Arrears on mortgage or rent payments in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Arrears on mortgage or rent payments was 0.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Arrears on mortgage or rent payments in Bulgaria, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arrears on mortgage or rent payments in Bulgaria is 0.8%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 57.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arrears on mortgage or rent payments in Bulgaria peaked at 4.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2024.
That places Bulgaria 36th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Arrears on mortgage or rent payments in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.6% | — |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -48.3% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | +173.3% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | -58.5% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | +28.6% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -19.0% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -29.4% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -20.0% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.0%, 40% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 38% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arrears on mortgage or rent payments 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +173.3% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7% | 1.5% | 4.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More reference data data for Bulgaria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3067 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2728 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2506 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.608 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.36 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arrears on mortgage or rent payments in Bulgaria?
- Arrears on mortgage or rent payments in Bulgaria was 0.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest arrears on mortgage or rent payments recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest arrears on mortgage or rent payments recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2024.
- How does Bulgaria rank for arrears on mortgage or rent payments?
- Bulgaria ranks 36th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is arrears on mortgage or rent payments rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Arrears on mortgage or rent payments. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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