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Bulgaria geopolitical profile

National context alongside 194 of 194 possible reviewed directions from Bulgaria. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.

23Partner13Cooperative157Mixed1Adversarial
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Country snapshot

Comparable national indicators provide context only. They do not enter the geopolitical relationship score.

Economy

People & place

Global context

2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES

Current-year economic outlook

IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.

GDP$148.1BESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
GDP per capita$23.8KESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Real GDP growth2.8%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Inflation3.8%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Unemployment3.4%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025

IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25

World Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0

ATLAS-DERIVED · ENGINE 1.0

Geopolitical position

A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.

Average toward reviewed countries+8194 directions reviewed
Average from reviewed countries+8194 directions reviewed
Cooperative or stronger36Scores of +10 or above
Competitive or worse1Scores of −10 or below
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER

Relationships from Bulgaria

Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.

CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
ItalyBGR → ITA+43Partner92%Broad sourced evidenceGermanyBGR → DEU+41Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceFranceBGR → FRA+39Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceGreeceBGR → GRC+39Partner89%Broad sourced evidencePolandBGR → POL+39Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceRomaniaBGR → ROU+39Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceUnited StatesBGR → USA+37Partner95%Broad sourced evidenceBelgiumBGR → BEL+35Partner86%Broad sourced evidenceCroatiaBGR → HRV+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceCzechiaBGR → CZE+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceDenmarkBGR → DNK+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceEstoniaBGR → EST+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceFinlandBGR → FIN+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceHungaryBGR → HUN+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceLatviaBGR → LVA+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceLithuaniaBGR → LTU+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceLuxembourgBGR → LUX+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceNetherlandsBGR → NLD+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidencePortugalBGR → PRT+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceSlovakiaBGR → SVK+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceSloveniaBGR → SVN+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceSpainBGR → ESP+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceSwedenBGR → SWE+35Partner89%Broad sourced evidenceCanadaBGR → CAN+26Cooperative77%Broad sourced evidenceNorwayBGR → NOR+26Cooperative77%Broad sourced evidenceTürkiyeBGR → TUR+25Cooperative74%Documented bilateral evidenceAlbaniaBGR → ALB+24Cooperative74%Documented bilateral evidenceChinaBGR → CHN+24Cooperative76%Documented bilateral evidenceIcelandBGR → ISL+24Cooperative74%Documented bilateral evidenceMontenegroBGR → MNE+24Cooperative74%Documented bilateral evidenceNorth MacedoniaBGR → MKD+24Cooperative74%Documented bilateral evidenceUnited KingdomBGR → GBR+23Cooperative80%Broad sourced evidenceAustriaBGR → AUT+16Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceCyprusBGR → CYP+16Cooperative68%Documented bilateral evidenceIrelandBGR → IRL+16Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceMaltaBGR → MLT+16Cooperative68%Documented bilateral evidenceUkraineBGR → UKR+9Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSouth KoreaBGR → KOR+7Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSwitzerlandBGR → CHE+7Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceJapanBGR → JPN+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMoroccoBGR → MAR+6Mixed60%Broad sourced evidenceAndorraBGR → AND+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyAustraliaBGR → AUS+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBosnia and HerzegovinaBGR → BIH+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyGeorgiaBGR → GEO+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyLiechtensteinBGR → LIE+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMexicoBGR → MEX+5Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMoldovaBGR → MDA+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyMonacoBGR → MCO+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySan MarinoBGR → SMR+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySouth AfricaBGR → ZAF+5Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceAlgeriaBGR → DZA+4Mixed60%Broad sourced evidenceAngolaBGR → AGO+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceAntigua and BarbudaBGR → ATG+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBahamasBGR → BHS+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBarbadosBGR → BRB+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBelizeBGR → BLZ+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceCambodiaBGR → KHM+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceCape VerdeBGR → CPV+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceChadBGR → TCD+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceDjiboutiBGR → DJI+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceDominican RepublicBGR → DOM+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceDR CongoBGR → COD+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceEcuadorBGR → ECU+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceEgyptBGR → EGY+4Mixed60%Broad sourced evidenceFijiBGR → FJI+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGabonBGR → GAB+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGambiaBGR → GMB+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGhanaBGR → GHA+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGrenadaBGR → GRD+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGuineaBGR → GIN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGuyanaBGR → GUY+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceHaitiBGR → HTI+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceIndiaBGR → IND+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceIsraelBGR → ISR+4Mixed60%Broad sourced evidenceIvory CoastBGR → CIV+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceJamaicaBGR → JAM+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceKenyaBGR → KEN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceLesothoBGR → LSO+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceLiberiaBGR → LBR+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMalawiBGR → MWI+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMaldivesBGR → MDV+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMarshall IslandsBGR → MHL+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMauritiusBGR → MUS+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMicronesiaBGR → FSM+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMyanmarBGR → MMR+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePalauBGR → PLW+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePapua New GuineaBGR → PNG+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSaint Kitts and NevisBGR → KNA+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSaint LuciaBGR → LCA+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSamoaBGR → WSM+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSenegalBGR → SEN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSeychellesBGR → SYC+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSierra LeoneBGR → SLE+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSolomon IslandsBGR → SLB+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSomaliaBGR → SOM+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSouth SudanBGR → SSD+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSurinameBGR → SUR+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceTanzaniaBGR → TZA+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceTimor-LesteBGR → TLS+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceTongaBGR → TON+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceTrinidad and TobagoBGR → TTO+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceTuvaluBGR → TUV+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceVanuatuBGR → VUT+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceZambiaBGR → ZMB+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceArmeniaBGR → ARM+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyAzerbaijanBGR → AZE+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBangladeshBGR → BGD+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBeninBGR → BEN+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBhutanBGR → BTN+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBoliviaBGR → BOL+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBotswanaBGR → BWA+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBrazilBGR → BRA+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBruneiBGR → BRN+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBurkina FasoBGR → BFA+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceBurundiBGR → BDI+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceCameroonBGR → CMR+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceCentral African RepublicBGR → CAF+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceChileBGR → CHL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyColombiaBGR → COL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyComorosBGR → COM+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceCosta RicaBGR → CRI+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyCubaBGR → CUB+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceDominicaBGR → DMA+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceEl SalvadorBGR → SLV+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyEquatorial GuineaBGR → GNQ+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceEritreaBGR → ERI+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceEswatiniBGR → SWZ+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGuatemalaBGR → GTM+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyGuinea-BissauBGR → GNB+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceHondurasBGR → HND+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyJordanBGR → JOR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyKazakhstanBGR → KAZ+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyKiribatiBGR → KIR+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceKuwaitBGR → KWT+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceKyrgyzstanBGR → KGZ+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceLaosBGR → LAO+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMadagascarBGR → MDG+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMalaysiaBGR → MYS+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMaliBGR → MLI+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMauritaniaBGR → MRT+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceMongoliaBGR → MNG+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyMozambiqueBGR → MOZ+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceNamibiaBGR → NAM+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceNauruBGR → NRU+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceNepalBGR → NPL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNew ZealandBGR → NZL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNicaraguaBGR → NIC+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceNigerBGR → NER+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceOmanBGR → OMN+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePakistanBGR → PAK+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPalestineBGR → PSE+2Mixed54%Documented bilateral evidencePanamaBGR → PAN+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyParaguayBGR → PRY+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePeruBGR → PER+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPhilippinesBGR → PHL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyQatarBGR → QAT+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceRepublic of the CongoBGR → COG+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceRwandaBGR → RWA+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesBGR → VCT+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSão Tomé and PríncipeBGR → STP+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSerbiaBGR → SRB+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySingaporeBGR → SGP+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySudanBGR → SDN+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceThailandBGR → THA+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyTogoBGR → TGO+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceTunisiaBGR → TUN+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyTurkmenistanBGR → TKM+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceUgandaBGR → UGA+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceUruguayBGR → URY+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUzbekistanBGR → UZB+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceVatican CityBGR → VAT+2Mixed54%Documented bilateral evidenceVenezuelaBGR → VEN+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceZimbabweBGR → ZWE+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceAfghanistanBGR → AFG0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyArgentinaBGR → ARG0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBahrainBGR → BHR0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBelarusBGR → BLR0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyEthiopiaBGR → ETH0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIndonesiaBGR → IDN0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIraqBGR → IRQ0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyLebanonBGR → LBN0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyLibyaBGR → LBY0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNigeriaBGR → NGA0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySaudi ArabiaBGR → SAU0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySri LankaBGR → LKA0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyTajikistanBGR → TJK0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited Arab EmiratesBGR → ARE0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyVietnamBGR → VNM0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyYemenBGR → YEM0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIranBGR → IRN-6Mixed60%Documented bilateral evidenceNorth KoreaBGR → PRK-6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSyriaBGR → SYR-6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceRussiaBGR → RUS-39Adversarial92%Broad sourced evidence
Methodology v1.1.1 frozen

Every component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.