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"Terrain": {
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"text": "mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Black Sea 0 m"
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"Elevation": {
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "472 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Musala 2,925 m"
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"elevation extremes": {
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"text": "lowest point: Black Sea 0 m ++ highest point: Musala 2,925 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "1,046 sq km (2007)"
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"text": "1,020 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "21.3 cu km (2011)"
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},
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"Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "6.12 cu km/yr (16%/68%/16%)"
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},
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"per capita": {
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"text": "821.8 cu m/yr (2009)"
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}
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"Population - distribution": {
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"text": "a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger populations"
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "earthquakes; landslides"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "7,144,653 (July 2016 est.)"
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},
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Bulgarian(s)"
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8%, other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%, none 3.7%, unspecified 27.4% (2011 est.)"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "7,186,893 (July 2015 est.)"
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "14.53% (male 538,266/female 505,927)"
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"text": "14.54% (male 535,131/female 503,540)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "9.95% (male 373,340/female 341,507)"
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"text": "9.73% (male 362,805/female 332,358)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "43.35% (male 1,598,130/female 1,517,744)"
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"text": "43.33% (male 1,589,183/female 1,506,285)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "13.45% (male 451,841/female 514,696)"
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"text": "13.38% (male 447,865/female 507,805)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "18.72% (male 547,887/female 797,555) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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"text": "19.03% (male 552,217/female 807,464) (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "42.1 years"
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"text": "42.4 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "40.2 years"
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"text": "40.6 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "44.2 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "44.5 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "-0.58% (2015 est.)"
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"text": "-0.6% (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "8.92 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "8.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "14.44 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "14.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger populations"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "1.09 male(s)/female"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
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"text": "1.06 male(s)/female"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "0.88 male(s)/female"
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"text": "0.69 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "0.95 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Mother's mean age at first birth": {
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"text": "26.5 (2013 est.)"
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},
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"Maternal mortality rate": {
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"text": "11 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "8.66 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "8.5 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "9.73 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "9.6 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "7.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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"text": "7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "74.39 years"
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"text": "74.5 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "71.05 years"
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"text": "71.2 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "77.93 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "78 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "1.45 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.46 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
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"text": "69.2%",
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}
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},
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "7.6% of GDP (2013)"
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"text": "8.4% of GDP (2014)"
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},
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "3.87 physicians/1,000 population (2012)"
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"text": "25.6% (2014)"
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},
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"Education expenditures": {
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"text": "3.8% of GDP (2011)"
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"text": "3.5% of GDP (2012)"
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},
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"Literacy": {
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"definition": {
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},
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "14 years"
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"text": "15 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "14 years"
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"text": "15 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "15 years (2012)"
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"text": "15 years (2014)"
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}
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},
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"Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
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"total": {
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"text": "28.1%"
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"text": "23.8%"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "29.5%"
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"text": "23.8%"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "26% (2012 est.)"
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"text": "23.7% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "Bulgaria"
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},
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"local long form": {
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"text": "Republika Balgariya"
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"text": "Republika Bulgaria"
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},
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"local short form": {
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"text": "Balgariya"
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"text": "Bulgaria"
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},
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"etymology": {
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"text": "named after the Bulgar tribes who settled the lower Balkan region in the 7th century A.D."
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}
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},
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"Government type": {
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"text": "parliamentary democracy"
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"text": "parliamentary republic"
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"Capital": {
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"name": {
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen, Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofiya (Sofia), Sofiya-Grad (Sofia City), Stara Zagora, Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol"
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"text": "28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Haskovo, Kardzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen, Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofia, Sofia-Grad (Sofia City), Stara Zagora, Targovishte, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol"
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"Independence": {
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"text": "3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)"
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"text": "Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)"
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"Constitution": {
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"text": "several previous; latest drafted between late 1990 and early 1991, adopted 12 July 1991; amended several times, last in 2007 (2015)"
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"text": "several previous; latest drafted between late 1990 and early 1991, adopted 12 July 1991; amended several times, last in 2015 (2016)"
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"Legal system": {
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"Citizenship": {
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"birthright citizenship": {
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"text": "no, unless at least one parent is a citizen of Bulgaria"
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"citizenship by birth": {
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"text": "no"
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"citizenship by descent only": {
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"text": "at least one parent must be a citizen of Bulgaria"
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"text": "President Rosen PLEVNELIEV (since 22 January 2012); Vice President Margarita POPOVA (since 22 January 2012)"
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"head of government": {
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"text": "Prime Minister Boyko BORISOV (since 7 November 2014); Deputy Prime Ministers Tomislav DONCHEV (since 7 November 2014), Rumyana BACHVAROVA (since 7 November 2014), Meglena KUNEVA (since 7 November 2014), Ivaylo KALFIN (since 7 November 2014); note - this is BORISOV's second term as prime minister, he first served between 27 July 2009 and 13 March 2013"
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"text": "Prime Minister Boyko BORISOV (since 7 November 2014); Deputy Prime Ministers Tomislav DONCHEV (since 7 November 2014), Rumyana BACHVAROVA (since 7 November 2014), Meglena KUNEVA (since 7 November 2014); note - this is BORISOV's second term as prime minister, he first served between 27 July 2009 and 13 March 2013"
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest court(s)": {
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"text": "Supreme Court of Cassation (consists of a chairman and approximately 72 judges organized into penal, civil, and commercial colleges); Supreme Administrative Court (organized in 2 colleges with various panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 justices); note - Constitutional Court resides outside the Judiciary"
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"text": "Supreme Court of Cassation (consists of a chairman and approximately 72 judges organized into penal, civil, and commercial colleges); Supreme Administrative Court (organized in 2 colleges with various panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 justices); note - Constitutional Court resides outside the judiciary"
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"judge selection and term of office": {
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"text": "Supreme Court of Cassation and Supreme Administrative judges elected by the Supreme Judicial Council or SJC (consists of 25 members with extensive legal experience) and appointed by the president; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court justices elected by the National Assembly and appointed by the president and the SJC; justices appointed for 9-year terms with renewal of 4 justices every 3 years"
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"text": "Supreme Court of Cassation and Supreme Administrative judges elected by the Supreme Judicial Council or SJC (consists of 25 members with extensive legal experience) and appointed by the president; judges can serve until mandatory retirement at age 65; Constitutional Court justices elected by the National Assembly and appointed by the president and the SJC; justices appointed for 9-year terms with renewal of 4 justices every 3 years"
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"subordinate courts": {
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"text": "appeals courts; regional and district courts; administrative courts; courts martial"
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"Political parties and leaders": {
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"text": "Alternative for Bulgarian Revival or ABV [Georgi PARVANOV] ++ Attack (Ataka) [Volen Nikolov SIDEROV] ++ Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Mihail MIKOV] ++ Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG [Meglena KUNEVA] ++ Bulgaria Without Censorship or BBTs [Nikolay BAREKOV] ++ Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISOV] ++ Coalition for Bulgaria or CfB [Mikhail MIKOV] (coalition dominated by BSP) ++ Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Radan KANEV] ++ IMRO - Bulgarian National Movement or IMRO-BNM [Krasimir KARAKACHANOV] ++ Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Lyutvi MESTAN] ++ National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria or NFSB [Valeri SIMEONOV] ++ National Movement for Stability and Progress or NDSV [Hristina HRISTOVA] (formerly National Movement Simeon II or NMS2) ++ Order, Law, and Justice or RZS [Yane YANEV] ++ Patriotic Front or PF (alliance of IMRO-BNM and NFSB) ++ Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Bozhidar LUKARSKI] ++ Reformist Bloc or RB (a five-party alliance including the DSB, DBG, and SDS)"
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"text": "Alternative for Bulgarian Revival or ABV [Georgi PARVANOV] ++ Attack (Ataka) [Volen Nikolov SIDEROV] ++ Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Mihail MIKOV] ++ Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG [Meglena KUNEVA] ++ Bulgaria Without Censorship or BBTs [Nikolay BAREKOV] ++ Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISOV] ++ Coalition for Bulgaria or CfB [Mikhail MIKOV] (coalition dominated by BSP) ++ Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Radan KANEV] ++ IMRO - Bulgarian National Movement or IMRO-BNM [Krasimir KARAKACHANOV] ++ Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Lyutvi MESTAN] ++ National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria or NFSB [Valeri SIMEONOV] ++ National Movement for Stability and Progress or NDSV [Hristina HRISTOVA] (formerly National Movement Simeon II or NMS2) ++ Patriotic Front or PF (alliance of IMRO-BNM and NFSB) ++ Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Bozhidar LUKARSKI] ++ Reformist Bloc or RB (a five-party alliance including the DSB, DBG, and SDS)"
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"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
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"text": "Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria or CITUB ++ Podkrepa Labor Confederation",
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"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
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"chief of mission": {
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"text": "Ambassador Elena POPTODOROVA (since 4 August 2010)"
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"text": "Ambassador Tihomir Anguelov STOYTCHEV (since 27 June 2016)"
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"chancery": {
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"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
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"chief of mission": {
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"text": "Ambassador Marcie B. RIES (since 5 September 2012)"
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"text": "Ambassador Eric RUBIN (since February 2016)"
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"embassy": {
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"text": "16 Kozyak Street, Sofia 1408"
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"Economy": {
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"text": "Bulgaria, a former Communist country that entered the EU on 1 January 2007, averaged more than 6% annual growth from 2004 to 2008, driven by significant amounts of bank lending, consumption, and foreign direct investment. Successive governments have demonstrated a commitment to economic reforms and responsible fiscal planning, but the global downturn sharply reduced domestic demand, exports, capital inflows, and industrial production. GDP contracted by 5.5% in 2009, and has been slow to recover in the years since. Despite having a favorable investment regime, including low, flat corporate income taxes, significant challenges remain. Corruption in public administration, a weak judiciary, and the presence of organized crime continue to hamper the country's investment climate and economic prospects."
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"text": "Bulgaria, a former communist country that entered the EU on 1 January 2007, averaged more than 6% annual growth from 2004 to 2008, driven by significant amounts of bank lending, consumption, and foreign direct investment. ++ ++ Successive governments have demonstrated a commitment to economic reforms and responsible fiscal planning, but the global downturn sharply reduced domestic demand, exports, capital inflows, and industrial production. GDP contracted by 5.5% in 2009, and has been slow to recover in the years since. ++ ++ Despite a favorable investment regime, including low, flat corporate income taxes, significant challenges remain. Corruption in public administration, a weak judiciary, and the presence of organized crime continue to hamper the country's investment climate and economic prospects."
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
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"text": "$129.1 billion (2014 est.) ++ $126.9 billion (2013 est.) ++ $125.6 billion (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$137.1 billion (2015 est.) ++ $133.2 billion (2014 est.) ++ $131.1 billion (2013 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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},
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
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"text": "$55.82 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$48.95 billion (2015 est.)"
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"GDP - real growth rate": {
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"text": "1.7% (2014 est.) ++ 1.1% (2013 est.) ++ 0.5% (2012 est.)"
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"text": "3% (2015 est.) ++ 1.5% (2014 est.) ++ 1.3% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
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"text": "$17,900 (2014 est.) ++ $17,600 (2013 est.) ++ $17,400 (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$19,200 (2015 est.) ++ $18,500 (2014 est.) ++ $18,100 (2013 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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"Gross national saving": {
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"text": "21.6% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 23.8% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 21.1% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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"text": "22.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 22.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 22.7% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"GDP - composition, by end use": {
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"household consumption": {
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"text": "63%"
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"text": "60.9%"
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},
|
||||
"government consumption": {
|
||||
"text": "16.5%"
|
||||
"text": "16.3%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"investment in fixed capital": {
|
||||
"text": "21.1%"
|
||||
"text": "21.2%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"investment in inventories": {
|
||||
"text": "0.3%"
|
||||
"text": "0.2%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"exports of goods and services": {
|
||||
"text": "65.1%"
|
||||
"text": "66.5%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"imports of goods and services": {
|
||||
"text": "-66% ++ (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-65% (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
|
||||
"agriculture": {
|
||||
"text": "5.3%"
|
||||
"text": "5.1%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"industry": {
|
||||
"text": "27.2%"
|
||||
"text": "27.6%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"services": {
|
||||
"text": "67.6% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "67.2% (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Agriculture - products": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -566,30 +567,30 @@
|
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"text": "electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel"
|
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},
|
||||
"Industrial production growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.7% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.7% (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Labor force": {
|
||||
"text": "2.57 million",
|
||||
"text": "2.552 million",
|
||||
"note": {
|
||||
"text": "number of employed persons (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "number of employed persons (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Labor force - by occupation": {
|
||||
"agriculture": {
|
||||
"text": "6.7%"
|
||||
"text": "7%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"industry": {
|
||||
"text": "30.2%"
|
||||
"text": "30.1%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"services": {
|
||||
"text": "63.1% (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "62.9% (2014)"
|
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}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Unemployment rate": {
|
||||
"text": "11.2% (2014 est.) ++ 11.3% (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "10.1% (2015 est.) ++ 11.2% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population below poverty line": {
|
||||
"text": "21% (2012 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "21.8% (2014 est.)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
|
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"lowest 10%": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -600,24 +601,24 @@
|
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}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Distribution of family income - Gini index": {
|
||||
"text": "35.4 (2012) ++ 26 (2001)"
|
||||
"text": "35.4 (2013) ++ 31.2 (2005)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Budget": {
|
||||
"revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "$19.95 billion"
|
||||
"text": "$18.25 billion"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "$22.03 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$19.12 billion (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "35.7% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "38.7% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
||||
"text": "-3.7% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-1.8% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Public debt": {
|
||||
"text": "25.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 25.9% of GDP (2013 est.)",
|
||||
"text": "26.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 27% of GDP (2014 est.)",
|
||||
"note": {
|
||||
"text": "defined by the EU's Maastricht Treaty as consolidated general government gross debt at nominal value, outstanding at the end of the year in the following categories of government liabilities: currency and deposits, securities other than shares excluding financial derivatives, and loans; general government sector comprises the subsectors: central government, state government, local government, and social security funds"
|
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}
|
||||
|
|
@ -626,93 +627,98 @@
|
|||
"text": "calendar year"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
||||
"text": "-1.6% (2014 est.) ++ 0.4% (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-1.1% (2015 est.) ++ -1.6% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.03% (31 December 2014) ++ 0.02% (31 December 2013)",
|
||||
"text": "0.01% (31 December 2015) ++ 0.03% (31 December 2014)",
|
||||
"note": {
|
||||
"text": "Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has had no independent monetary policy since the introduction of the Currency Board regime in 1997; this is BNB's base interest rate"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
|
||||
"text": "7.56% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 8.11% (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.48% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 8.28% (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
||||
"text": "$19.34 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $19.05 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$20.09 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $19.34 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of broad money": {
|
||||
"text": "$46.42 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $47.33 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$41.32 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $37.99 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
||||
"text": "$32.47 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $40.29 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$29.83 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $32.47 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
|
||||
"text": "$7.232 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $7.014 billion (31 December 2013) ++ $6.666 billion (31 December 2012 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$4.797 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $5.45 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $6.666 billion (31 December 2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current account balance": {
|
||||
"text": "$25 million (2014 est.) ++ $1.228 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$676 million (2015 est.) ++ $484 million (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports": {
|
||||
"text": "$27.91 billion (2014 est.) ++ $28.2 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$24.62 billion (2015 est.) ++ $27.94 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "Germany 12.3%, Italy 9.1%, Turkey 8.9%, Romania 8.1%, Greece 6.8%, France 4.4%, Belgium 4.2% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "Germany 12.5%, Italy 9.2%, Turkey 8.5%, Romania 8.2%, Greece 6.5%, France 4.2% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports": {
|
||||
"text": "$31.6 billion (2014 est.) ++ $32.03 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$26.74 billion (2015 est.) ++ $31.63 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "Russia 14.5%, Germany 12.4%, Italy 7.2%, Romania 6.9%, Turkey 5.6%, Greece 5.2%, Spain 5% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "Germany 12.9%, Russia 12%, Italy 7.6%, Romania 6.8%, Turkey 5.7%, Greece 4.8%, Spain 4.8% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
|
||||
"text": "$20.11 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $19.88 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$22.09 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $20.11 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Debt - external": {
|
||||
"text": "$54.61 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $52.99 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$42.5 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $48.74 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
|
||||
"text": "$52.78 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $50.75 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$44.29 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $51.78 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad": {
|
||||
"text": "$3.01 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.199 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$4.49 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $5.354 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exchange rates": {
|
||||
"text": "leva (BGN) per US dollar - ++ 1.4742 (2014 est.) ++ 1.4742 (2013 est.) ++ 1.52 (2012 est.) ++ 1.4053 (2011 est.) ++ 1.4774 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "leva (BGN) per US dollar - ++ 1.7644 (2015 est.) ++ 1.4742 (2014 est.) ++ 1.4742 (2013 est.) ++ 1.52 (2012 est.) ++ 1.4053 (2011 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Energy": {
|
||||
"Electricity access": {
|
||||
"electrification - total population": {
|
||||
"text": "100% (2016)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - production": {
|
||||
"text": "47.21 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "48.44 billion kWh (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - consumption": {
|
||||
"text": "28.5 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "37.99 billion kWh (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - exports": {
|
||||
"text": "9.532 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "14.7 billion kWh (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - imports": {
|
||||
"text": "3.351 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.25 billion kWh (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
|
||||
"text": "12.9 million kW (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "11.84 million kW (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
|
||||
"text": "46% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "41.7% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
|
||||
"text": "15.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "16.9% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
|
||||
"text": "21% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.5% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
|
||||
"text": "17.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "32.9% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Crude oil - production": {
|
||||
"text": "1,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -739,39 +745,39 @@
|
|||
"text": "37,280 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Natural gas - production": {
|
||||
"text": "278 million cu m (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "181 million cu m (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Natural gas - consumption": {
|
||||
"text": "2.975 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.635 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Natural gas - exports": {
|
||||
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Natural gas - imports": {
|
||||
"text": "2.697 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.725 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
|
||||
"text": "5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
|
||||
"text": "44.51 million Mt (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "43.61 million Mt (2014 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Communications": {
|
||||
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "1.8 million"
|
||||
"text": "1,654,535"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "25 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "23 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "9.9 million"
|
||||
"text": "9.195 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "137 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "128 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephone system": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -779,34 +785,45 @@
|
|||
"text": "inherited an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network from the Soviet era; quality has improved with a modern digital trunk line now connecting switching centers in most of the regions; remaining areas are connected by digital microwave radio relay"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 in an effort to upgrade fixed-line services; mobile-cellular teledensity, fostered by multiple service providers, has reached 150 telephones per 100 persons"
|
||||
"text": "the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 in an effort to upgrade fixed-line services; mobile-cellular teledensity, fostered by multiple service providers, is over 125 telephones per 100 persons"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 359; submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and Macedonia; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intersputnik in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 Intelsat in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "country code - 359; submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and Macedonia; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intersputnik in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 Intelsat in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "4 national terrestrial TV stations with 1 state-owned and 3 privately owned; a vast array of TV stations are available from cable and satellite TV providers; state-owned national radio broadcasts over 3 networks; large number of private radio stations broadcasting, especially in urban areas (2010)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet country code": {
|
||||
"text": ".bg"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "4.1 million"
|
||||
"text": "4.072 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "57.0% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "56.7% (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
"National air transport system": {
|
||||
"number of registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "8"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "44"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "1,118,689"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "1,583,340 mt-km (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
|
||||
"text": "LZ (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Airports": {
|
||||
"text": "68 (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -835,7 +852,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"under 914 m": {
|
||||
"text": " ++ 9 (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "9 (2013)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Heliports": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -892,39 +909,15 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military": {
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military branches": {
|
||||
"text": "Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2011)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription ended in January 2008; service obligation 6-9 months (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,637,470"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,621,352 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,320,955"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,337,616 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "33,444"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "32,075 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% of GDP (2013) ++ 1.46% of GDP (2012) ++ 1.55% of GDP (2011) ++ 1.46% of GDP (2010)"
|
||||
"text": "1.2% of GDP (2015) ++ 1.6% of GDP (2013) ++ 1.46% of GDP (2012) ++ 1.55% of GDP (2011) ++ 1.46% of GDP (2010)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -933,10 +926,21 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "8,501 (Syria) (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "13,819 (Syria) (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"stateless persons": {
|
||||
"text": "67 (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "67 (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": {
|
||||
"text": "44,736 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (2015 - October 2016)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
"current situation": {
|
||||
"text": "Bulgaria is a source and, to a lesser extent, a transit and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor; Bulgaria is one of the main sources of human trafficking in the EU; women and children are increasingly sex trafficked domestically, as well as in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and the US; adults and children become forced laborers in agriculture, construction, and the service sector in Europe, Israel, and Zambia; Romanian girls are also subjected to sex trafficking in Bulgaria"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"tier rating": {
|
||||
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List – Bulgaria does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; in 2014, authorities prosecuted and convicted fewer traffickers and issued suspended sentences for the majority of those convicted; victim protection efforts declined and were minimal relative to the number of victims identified; funding for the state’s two NGO-operated shelters was significantly cut, forcing them to close; specialized services for child and adult male victims were non-existent; the government took action to combat trafficking-related complicity among public officials and police officers (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
|
|
|
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