Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of was 0.9978 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of in Bulgaria, 1990–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0.9978 for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of in Bulgaria peaked at 1 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.5393, in 1993.
That places Bulgaria 38th out of 80 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.6052 | — |
| 1991 | 0.6654 | +9.9% |
| 1992 | 0.58 | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5393 | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 0.6405 | +18.8% |
| 1995 | 0.577 | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 0.5632 | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7522 | +33.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7074 | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7069 | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7231 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.7004 | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6931 | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +44.3% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9931 | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9942 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9949 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9952 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9958 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9964 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9969 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9974 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9968 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9962 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9967 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9969 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9978 | +0.1% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.9978 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.8985, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.9978 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.877, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +44.3% | 0.6931 | 1 |
| 1997 | +33.6% | 0.5632 | 0.7522 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6337 | 0.5393 | 0.7522 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9104 | 0.6931 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9963 | 0.9949 | 0.9974 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9978 | 0.9978 | 0.9978 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of in Bulgaria?
- Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of in Bulgaria was 0.9978 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2003.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5393 in 1993.
- How does Bulgaria rank for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of?
- Bulgaria ranks 38th out of 80 countries with data for 2020.
- Is taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, ratio of this level of rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.