Bulgaria – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

BGR

Country

Bulgaria

Score

54.77

Rank

49

Technology

56.11

People

45.06

Governance

63.54

Impact

54.37

1. Mobile tariffs	64.87	62
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	33.06	93
3. Households with internet acccess	70.27	60
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	99.71	16
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	97.71	10
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	78.57	11
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	80.12	28
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0.93	42

1. Availability of latest technologies	51.66	66
2. Company investment in emerging technology	42.09	50
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	42.07	59
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	9.81	48
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	27.27	30
6. Robot density	2.34	45

1. Medium and high-tech industry	37.85	50
2. High-tech exports	19.17	45
3. PCT patent applications	2.07	46
4. Labour productivity per employee	26.48	59

1. Happiness	42.52	88
2. Freedom to make life choices	45.32	98
3. Income inequality	67.37	60
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	64.1	60

1. Access to basic services	90.18	73
2. Pollution	85.23	61
3. Road safety	76.56	45
4. Reading proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Maths proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	95.56	70

1. Internet users	61.19	73
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	39.47	27
3. Use of virtual social networks	53.22	61
5. Tertiary enrolment	51.87	26
5. Adult literacy rate	97.49	26
6. ICT skills	39.28	44

1. Firms with website	47.38	62
2. Internet shopping	27.91	48
3. Professionals	42.67	37
4. Technicians and associate professionals	40.67	53
5. Extent of staff training	24.01	107
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	13.74	38

1. Government online services	73.85	54
2. Publication and use of open data	37.14	41
3.ICT use and government efficiency	51.15	46
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	19.31	71

1. Rule of law	52.66	62
2. Software piracy rate	43.24	52
3. Secure Internet servers	90.02	12
4. Cybersecurity	76.97	48
5. Online trust and safety	49.01	66

1. Regulatory quality	64.11	42
2. Ease of doing business	73.84	57
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	38.9	73
4. E-commerce legislation	100	1
5. Social safety net protection	32.8	81
6. ICT regulatory environment	93.25	25

1. E-Participation	85.35	35
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	50.14	86
3. Availability of local online content	55.19	59
4. Gender gap in internet use	59.35	50
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	55.45	81