Bulgaria's electricity generation fell from 42.7 in 1996 to 38.0 in 2025.
Bulgaria's primary energy consumption fell from 272.7 in 1995 to 191.8 in 2024.
Bulgaria · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Bulgaria's electricity consumption per capita rose from 5,147.5 kWh in 1996 to 5,653.4 kWh in 2025.
Bulgaria's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 6.9 in 2025.
Bulgaria's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 1992 to 1.3 in 2025.
Bulgaria's hydropower electricity generation fell from 2.9 in 1996 to 2.5 in 2025.
Bulgaria's nuclear electricity generation fell from 18.1 in 1996 to 14.9 in 2025.
Bulgaria's energy use per capita fell from 32,624.2 kWh in 1995 to 28,381.6 kWh in 2024.
Bulgaria's renewable energy rose from 9.2 % in 2004 to 22.7 % in 2025.
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- Renewable electricityup +2.9 pts53rd of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −0.8 pts33rd of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +0.8 pts33rd of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.6 pts55th of 89
- Nuclear electricity sharedown −2.1 pts7th of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +3.8 pts14th of 90
- Wind electricity sharedown −0.3 pts51st of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −0.3 pts66th of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.5 pts64th of 87
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- Energy importsup +3.0 pts34th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −1.3 pts76th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +0.1 %139th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −1.2 %39th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionup +0.3 %89th of 204*
- Gas productiondown −10.9 %82nd of 204*
- Coal productiondown −28.5 %24th of 34