Summary
- Bulgaria → Hungary
- $674million
- Hungary → Bulgaria
- $1.1billion
- Bulgaria’s balance
- -$403million
Balance
Bulgaria’s trade balance with Hungary
Trade between Bulgaria and Hungary grew 30.7-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Bulgaria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.7
- Imports 1.1
- Balance -0.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $22 million | $35 million | -$14 million |
| 1996 | $30 million | $42 million | -$12 million |
| 1997 | $32 million | $47 million | -$16 million |
| 1998 | $45 million | $44 million | $1 million |
| 1999 | $37 million | $58 million | -$20 million |
| 2000 | $39 million | $69 million | -$30 million |
| 2001 | $45 million | $83 million | -$38 million |
| 2002 | $51 million | $109 million | -$58 million |
| 2003 | $81 million | $145 million | -$64 million |
| 2004 | $100 million | $210 million | -$110 million |
| 2005 | $101 million | $251 million | -$150 million |
| 2006 | $138 million | $355 million | -$217 million |
| 2007 | $170 million | $632 million | -$462 million |
| 2008 | $200 million | $757 million | -$557 million |
| 2009 | $171 million | $530 million | -$359 million |
| 2010 | $252 million | $781 million | -$529 million |
| 2011 | $329 million | $994 million | -$665 million |
| 2012 | $315 million | $982 million | -$666 million |
| 2013 | $381 million | $1 billion | -$649 million |
| 2014 | $462 million | $1.1 billion | -$673 million |
| 2015 | $448 million | $1.1 billion | -$608 million |
| 2016 | $458 million | $1.1 billion | -$610 million |
| 2017 | $539 million | $1.2 billion | -$632 million |
| 2018 | $525 million | $1.3 billion | -$736 million |
| 2019 | $547 million | $1.3 billion | -$747 million |
| 2020 | $566 million | $1.3 billion | -$766 million |
| 2021 | $795 million | $1.6 billion | -$813 million |
| 2022 | $714 million | $1.6 billion | -$913 million |
| 2023 | $632 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2024 | $674 million | $1.1 billion | -$403 million |
What they sell each other
What Bulgaria sells to Hungary
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Hungary sells to Bulgaria
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Varna and Rijeka (Croatia) is 1,281 nautical miles (2,371 km) long: ≈ 3–4 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Bosporus and Dardanelles.
Hungary is landlocked: it ships through Rijeka (Croatia).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Hungary was Bulgaria’s 15th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Bulgaria was Hungary’s 28th (0.6%).
- Hungary in Bulgaria’s trade
- 1.7%
- Hungary’s rank among Bulgaria’s partners
- 15th
- Bulgaria in Hungary’s trade
- 0.6%
- Bulgaria’s rank among Hungary’s partners
- 28th
Compare with
Other partners of Bulgaria
Other partners of Hungary
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.