FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2025 was 2.98B euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of last year stood at 2.98 billion euro, the equivalent of 2.6 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), statistics from the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) showed on January 20.
In the same period of 2024, FDI was 2.68 billion euro, although BNB originally reported 1.49 billion euro, which was revised upward later.
Investment in equity, including in the real estate sector, was 118.9 million euro (compared to 29 million euro in January-November 2024) and the BNB figures showed 3.4 billion euro in re-invested earnings (compared to 2.46 billion euro for the first 11 months of last year.)
Net receipts from real estate investments by foreign companies recorded a net outflow of 18.6 million euro, compared to a net outflow of 11.6 million euro recorded in January-November 2024.
The central bank data showed 535.8 million euro in investment outflows as debt instruments, recorded as the change in the net liabilities of Bulgarian companies towards their foreign investor owners, compared to an inflow of 187 million euro in the first 11 months of 2024. Such financial flows include financial loans, suppliers’ credits and debt securities, BNB said.
According to preliminary figures, Bulgarian investment abroad increased by 415 million euro in January-November, compared to 710.8 million euro in the first 11 months of last year, BNB said.
(Photo: Miroslav Sárička/sxc.hu)
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