Bulgaria Inflation Rate
How much consumer prices are rising compared with a year ago, on the EU's harmonised index (HICP), the measure the ECB uses.
5.0%
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Jan 2000 to Aug 2026
Source: FRED series CP0000BGM086NEST · HICP, all items, year on year.
Bulgaria Inflation Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Bulgaria, the inflation rate rose by 1.5pp over the year to Aug 2026, from 3.5% in Aug 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 1.5% in Sep 2024 to 15.6% in Sep 2022.
Its average since Jan 2000 is 4.3%, and the latest reading is above that.
Bulgaria is 5th of 46 countries in our Inflation Rate by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- FRED
- Series
- CP0000BGM086NEST
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
The National Statistical Institute headlines its national CPI, which can differ by a few tenths. The European Central Bank targets 2% inflation for the euro area as a whole. Shown from 2000, after the tail of Bulgaria's 1997 hyperinflation.
Data refreshed 2026-10-11. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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