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Bulgaria PMR Profile

Compare published OECD product-market regulation indicators within their stated reference periods. Regulatory scores describe encoded policy settings, not observed market outcomes.

Compare nine OECD-published regulatory indicators across 55 economies. Lower values indicate fewer encoded barriers on the OECD 0-6 scale; they do not measure concentration or enforcement performance.
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Bulgaria geographic locatorBulgaria is highlighted on Natural Earth world geography. The locator establishes geographic identity and does not encode a metric.
Selected economyBGR / BulgariaOECD / Natural Earth 1:110m / identity, not PMR
Overall PMR
1.310
OECD aggregate / 0-6
Lower-barrier rank
18 / 55
ascending current value
Reference date
2024
Jan 1, 2024
Comparable change
-0.353
Lower than recalculated 2018
BGRBulgariaJoined evidence / 2 / 2 source lanes
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International comparison workspace

Overall Product Market Regulation55 visible economies / lower value means fewer encoded barriers

World distribution

Overall PMR across 55 economies

OECD-published economy-wide aggregate on a 0-6 scale; lower values encode a more competition-friendly regulatory framework.
Fewer encoded barriersOverall PMR rangesMore encoded barriers
  1. < 1.00
  2. 1.00-1.24
  3. 1.25-1.49
  4. 1.50-1.74
  5. 1.75-2.24
  6. 2.25-2.74
  7. 2.75+
No PMR value / filtered
Overall Product Market Regulation world mapLinked economy geometries colored by the current OECD Product Market Regulation value. Lower values use green and higher values use red.Afghanistan: no PMR valueAlbania: no PMR valueAlgeria: no PMR valueAngola: no PMR valueArgentina: 2.298 Overall PMRArmenia: 1.958 Overall PMRAustralia: 1.347 Overall PMRAustria: 1.510 Overall PMRAzerbaijan: no PMR valueBahamas: no PMR valueBangladesh: no PMR valueBelarus: no PMR valueBelgium: 1.478 Overall PMRBelize: no PMR valueBenin: no PMR valueBhutan: no PMR valueBolivia: no PMR valueBosnia and Herzegovina: no PMR valueBotswana: no PMR valueBrazil: 2.317 Overall PMRBrunei Darussalam: no PMR valueBulgaria: 1.310 Overall PMRBurkina Faso: no PMR valueBurundi: no PMR valueCambodia: no PMR valueCameroon: no PMR valueCanada: 1.500 Overall PMRCentral African Republic: no PMR valueChad: no PMR valueChile: 1.347 Overall PMRChina: 2.588 Overall PMRColombia: 1.831 Overall PMRCosta Rica: 2.046 Overall PMRCôte d'Ivoire: no PMR valueCroatia: 1.356 Overall PMRCuba: no PMR valueCyprus: 1.649 Overall PMRCzechia: 1.211 Overall PMRDem. Rep. Korea: no PMR valueDemocratic Republic of the Congo: no PMR valueDenmark: 1.049 Overall PMRDjibouti: no PMR valueDominican Republic: no PMR valueEcuador: no PMR valueEgypt: no PMR valueEl Salvador: no PMR valueEquatorial Guinea: no PMR valueEritrea: no PMR valueEstonia: 0.919 Overall PMREthiopia: no PMR valueFalkland Islands / Malvinas: no PMR valueFiji: no PMR valueFinland: 1.012 Overall PMRFrance: 1.230 Overall PMRFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands: no PMR valueGabon: no PMR valueGeorgia: no PMR valueGermany: 1.208 Overall PMRGhana: no PMR valueGreece: 1.360 Overall PMRGreenland: no PMR valueGuatemala: no PMR valueGuinea: no PMR valueGuinea-Bissau: no PMR valueGuyana: no PMR valueHaiti: no PMR valueHonduras: no PMR valueHungary: 1.593 Overall PMRIceland: 1.530 Overall PMRIndia: no PMR valueIndonesia: 2.201 Overall PMRIran: no PMR valueIraq: no PMR valueIreland: 0.903 Overall PMRIsrael: 1.565 Overall PMRItaly: 1.231 Overall PMRJamaica: no PMR valueJapan: 1.604 Overall PMRJordan: no PMR valueKazakhstan: no PMR valueKenya: 2.923 Overall PMRKingdom of eSwatini: no PMR valueKosovo: no PMR valueKuwait: no PMR valueKyrgyzstan: no PMR valueLao PDR: no PMR valueLatvia: 1.181 Overall PMRLebanon: no PMR valueLesotho: no PMR valueLiberia: no PMR valueLibya: no PMR valueLithuania: 0.855 Overall PMRLuxembourg: 1.835 Overall PMRMadagascar: no PMR valueMalawi: no PMR valueMalaysia: no PMR valueMali: no PMR valueMauritania: no PMR valueMexico: 1.791 Overall PMRMoldova: 1.674 Overall PMRMongolia: no PMR valueMontenegro: no PMR valueMorocco: 2.890 Overall PMRMozambique: no PMR valueMyanmar: no PMR valueNamibia: no PMR valueNepal: no PMR valueNetherlands: 0.910 Overall PMRNew Caledonia: no PMR valueNew Zealand: 1.362 Overall PMRNicaragua: no PMR valueNiger: no PMR valueNigeria: no PMR valueNorth Macedonia: no PMR valueNorthern Cyprus: no PMR valueNorway: 1.023 Overall PMROman: no PMR valuePakistan: no PMR valuePalestine: no PMR valuePanama: no PMR valuePapua New Guinea: no PMR valueParaguay: no PMR valuePeru: 1.325 Overall PMRPhilippines: no PMR valuePoland: 1.066 Overall PMRPortugal: 1.534 Overall PMRPuerto Rico: no PMR valueQatar: no PMR valueKorea: 1.354 Overall PMRRepublic of the Congo: no PMR valueRomania: 1.727 Overall PMRRussian Federation: no PMR valueRwanda: no PMR valueSaudi Arabia: no PMR valueSenegal: no PMR valueSerbia: no PMR valueSierra Leone: no PMR valueSlovak Republic: 1.331 Overall PMRSlovenia: 1.133 Overall PMRSolomon Islands: no PMR valueSomalia: no PMR valueSomaliland: no PMR valueSouth Africa: 2.827 Overall PMRSouth Sudan: no PMR valueSpain: 1.163 Overall PMRSri Lanka: no PMR valueSudan: no PMR valueSuriname: no PMR valueSweden: 0.806 Overall PMRSwitzerland: 1.328 Overall PMRSyria: no PMR valueChinese Taipei: 2.200 Overall PMRTajikistan: no PMR valueTanzania: no PMR valueThailand: 2.383 Overall PMRThe Gambia: no PMR valueTimor-Leste: no PMR valueTogo: no PMR valueTrinidad and Tobago: no PMR valueTunisia: no PMR valueTürkiye: 2.524 Overall PMRTurkmenistan: no PMR valueUganda: no PMR valueUkraine: no PMR valueUnited Arab Emirates: no PMR valueUnited Kingdom: 0.897 Overall PMRUnited States: 1.579 Overall PMRUruguay: no PMR valueUzbekistan: no PMR valueVanuatu: no PMR valueVenezuela: no PMR valueVietnam: no PMR valueWestern Sahara: no PMR valueYemen: no PMR valueZambia: no PMR valueZimbabwe: no PMR valueMalta: 1.725 Overall PMR
Natural Earth 1:110m / 176 geometriesOECD update: May 2026Borders are geographic context, not policy positions.

Published indicator architecture

Bulgaria component ledger

One OECD aggregate, two high-level indicators, and six medium-level indicators. Bars share the source's 0-6 scale.
AOverall PMROverall Product Market Regulation1.3101.47818 / 55-0.353HState involvementDistortions induced by state involvement1.4081.46725 / 55-0.496HEntry barriersBarriers to domestic and foreign entry1.2121.41117 / 55-0.210MPublic ownershipDistortions induced by public ownership0.5891.2247 / 55-0.950MBusiness operationsInvolvement in business operations1.4341.24836 / 55-0.238MImpact evaluationRegulations impact evaluation2.2001.91131 / 55-0.300MAdministrative burdenAdministrative and regulatory burden1.8481.86927 / 55-0.469MService and network barriersBarriers in service and network sectors1.2361.84910 / 55+0.040MTrade and investmentBarriers to trade and investment0.5520.53229 / 55-0.202
Current valueAll-economy medianRecalculated 2018

Interpretation boundary

A regulatory benchmark, not a competition verdict

The atlas preserves what this source can answer and keeps unlike evidence systems separate.

What the indicators encode

OECD questionnaire responses and coded laws and regulations, aggregated under the 2023 PMR methodology.

What they do not establish

Observed market concentration, market definition, legal liability, enforcement quality, consumer outcomes, or causal effects.

Why dates differ

Each economy retains the exact date of the laws and regulations encoded in the workbook; current rows span 2023-2025.

Why 2018 is comparable

Only OECD's recalculated 2018 sheet is used. The discontinued old-methodology sheet is excluded from the observatory.

Canonical economy dossiers

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Every current economy has a stable route, exact source dates, the nine-measure ledger, and reusable JSON and CSV.
ARGArgentinaOECD-WBGARMArmeniaOECD-WBGAUSAustraliaOECDAUTAustriaOECDBELBelgiumOECDBRABrazilOECDBGRBulgariaOECDCANCanadaOECDCHLChileOECDCHNChinaOECD-WBGTWNChinese TaipeiOECDCOLColombiaOECD-WBGCRICosta RicaOECD-WBGHRVCroatiaOECDCYPCyprusOECDCZECzechiaOECDDNKDenmarkOECDESTEstoniaOECDFINFinlandOECDFRAFranceOECDDEUGermanyOECDGRCGreeceOECDHUNHungaryOECDISLIcelandOECDIDNIndonesiaOECDIRLIrelandOECDISRIsraelOECDITAItalyOECDJPNJapanOECDKENKenyaOECD-WBGKORKoreaOECDLVALatviaOECDLTULithuaniaOECDLUXLuxembourgOECDMLTMaltaOECDMEXMexicoOECDMDAMoldovaOECD-WBGMARMoroccoOECD-WBGNLDNetherlandsOECDNZLNew ZealandOECDNORNorwayOECDPERPeruOECD-WBGPOLPolandOECDPRTPortugalOECDROURomaniaOECDSVKSlovak RepublicOECDSVNSloveniaOECDZAFSouth AfricaOECDESPSpainOECDSWESwedenOECDCHESwitzerlandOECDTHAThailandOECD-ADBTURTürkiyeOECDGBRUnited KingdomOECDUSAUnited StatesOECD