Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

The Netherlands is the largest gross foreign investor in Bulgaria

Photo: Archive

Companies from offshore zones have invested in Bulgaria over 4.3 billion euros for the period from 1990 until the end of March 2020. This is 9.4% of the volume of foreign investment in the country. EUR 45.981 billion is the total amount of foreign investments in the country since the Bulgarian National Bank maintains statistical data on them.

Most foreign investment to the tune of 8.4 billion euros during the years since the start of the democratic changes came from the Netherlands, or 18% of all foreign money. 23% of investments or over 10.6 billion euros are in real estate. 
They are followed by investments in the manufacturing industry to the tune of 8.26 billion euros or 18 percent of foreign capital. 
Almost the same amount, or 17.8% are foreign investments in the financial insurance sector of Bulgaria.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

IT sector attracts thousands but the market cherry picks the most motivated and experienced specialists

IT is one of the leading sectors in terms of salary increases and interest by job seekers in Bulgaria. Before the pandemic all kinds of experts were being hired regardless of their expertise or practical skills, but now preference is given to people..

published on 7/5/24 1:44 PM

BNB sets base interest rate at 3.63% as of July 1

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) announced that it is lowering the base interest rate to 3.63% as of July 1. In May and June, the base interest rate was 3.78%. Bulgaria is in a currency board and the Bulgarian lev is pegged to the euro. Therefore,..

published on 7/1/24 8:52 AM

EC: Bulgaria still not meeting eurozone criteria

Bulgaria fulfils three of the Maastricht criteria for joining the euro zone, but still does not meet the price stability and inflation targets, according to a report by the European Commission, as quoted by BTA. Bulgaria does not currently meet the..

published on 6/26/24 1:51 PM