Bulgaria

Europe & Central Asia · Sofia

Rank #75 of 173

30.2Strength score

Photos

U S , Bulgarian soldiers prepare for LFX in Bulgaria (6667463) — U S , Bulgarian soldiers prepare for LFX in Bulgaria (6667463)U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeff VanWey · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Bulgarian Navy degaussing ship Captain 1st rank Dimitar Dobrev, Varna Harbor, April 2022 — Bulgarian Navy degaussing ship Captain 1st rank Dimitar Dobrev, Varna Harbor, April 2022Daggerstab · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Alenia C-27J Spartan, Bulgaria - Air Force JP7136157 — Alenia C-27J Spartan, Bulgaria - Air Force JP7136157Aldo Bidini · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance79
Air power—
Manpower70
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $2.6B #62
Budget as % of GDP: 2.01% #74
Spending per person: $402 #50
GDP: $130.8B #62
Population: 6,433,302 #110

Manpower

Active personnel: 37,000 (World Bank figure) #82
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 37,000 #85

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

2Russian Federation95.0 VS
8France77.2 VS
10United Kingdom74.7 VS
12Turkiye73.3 VS
18Greece68.9 VS
19Germany68.2 VS
20Italy67.8 VS
24Spain67.0 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)