Bulgaria

MODERATE RISK
Scoring: V1.8.1
Updated: 4/13/2026

Bulgaria's economic indicators show moderate risk signals. The strongest signal is in Fiscal Policy Change (38581 historical precedent windows). Also notable: Civil War And Insurgency and Mass Protest. Across all categories, 197,464 precedent windows were identified — meaning Bulgaria's trajectory matches historical trajectories of countries that experienced these event types.

Risk Breakdown by Category

Top Precedents by Pattern Tier

RankCategorySaliencePrecedentsLast Event
1Fiscal Policy Change0.75271462024
2Mass Protest0.64173852024
3Bilateral Treaty0.47248492024
4Civil War And Insurgency0.47122552024
5Democratic Transition0.40156172024
6Flood And Cyclone-0.0959012024
7Digital Policy-0.1361772011
8Epidemic And Pandemic-0.6138162021
9Foreign Intervention-0.6548892022
10Territorial Disputes-1.659442024

Curated Events — Bulgaria

60 events (1990–present)
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
2024
Bulgaria Achieves Full Schengen Area Membership
regional integration
2023
Bulgaria Partially Joins Schengen for Air and Sea Travel
regional integration
2022
Russia Cuts Gas to Bulgaria — Energy Crisis After Ukraine Invasion
energy policy
2022
Bulgaria Vetoes North Macedonia's EU Accession Over Historical Disputes
territorial disputes
2021
Three Elections in One Year — Anti-Establishment Wave Fragments Parliament
elections and voting
2020
100-Day Anti-Corruption Protest Wave Demands Borisov Resignation
mass protest
2020
Bulgaria Joins ERM II — Euro Adoption Process Begins
monetary policy change
2020
COVID-19 — Bulgaria Records Lowest Vaccination Rate in EU
epidemic and pandemic
2018
Journalist Viktoria Marinova Murdered — Press Freedom Alarm
political violence
2016
Pro-Russia Rumen Radev Elected President — GERB Government Resigns
elections and voting

QGI surfaces economically-grounded risk candidates that analysts should examine. Risk tiers reflect historical precedent density, not probability forecasts.