Bulgaria’s current account deficit narrowed to EUR 269.0 million in July 2026 from EUR 303.7 million a year earlier. The improvement came despite a wider goods deficit of EUR 853.1 million, compared with EUR 752.4 million, as the primary income deficit narrowed to EUR 532.0 million from EUR 617.4 million and the secondary income surplus rose to EUR 240.8 million from EUR 149.9 million. The services surplus declined to EUR 875.2 million from EUR 916.2 million, reducing the combined goods and services surplus to EUR 22.2 million from EUR 163.8 million. For January-July 2026, Bulgaria recorded a current account deficit of EUR 5,426.8 million, compared with EUR 2,470.6 million in the same period of 2025.