Bulgaria international reserves
Total reserves
$8.3B
Data for September 2026
1-month change
-7.5%
12-month change
-84.1%
High since 2000
$52.2B
September 2025
Monthly history (IMF)
$8.3 billion
September 2026+175.4% vs January 2000
Gross reserves in US dollars with gold at market value. Source: IMF, International Liquidity.
Composition
What the central bank holds its reserves in, as of September 2026.
- Foreign exchange$635M · 7.6%
- Gold$5.5B · 66.2%
- SDRs$2.0B · 24.5%
- IMF reserve position$134M · 1.6%
Gold
- Tonnes
- 41 t
- Market value
- $5.5B
- Share of reserves
- 66.2%
Tonnes of gold in reserves
41.0 t
September 2026+2.8% vs January 2000
In context
Reserves per person
US$ 1,293
Reserves as % of GDP (2025)
6.4%
Months of imports covered
1.5
Usual benchmark: under 3 months is considered low.