Central bank discount rate:
0.55% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 78 5.77% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
11.34% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 10.86% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$12.7 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 68 $12.91 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$35.37 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 73 $33.93 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$34.54 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67 $33.89 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$7.103 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 69 $8.858 billion (31 December 2008)
$21.79 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock
Industries:
electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel
Industrial production growth rate:
0.4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 153
Electricity - production:
44.83 billion kWh (2008) country comparison to the world: 51
Electricity - consumption:
29.9 billion kWh (2008) country comparison to the world: 59
Electricity - exports:
5.407 billion kWh (2008)
Electricity - imports:
3.097 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
3,227 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 101
Oil - consumption:
125,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 71
Oil - exports:
76,570 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 70
Oil - imports:
189,000 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 48
Oil - proved reserves:
15 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 84
Natural gas - production:
218 million cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 74
Natural gas - consumption:
3.35 billion cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 70
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 198
Natural gas - imports:
3.48 billion cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 38
Natural gas - proved reserves:
5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 88
Current account balance:
-$1.528 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 153 -$4.348 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$19.33 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 69 $16.53 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
Exports - partners:
Germany 11.21%, Greece 9.43%, Italy 9.24%, Romania 8.52%, Turkey 7.33%, Belgium 5.61%, France 4.44% (2009)
Imports:
$22.78 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67 $22.22 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
Imports - partners:
Russia 13.14%, Germany 12.23%, Italy 7.78%, Greece 6.17%, Romania 5.65%, Turkey 5.48%, Ukraine 4.81%, Austria 4.08% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$15.07 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 47 $18.53 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$36.15 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 60 $39.56 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$51.28 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 54 $49.28 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$1.372 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 70 $1.194 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.5138 (2010), 1.404 (2009), 1.3171 (2008), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006)
Communications ::Bulgaria
Telephones - main lines in use:
2.164 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 52
Telephones - mobile cellular:
10.617 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 62
Telephone system:
general assessment: inherited an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network from the Soviet era; quality has improved with a modern digital trunk line now connecting switching centers in most of the regions; remaining areas are connected by digital microwave radio relay
domestic: the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 in an effort to upgrade fixed-line services; mobile-cellular teledensity, fostered by multiple service providers, approached 150 telephones per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 359; submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and Macedonia; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intersputnik in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 Intelsat in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2009)
Broadcast media:
4 national terrestrial television stations with 1 state-owned and 3 privately-owned; a vast array of TV stations are available from cable and satellite TV providers; state-owned national radio broadcasts over 3 networks; large number of private radio stations broadcasting, especially in urban areas (2007)
Internet country code:
.bg
Internet hosts:
785,546 (2010) country comparison to the world: 46
Internet users:
3.395 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 63
Transportation ::Bulgaria
Airports:
210 (2010) country comparison to the