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Bulgarian Lev
BGNBulgaria · Issued by Българска народна банка
Price (USD)
$0.598822
Inflation (2024)
+2.45%
10y M2 change
+147%
M69 Score
78.7
EUR-pegged via currency board
Market Cap (USD)
$100.77B
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
168.28B BGN
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+2.45%
World Bank · annual
Country
Bulgaria
ISO 4217 · BGN
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Bulgarian Lev M2 money supply
Broad money in BGN (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Bulgarian Lev inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Bulgaria. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Bulgarian Lev be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 BGN in 2001 buys today
15.03 BGNworth of goods
Lost 85% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
665.52 BGN
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:01:49
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- BGR
Note: EUR-pegged via currency board
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/BGN
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Bulgarian Lev?+
The Bulgarian Lev (BGN) is issued by Българска народна банка. As the monetary authority for Bulgaria, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Bulgarian Lev?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Bulgarian Lev: 2.45% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Bulgarian Lev been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 147% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between BGN as accounting unit and BGN as a store of value.
Is the Bulgarian Lev sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Bulgarian Lev currently scores 78.7. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Bulgarian Lev compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.