Bulgaria is a unitary parliamentary republic and a member of the EU and NATO. It adopted the euro in January 2026 and keeps a flat 10 percent income tax; Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria has governed alone since the April 2026 election.
In the 12 Axes register, Bulgaria leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Democratic 68%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Bulgaria sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary state with 28 provinces
Representative Democracy
Repeated snap elections 2021-2026; single-party majority since April 2026
Liberal
Press freedom concerns, courts reform
Cooperation
EU and NATO member
Neutral
NATO member, modest defence budget
Centrist
Constitution bans ethnic parties but allows mother-tongue study
Economic Liberal
Flat 10 percent income tax
Markets
Open market economy
Free Trade
Schengen 2025, euro area 2026
Spiritual
Constitution names Orthodoxy traditional religion
Conservative
2024 law bans LGBT content in schools
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Bulgaria is at Democratic 68%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Bulgaria is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: Matankic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
