Bulgaria
Republic of Bulgaria
- Capital
- Sofia
- Region
- Southeast Europe
- Population, 2025
- 6.4 million
- Currency
- EUR
- Area
- 110,879 km²
Across Bulgaria's 41 priced cities, one person needs about $1,152 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,265.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
67out of 100
- Purchasing power25%66
- Safety20%65
- Health care15%58
- Climate10%81
- Air quality10%92
- Connectivity10%50
- Cost10%63
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #27
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
40.3
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
11.4
New York = 100
Purchasing power
130.6
New York = 100
One person
$1,152
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,265
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$547
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$20,328
2025
Growth
+3.1%
2025
Unemployment
3.5%
2025
Inflation
4.6%
2025
Life expectancy
75.8 years
2024
Internet users
82%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 10%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 20%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 13.8%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 19.6%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 64.8
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 35.2
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.1
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #75 worldwide
- 94
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #10 worldwide
- 203
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +14%
Cities in Bulgaria
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Stara Zagora | 68 | 35.6 | $302 | $1,099 | 150.2 | 121.6K | High confidence, 29 contributors |
| 2Plovdiv | 67 | 40.3 | $547 | $1,177 | 116.8 | 329.5K | High confidence, 61 contributors |
| 3Ruse | 67 | 34.7 | $362 | $1,006 | 130.1 | 121.2K | High confidence, 35 contributors |
| 4Varna | 66 | 46.3 | $641 | $1,269 | 108.6 | 318.7K | High confidence, 87 contributors |
| 5Kardzhali | 66 | 31.0 | $117 | $1,321 | 259.1 | 44.1K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 6Burgas | 65 | 42.0 | $531 | $1,025 | 100.9 | 210.6K | High confidence, 33 contributors |
| 7Targovishte | 65 | 30.9 | $147 | $1,291 | 241.8 | 34.8K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 8Pernik | 64 | 32.3 | $295 | $1,623 | 237.6 | 82.5K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 9Sliven | 63 | 35.4 | $235 | $1,351 | 201.7 | 83.7K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 10Popovo | 62 | 32.6 | — | $1,292 | 186.7 | 16.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 11Vratsa | 62 | 30.7 | $255 | $1,111 | 177.2 | 49.6K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 12Razgrad | 62 | 32.8 | $284 | $1,224 | 180.2 | 28.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 13Kazanlak | 62 | 38.0 | $352 | $1,525 | 188.9 | 47.9K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 14Sofia | 62 | 49.8 | $798 | $1,766 | 130.6 | 1.2M | High confidence, 364 contributors |
| 15Dimitrovgrad | 61 | 32.1 | $247 | $1,066 | 167.3 | 38K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 16Svishtov | 61 | 37.2 | $294 | $1,292 | 173.3 | 30.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 17Montana | 61 | 34.0 | $220 | $1,018 | 159.1 | 47.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 18Bansko | 61 | 35.0 | $529 | $1,735 | 187.9 | 9.2K | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 19Haskovo | 61 | 37.5 | $235 | $1,124 | 161.0 | 64.6K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 20Yambol | 60 | 35.8 | $367 | $1,265 | 159.8 | 63.7K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 21Dobrich | 60 | 32.6 | — | $1,029 | 148.9 | 69.4K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 22Dupnica | 60 | 34.9 | — | $1,091 | 151.1 | 34.8K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 23Shumen | 60 | 36.5 | $271 | $1,044 | 145.7 | 72.3K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 24Blagoevgrad | 59 | 32.5 | $339 | $1,028 | 142.0 | 67.8K | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 25Kyustendil | 59 | 30.7 | $178 | $667 | 119.5 | 46.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 26Smolyan | 58 | 30.8 | $206 | $703 | 120.4 | 30.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 27Asenovgrad | 58 | 37.8 | $255 | $910 | 126.6 | 54.8K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 28Botevgrad | 58 | 32.7 | $267 | $781 | 117.8 | 20.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Gabrovo | 58 | 36.2 | $311 | $914 | 122.4 | 48.1K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 30Pleven | 58 | 36.3 | $347 | $951 | 121.8 | 90.2K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 31Vidin | 58 | 33.3 | $209 | $692 | 111.7 | 34.8K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 32Silistra | 57 | 33.6 | $235 | $732 | 113.2 | 29.5K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 33Veliko Tarnovo | 57 | 38.6 | $362 | $964 | 117.0 | 59.2K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 34Troyan | 56 | 41.6 | — | $890 | 109.9 | 21.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 35Pazardzhik | 55 | 37.8 | $293 | $710 | 94.4 | 55.2K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 36Samokov | 55 | 39.0 | — | $740 | 95.5 | 26.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 37Golden Sands | 55 | 40.3 | — | — | — | 9.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 38Lovech | 54 | 37.2 | $297 | $652 | 87.2 | 27.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 39Karlovo | 54 | 31.6 | $235 | $470 | 75.7 | 30.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 40Sunny Beach | 53 | 38.3 | $585 | $938 | 92.4 | — | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 41Sandanski | 53 | 39.3 | $297 | $593 | 76.5 | 28.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |