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Tourism Statistics · Country

Overnight stays per 1,000 residents in Bulgaria

1990 – 2025 · 35 data points 9 of 14 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: Eurostat, 1990 – 2025

Overnight stays per 1,000 residents, 1990 – 2025 per 1,000 people · Bulgaria · European Union
+1,266 since 2015
Bulgaria European Union

Source: Eurostat, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Overnight stays per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 people
Bulgaria
4,476
European Union
6,978

Source: Eurostat

The series at a glance Bulgaria · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4,476 · 2025
First value 3,485 · 1990
Highest 4,476 · 2025
Lowest 911 · 1999
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBulgariaChange European Union
2025 4,476 +187 6,978
2024 4,289 +123 6,726
2023 4,167 +438 6,574
2022 3,729 +1,032 6,177
2021 2,697 +876 4,112
2020 1,822 −2,253 3,181
2019 4,075 +46 6,444
2018 4,028 +119 6,301
2017 3,910 +130 6,094
2016 3,779 +568 5,796
2015 3,211 +216 5,573
2014 2,995 +27 5,387
2013 2,968 +204 5,282
2012 2,764 +232 5,180
2011 2,532 +357 5,109
2010 2,175 +129 4,910
2009 2,046 −373 4,661
2008 2,419 +45 4,956
2007 2,374 +99 —
2006 2,275 +185 —
2005 2,090 +275 4,616
2004 1,815 +219 —
2003 1,596 +293 —
2002 1,303 +259 —
2000 1,044 +133 —
1999 911 −131 —
1998 1,042 +23 —
1997 1,019 −151 —
1996 1,170 −15 —
1995 1,185 −131 —
1994 1,316 −182 —
1993 1,498 +84 —
1992 1,414 +145 —
1991 1,269 −2,216 —
1990 3,485 3,746

Source: Eurostat, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryOvernight stays per 1,000 residents
1 Greece 10,259
2 Spain 9,697
3 Italy 6,737
4 Norway 6,189
5 Netherlands 6,146
6 France 6,015
7 Germany 4,684
8 Czechia 4,666
9 Bulgaria 3,779
10 Finland 3,687
11 Lithuania 2,487
12 Poland 2,091
13 Türkiye 1,372
14 Romania 1,302

Source: Eurostat, 2016

What it means

How intense tourism is compared with the local population.

How it is calculated

Nights spent at tourist accommodation divided by the resident population, times 1,000.