🇧🇬 Bulgaria Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇬 Bulgaria BG / BGR #103

Nomad Score 65.0

Cities 19

Region European Union, Balkans, Slavic Countries, Danube Region, Digital Nomad Hubs, Nomad Visa Countries, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Nomad Retreats, Black Sea Region, Europe, Europe, Southeast Europe

Currency BGN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 40/100

Press Freedom (2025) 60.8/100 #70

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.599

HDI 0.845

Regional Blocs EU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 9.2/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.2% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Bulgaria	Iliana Iotova
Prime Minister of Bulgaria	Andrey Gyurov

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 40 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 60.8 / 100

Global Rank #70 / 180

Rank Change -11 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #73 50.6

Economic #97 40.3

Legal #66 67.7

Social #94 59.1

Safety #61 86.2

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.599

Liberal 0.499

Participatory 0.397

Deliberative 0.474

Egalitarian 0.442

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	60.8	70	50.6	40.3	67.7	59.1	86.2
2024	65.3	59	60.6	41.6	72.2	67.1	85.1
2023	63.0	71	58.3	37.9	70.3	65.5	82.9
2022	59.1	91	55.0	30.1	68.7	66.8	75.0
2021	62.7	112	-	-	-	-	75.2
2020	64.9	111	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	64.9	111	-	-	-	-	69.1
2018	64.8	111	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	65.0	109	-	-	-	-	93.1
2016	65.5	113	-	-	-	-	93.1
2015	67.1	106	-	-	-	-	79.2
2014	68.6	100	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.4	87	-	-	-	-	-
2012	29.0	81	-	-	-	-	-
2010	19.0	71	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.6	68	-	-	-	-	-
2008	12.5	59	-	-	-	-	-
2007	16.3	51	-	-	-	-	-
2006	9.0	36	-	-	-	-	-
2005	10.3	48	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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