Summary
- Bulgaria → Spain
- $962million
- Spain → Bulgaria
- $909million
- Bulgaria’s balance
- $53million
Balance
Bulgaria’s trade balance with Spain
Trade between Bulgaria and Spain grew 11-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Bulgaria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1
- Imports 0.9
- Balance +0.1
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $141 million | $29 million | $112 million |
| 1996 | $158 million | $35 million | $123 million |
| 1997 | $159 million | $32 million | $127 million |
| 1998 | $151 million | $61 million | $90 million |
| 1999 | $127 million | $115 million | $12 million |
| 2000 | $116 million | $107 million | $9 million |
| 2001 | $181 million | $119 million | $63 million |
| 2002 | $228 million | $163 million | $65 million |
| 2003 | $212 million | $249 million | -$37 million |
| 2004 | $344 million | $309 million | $35 million |
| 2005 | $463 million | $348 million | $114 million |
| 2006 | $616 million | $412 million | $204 million |
| 2007 | $404 million | $558 million | -$154 million |
| 2008 | $495 million | $639 million | -$144 million |
| 2009 | $522 million | $588 million | -$66 million |
| 2010 | $522 million | $415 million | $107 million |
| 2011 | $702 million | $1.7 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2012 | $735 million | $1.5 billion | -$758 million |
| 2013 | $663 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2014 | $662 million | $1.7 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2015 | $610 million | $1.4 billion | -$766 million |
| 2016 | $758 million | $1.1 billion | -$382 million |
| 2017 | $886 million | $1.8 billion | -$918 million |
| 2018 | $781 million | $1.7 billion | -$962 million |
| 2019 | $890 million | $1.4 billion | -$489 million |
| 2020 | $791 million | $660 million | $131 million |
| 2021 | $1.1 billion | $845 million | $242 million |
| 2022 | $1.3 billion | $1.2 billion | $161 million |
| 2023 | $1.3 billion | $975 million | $364 million |
| 2024 | $962 million | $909 million | $53 million |
What they sell each other
What Bulgaria sells to Spain
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Spain 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 Valencia is 1,768 nautical miles (3,275 km) long: ≈ 4–5.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Bosporus and Dardanelles.
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
Spain was Bulgaria’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Bulgaria was Spain’s 57th (0.2%).
- Spain in Bulgaria’s trade
- 1.8%
- Spain’s rank among Bulgaria’s partners
- 13th
- Bulgaria in Spain’s trade
- 0.2%
- Bulgaria’s rank among Spain’s partners
- 57th
Compare with
Other partners of Bulgaria
Other partners of Spain
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.