Gender of the head of government in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Gender of the head of government was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0
World rank
20th
of 176 countries
All-time high
1
in 1994
All-time low
0
in 1789
Years of data
237
1789–2025
Gender of the head of government in Bulgaria, 1789–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0 for gender of the head of government in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 237 years on record.
Over the whole period, gender of the head of government in Bulgaria peaked at 1 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1789.
That places Bulgaria 20th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gender of the head of government in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0 | — |
| 1790 | 0 | — |
| 1791 | 0 | — |
| 1792 | 0 | — |
| 1793 | 0 | — |
| 1794 | 0 | — |
| 1795 | 0 | — |
| 1796 | 0 | — |
| 1797 | 0 | — |
| 1798 | 0 | — |
| 1799 | 0 | — |
| 1800 | 0 | — |
| 1801 | 0 | — |
| 1802 | 0 | — |
| 1803 | 0 | — |
| 1804 | 0 | — |
| 1805 | 0 | — |
| 1806 | 0 | — |
| 1807 | 0 | — |
| 1808 | 0 | — |
| 1809 | 0 | — |
| 1810 | 0 | — |
| 1811 | 0 | — |
| 1812 | 0 | — |
| 1813 | 0 | — |
| 1814 | 0 | — |
| 1815 | 0 | — |
| 1816 | 0 | — |
| 1817 | 0 | — |
| 1818 | 0 | — |
| 1819 | 0 | — |
| 1820 | 0 | — |
| 1821 | 0 | — |
| 1822 | 0 | — |
| 1823 | 0 | — |
| 1824 | 0 | — |
| 1825 | 0 | — |
| 1826 | 0 | — |
| 1827 | 0 | — |
| 1828 | 0 | — |
| 1829 | 0 | — |
| 1830 | 0 | — |
| 1831 | 0 | — |
| 1832 | 0 | — |
| 1833 | 0 | — |
| 1834 | 0 | — |
| 1835 | 0 | — |
| 1836 | 0 | — |
| 1837 | 0 | — |
| 1838 | 0 | — |
| 1839 | 0 | — |
| 1840 | 0 | — |
| 1841 | 0 | — |
| 1842 | 0 | — |
| 1843 | 0 | — |
| 1844 | 0 | — |
| 1845 | 0 | — |
| 1846 | 0 | — |
| 1847 | 0 | — |
| 1848 | 0 | — |
| 1849 | 0 | — |
| 1850 | 0 | — |
| 1851 | 0 | — |
| 1852 | 0 | — |
| 1853 | 0 | — |
| 1854 | 0 | — |
| 1855 | 0 | — |
| 1856 | 0 | — |
| 1857 | 0 | — |
| 1858 | 0 | — |
| 1859 | 0 | — |
| 1860 | 0 | — |
| 1861 | 0 | — |
| 1862 | 0 | — |
| 1863 | 0 | — |
| 1864 | 0 | — |
| 1865 | 0 | — |
| 1866 | 0 | — |
| 1867 | 0 | — |
| 1868 | 0 | — |
| 1869 | 0 | — |
| 1870 | 0 | — |
| 1871 | 0 | — |
| 1872 | 0 | — |
| 1873 | 0 | — |
| 1874 | 0 | — |
| 1875 | 0 | — |
| 1876 | 0 | — |
| 1877 | 0 | — |
| 1878 | 0 | — |
| 1879 | 0 | — |
| 1880 | 0 | — |
| 1881 | 0 | — |
| 1882 | 0 | — |
| 1883 | 0 | — |
| 1884 | 0 | — |
| 1885 | 0 | — |
| 1886 | 0 | — |
| 1887 | 0 | — |
| 1888 | 0 | — |
| 1889 | 0 | — |
| 1890 | 0 | — |
| 1891 | 0 | — |
| 1892 | 0 | — |
| 1893 | 0 | — |
| 1894 | 0 | — |
| 1895 | 0 | — |
| 1896 | 0 | — |
| 1897 | 0 | — |
| 1898 | 0 | — |
| 1899 | 0 | — |
| 1900 | 0 | — |
| 1901 | 0 | — |
| 1902 | 0 | — |
| 1903 | 0 | — |
| 1904 | 0 | — |
| 1905 | 0 | — |
| 1906 | 0 | — |
| 1907 | 0 | — |
| 1908 | 0 | — |
| 1909 | 0 | — |
| 1910 | 0 | — |
| 1911 | 0 | — |
| 1912 | 0 | — |
| 1913 | 0 | — |
| 1914 | 0 | — |
| 1915 | 0 | — |
| 1916 | 0 | — |
| 1917 | 0 | — |
| 1918 | 0 | — |
| 1919 | 0 | — |
| 1920 | 0 | — |
| 1921 | 0 | — |
| 1922 | 0 | — |
| 1923 | 0 | — |
| 1924 | 0 | — |
| 1925 | 0 | — |
| 1926 | 0 | — |
| 1927 | 0 | — |
| 1928 | 0 | — |
| 1929 | 0 | — |
| 1930 | 0 | — |
| 1931 | 0 | — |
| 1932 | 0 | — |
| 1933 | 0 | — |
| 1934 | 0 | — |
| 1935 | 0 | — |
| 1936 | 0 | — |
| 1937 | 0 | — |
| 1938 | 0 | — |
| 1939 | 0 | — |
| 1940 | 0 | — |
| 1941 | 0 | — |
| 1942 | 0 | — |
| 1943 | 0 | — |
| 1944 | 0 | — |
| 1945 | 0 | — |
| 1946 | 0 | — |
| 1947 | 0 | — |
| 1948 | 0 | — |
| 1949 | 0 | — |
| 1950 | 0 | — |
| 1951 | 0 | — |
| 1952 | 0 | — |
| 1953 | 0 | — |
| 1954 | 0 | — |
| 1955 | 0 | — |
| 1956 | 0 | — |
| 1957 | 0 | — |
| 1958 | 0 | — |
| 1959 | 0 | — |
| 1960 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 1 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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- 20 Algeria 0
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- 20 Australia 0 compare
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- 20 Azerbaijan 0
- 20 Bahrain 0
- 20 Bangladesh 0 compare
- 20 Belarus 0
- 20 Belgium 0 compare
- 20 Benin 0
- 20 Bhutan 0
- 20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 compare
- 20 Botswana 0
- 20 Brazil 0 compare
- 20 Burkina Faso 0
- 20 Burundi 0 compare
- 20 Cambodia 0
- 20 Cameroon 0
- 20 Canada 0
- 20 Cape Verde 0
- 20 Central African Republic 0 compare
- 20 Chad 0
- 20 Chile 0 compare
- 20 China 0 compare
- 20 Colombia 0
- 20 Comoros 0
- 20 Congo 0
- 20 Costa Rica 0 compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 0
- 20 Croatia 0 compare
- 20 Cuba 0
- 20 Cyprus 0
- 20 Czechia 0
- 20 Djibouti 0
- 20 Dominican Republic 0
- 20 Timor-Leste 0
- 20 Ecuador 0
- 20 Egypt 0
- 20 El Salvador 0 compare
- 20 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 20 Eritrea 0
- 20 Estonia 0 compare
- 20 Eswatini 0
- 20 Ethiopia 0 compare
- 20 Fiji 0
- 20 Finland 0 compare
- 20 France 0 compare
- 20 Gabon 0 compare
- 20 Gambia 0
- 20 Georgia 0
- 20 Germany 0 compare
- 20 Ghana 0
- 20 Greece 0
- 20 Guatemala 0
- 20 Guinea 0
- 20 Guinea-Bissau 0
- 20 Guyana 0 compare
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- 20 Hong Kong, China 0 compare
- 20 Hungary 0
- 20 India 0 compare
- 20 Indonesia 0 compare
- 20 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0
- 20 Iraq 0
- 20 Ireland 0
- 20 Israel 0 compare
- 20 Jamaica 0 compare
- 20 Jordan 0
- 20 Kazakhstan 0
- 20 Kenya 0
- 20 Kuwait 0
- 20 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0
- 20 Lebanon 0
- 20 Lesotho 0
- 20 Liberia 0 compare
- 20 Libya 0
- 20 Luxembourg 0
- 20 Madagascar 0
- 20 Malawi 0 compare
- 20 Malaysia 0
- 20 Maldives 0
- 20 Mali 0 compare
- 20 Malta 0
- 20 Mauritania 0
- 20 Mauritius 0
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- 20 Montenegro 0
- 20 Morocco 0
- 20 Mozambique 0
- 20 Myanmar 0 compare
- 20 Netherlands 0
- 20 New Zealand 0 compare
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- 20 Niger 0
- 20 Nigeria 0
- 20 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0
- 20 North Macedonia 0
- 20 Norway 0 compare
- 20 Oman 0
- 20 Pakistan 0 compare
- 20 Palestine, State of 0
- 20 Panama 0 compare
- 20 Papua New Guinea 0
- 20 Paraguay 0
- 20 Peru 0 compare
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- 20 Poland 0 compare
- 20 Portugal 0 compare
- 20 Qatar 0
- 20 Romania 0 compare
- 20 Russian Federation 0
- 20 Rwanda 0 compare
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- 20 Saudi Arabia 0
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- 20 Seychelles 0
- 20 Sierra Leone 0
- 20 Singapore 0
- 20 Slovakia 0 compare
- 20 Slovenia 0 compare
- 20 Solomon Islands 0
- 20 Somalia 0
- 20 South Africa 0
- 20 Republic of Korea 0 compare
- 20 South Sudan 0
- 20 Spain 0
- 20 Sri Lanka 0 compare
- 20 Sudan 0
- 20 Sweden 0 compare
- 20 Syrian Arab Republic 0
- 20 Taiwan, China 0
- 20 Tajikistan 0
- 20 Thailand 0 compare
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- 20 Türkiye 0 compare
- 20 Turkmenistan 0
- 20 Uganda 0
- 20 United Arab Emirates 0
- 20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 compare
- 20 United States of America 0
- 20 Uruguay 0
- 20 Uzbekistan 0
- 20 Vanuatu 0
- 20 Vatican 0
- 20 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0
- 20 Viet Nam 0
- 20 Yemen 0
- 20 Zambia 0
- 20 Zimbabwe 0
More gender data for Bulgaria
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 907.24 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.48 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 5,551 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 5,551 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate -0.7319 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 29,446 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 31,195 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 29,990 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 31,775 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 30,724 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender of the head of government in Bulgaria?
- Gender of the head of government in Bulgaria was 0 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender of the head of government recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1994.
- What is the lowest gender of the head of government recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1789.
- How does Bulgaria rank for gender of the head of government?
- Bulgaria ranks 20th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Gender of the head of government. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Denotes whether the head of government in office on December 31 is a woman.