Summary
- Bulgaria → Switzerland
- $557million
- Switzerland → Bulgaria
- $712million
- Bulgaria’s balance
- -$155million
Balance
Bulgaria’s trade balance with Switzerland
Trade between Bulgaria and Switzerland grew 12.3-fold since 1995
USD millions (current). Bulgaria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 557
- Imports 712
- Balance -155
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $15 million | $88 million | -$74 million |
| 1996 | $33 million | $86 million | -$52 million |
| 1997 | $34 million | $83 million | -$49 million |
| 1998 | $28 million | $79 million | -$51 million |
| 1999 | $35 million | $80 million | -$45 million |
| 2000 | $39 million | $86 million | -$47 million |
| 2001 | $45 million | $89 million | -$44 million |
| 2002 | $50 million | $97 million | -$47 million |
| 2003 | $50 million | $121 million | -$71 million |
| 2004 | $59 million | $229 million | -$171 million |
| 2005 | $82 million | $192 million | -$110 million |
| 2006 | $117 million | $248 million | -$131 million |
| 2007 | $118 million | $261 million | -$143 million |
| 2008 | $130 million | $361 million | -$231 million |
| 2009 | $129 million | $267 million | -$138 million |
| 2010 | $144 million | $245 million | -$100 million |
| 2011 | $184 million | $267 million | -$83 million |
| 2012 | $288 million | $278 million | $10 million |
| 2013 | $288 million | $275 million | $13 million |
| 2014 | $248 million | $251 million | -$3 million |
| 2015 | $227 million | $229 million | -$1 million |
| 2016 | $260 million | $240 million | $20 million |
| 2017 | $316 million | $256 million | $61 million |
| 2018 | $326 million | $309 million | $17 million |
| 2019 | $361 million | $308 million | $54 million |
| 2020 | $330 million | $297 million | $34 million |
| 2021 | $439 million | $353 million | $86 million |
| 2022 | $479 million | $381 million | $98 million |
| 2023 | $505 million | $425 million | $79 million |
| 2024 | $557 million | $712 million | -$155 million |
What they sell each other
What Bulgaria sells to Switzerland
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Switzerland 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 Rotterdam (Netherlands) is 3,449 nautical miles (6,387 km) long: ≈ 8–10.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Bosporus, Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar and Strait of Dover.
Switzerland is landlocked: it ships through Rotterdam (Netherlands).
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
Switzerland was Bulgaria’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Bulgaria was Switzerland’s 58th (0.2%).
- Switzerland in Bulgaria’s trade
- 1.2%
- Switzerland’s rank among Bulgaria’s partners
- 21st
- Bulgaria in Switzerland’s trade
- 0.2%
- Bulgaria’s rank among Switzerland’s partners
- 58th
Compare with
Other partners of Bulgaria
Other partners of Switzerland
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.