Bulgaria - Average Long-term Government Bond





Bulgaria: Average Long-term Government Bond

Mnemonic IRGTLT.IBGR
Unit % p.a., NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Monthly
Data Oct 2022 4.31
Sep 2022 3.01

Series Information

Source Bulgarian National Bank (BNB)
Release Interest Rates
Frequency Monthly
Start Date 4/30/2002
End Date 10/31/2022

Bulgaria: Markets

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Stock Market Index 03 Jun 2026 1,249 1,259 Index, NSA Daily
Money Market Rate Dec 2025 1.84 1.84 % in Lev, NSA Monthly
Average Long-term Government Bond Oct 2022 4.31 3.01 % p.a., NSA Monthly
Lending Rate May 2017 0 0 % - End of period Monthly
Treasury Bills (over 31 days) Jun 2015 0.4 0.36 % p.a., NSA Monthly

Release Information

For Bulgaria, interest rates reported monthly, including sovereign yields, interbank rates, and the LTIR for euro zone convergence criteria.

Interest rate statistics covers loans and deposits of:

  • Non-financial corporations 
  • Households and NPISHs
  • Residents of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Interest rate statistics are broken down by instruments:

  • Overnight deposits
  • Deposits redeemable at notice
  • Deposits with agreed maturity
  • Repos
  • Loans
  • Overdraft 
  • Credit card credit
  • Convinience credit card credit 
  • Extended credit card credit

Loans are also broken down by the size of the loan, agreed period, and purpose of loan.

The BNB compiles the statistics of the interest rates. The data sources are all banks in Bulgaria, which includes branches of foreign banks. The rates are average weights with the volumes of new business throughout the reporting period. The rates include all interst payments on both deposits and loans. This does not include other charges related to these instruments.

The Annual percentage rate of charge comprises all interest payments on a loan, as well as all fees, commissions and other charges a client has to pay in order to obtain the loan. It is calculated for consumer loans and loans for house purchases only.

Yes. Revisions of data are announced in the press releases and are marked with an "R" in the table.

Further reading

At the source:

  • Mar 2006 - Initial version.
  • Feb 2026 - Monthly data terminated by the source.