Stock of money:

      $15.58 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $17.03 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $25.18 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:

      14% (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      43.15 billion kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      30.5 billion kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      7.534 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      3.054 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 47.8% hydro: 8.1% nuclear: 44.1% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      3,661 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      109,600 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      50,530 bbl/day (2005 est.)

      Oil - imports:

      158,400 bbl/day (2005 est.)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      15 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      5.6 billion cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      5.179 billion cu m (2005)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$8.53 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $18.44 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

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

      Exports - partners:

      Turkey 11.5%, Germany 10.3%, Italy 10.2%, Greece 9.1%, Belgium 6.2%,

       Romania 4.9% (2007)

      Imports:

      $28.67 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

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

      Imports - partners:

      Russia 12.3%, Germany 12.3%, Italy 8.7%, Ukraine 7.2%, Turkey 6.9%,

       Greece 6.2%, Romania 4.5%, Austria 4.3% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $742 million (2005–06 est.)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $17.38 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $34.88 billion (30 June 2007)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $33.91 billion (2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $559 million (2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $10.32 billion (2006)

      Currency (code):

      lev (BGN)

      Currency code:

      BGN

      Exchange rates:

      leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004), 1.7327 (2003)

      Communications

       Bulgaria

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      2.3 million (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      9.897 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; quality has improved; the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 when alternative fixed-line operators were given access to its network; a drop in fixed-line connections in recent years has been more than offset by a sharp increase in mobile-cellular telephone use fostered by multiple service providers; the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now exceeds the population domestic: a fairly modern digital cable trunk line now connects switching centers in most of the regions; the others are connected by digital microwave radio relay 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) (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)

      Radios:

      4.51 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)

      Televisions:

      3.31 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .bg