Sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Sales of cigarettes per adult per day was 5.9 in 2014. ▲ Rising

Latest (2014)
5.9
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
6th
of 49 countries
All-time high
10
in 2003
All-time low
0.2
in 1913
Years of data
58
1913–2014

Sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria, 1913–2014

0246810191319632014

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2014, sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria stood at 5.9.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 37.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria peaked at 10 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.2, in 1913.

That places Bulgaria 6th out of 49 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.

Sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria, year by year

Annual values for Sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria, 1913 to 2014.
Year Value Change
1913 0.2
1920 0.8 +300.0%
1921 1.4 +75.0%
1922 2 +42.9%
1923 2.3 +15.0%
1960 4 +73.9%
1961 4.3 +7.5%
1962 4.5 +4.7%
1963 4.9 +8.9%
1964 4.5 -8.2%
1965 3.9 -13.3%
1966 5.1 +30.8%
1967 3.4 -33.3%
1968 4.7 +38.2%
1969 6.3 +34.0%
1970 4.1 -34.9%
1971 5.1 +24.4%
1972 5.3 +3.9%
1973 5.5 +3.8%
1974 6.7 +21.8%
1975 5.3 -20.9%
1976 5.6 +5.7%
1977 6.7 +19.6%
1978 5.6 -16.4%
1979 5.6 +0.0%
1980 5.2 -7.1%
1981 5.1 -1.9%
1982 5.1 +0.0%
1983 5.7 +11.8%
1984 6.3 +10.5%
1985 6.6 +4.8%
1986 7.1 +7.6%
1987 6.2 -12.7%
1988 5.3 -14.5%
1989 5.4 +1.9%
1990 4.7 -13.0%
1991 6 +27.7%
1992 7.1 +18.3%
1993 7.5 +5.6%
1994 6 -20.0%
1995 6.4 +6.7%
1996 7.6 +18.7%
1997 7.4 -2.6%
1998 7.2 -2.7%
1999 7.6 +5.6%
2000 7.6 +0.0%
2001 7.8 +2.6%
2002 8.9 +14.1%
2003 10 +12.4%
2004 9.4 -6.0%
2007 8.1 -13.8%
2008 8.8 +8.6%
2009 8.3 -5.7%
2010 6.6 -20.5%
2011 5.7 -13.6%
2012 5.8 +1.8%
2013 6 +3.4%
2014 5.9 -1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1910s 0.2 0.2 0.2 1
1920s 1.62 0.8 2.3 4
1960s 4.56 3.4 6.3 10
1970s 5.55 4.1 6.7 10
1980s 5.8 5.1 7.1 10
1990s 6.75 4.7 7.6 10
2000s 8.61 7.6 10 8
2010s 6 5.7 6.6 5

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.7 compare
  2. 4 Georgia 7 compare
  3. 5 Tajikistan 6 compare
  4. 7 Turkmenistan 5.8 compare
  5. 7 Ukraine 5.8 compare
  6. 9 Armenia 5.7 compare

See the full ranking of 49 places →

More reference data data for Bulgaria

All data for Bulgaria →

Frequently asked questions

What is sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria?
Sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria was 5.9 in 2014, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest sales of cigarettes per adult per day recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 10 in 2003.
What is the lowest sales of cigarettes per adult per day recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2 in 1913.
How does Bulgaria rank for sales of cigarettes per adult per day?
Bulgaria ranks 6th out of 49 countries with data for 2014.
Is sales of cigarettes per adult per day rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is down 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Sales of cigarettes per adult per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 58 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/sales-of-cigarettes-per-adult-per-day/bulgaria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/sales-of-cigarettes-per-adult-per-day/bulgaria/">Sales of cigarettes per adult per day in Bulgaria</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Sales of cigarettes per adult per day
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
49 places, 2,720 data points, 1865–2015
Last refreshed