Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution was 643.03 Cubic metres in 2023. ▼ Falling
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Bulgaria, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Cubic metres.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 643.03 Cubic metres for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Bulgaria peaked at 1,442 Cubic metres in 2000 and was at its lowest, 617.05 Cubic metres, in 2018.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Cubic metres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,442 Cubic metres | — |
| 2001 | 1,195 Cubic metres | -17.2% |
| 2002 | 1,098 Cubic metres | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 1,354 Cubic metres | +23.4% |
| 2004 | 1,109 Cubic metres | -18.1% |
| 2005 | 941.4 Cubic metres | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 1,250 Cubic metres | +32.8% |
| 2007 | 1,212 Cubic metres | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 1,146 Cubic metres | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 1,071 Cubic metres | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 973.01 Cubic metres | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 1,088 Cubic metres | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 1,155 Cubic metres | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 992.09 Cubic metres | -14.1% |
| 2014 | 864.4 Cubic metres | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 907.46 Cubic metres | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 807.5 Cubic metres | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 744.75 Cubic metres | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 617.05 Cubic metres | -17.1% |
| 2019 | 658.38 Cubic metres | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 634.38 Cubic metres | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 644.48 Cubic metres | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 667.32 Cubic metres | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 643.03 Cubic metres | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,182 Cubic metres | 941.4 Cubic metres | 1,442 Cubic metres | 10 |
| 2010s | 880.75 Cubic metres | 617.05 Cubic metres | 1,155 Cubic metres | 10 |
| 2020s | 647.3 Cubic metres | 634.38 Cubic metres | 667.32 Cubic metres | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.573 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 21.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0018 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.74 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.72 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Bulgaria?
- Water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Bulgaria was 643.03 Cubic metres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,442 Cubic metres in 2000.
- What is the lowest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 617.05 Cubic metres in 2018.
- How does Bulgaria rank for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution?
- Bulgaria ranks 10th out of 18 countries with data for 2023.
- Is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Water flow accounts describe flows of water, in physical units, encompassing the initial abstraction of water resources from the environment into the economy, to the water flows within the economy in the form of supply and use by industries and households, and finally, flows of water back to the environment. Physical supply and use tables can be compiled at various levels of detail, depending on the required policy and analytical focus and data availability. A basic PSUT for water contains information on the supply and use of water and provides an overview of water flows. The PSUT is divided into five sections which organize information on (a) abstraction of water from the environment; (b) distribution and use of abstracted water across enterprises and households; (c) flows of wastewater and reused water (between households and enterprises); (d) return flows of water to the environment; and (e) evaporation, transpiration and water incorporated into products. Data source(s): Joint OECD/Eurostat questionnaire on Inland Waters. Data for non-OECD countries is sourced from UNSD (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 15, 2026 Database documentation