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Bulgaria

Bulgaria has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 2007.

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  • EU member
  • Euro area
  • Schengen

Relationship with the EU

  1. 1 January 2007Joined
  2. 1 January 2025Full Schengen membership
  3. 1 January 2026Adopted the euro

Same enlargement wave · Sixth enlargement (2007)

Data

GDP per capita in purchasing power standards68

Eurostat, 2025 (provisional). Scale 0 to 260.

Share of the EU population1.4 %

Eurostat, 1 January 2026.

Milestones

  1. 14 December 1955Admitted to the United Nations. un.org
  2. 7 May 1992Joins the Council of Europe. archive.org
  3. 29 March 2004Joins NATO. nato.int
  4. 1 January 2007Joins the European Union. europa.eu
  5. 1 January 2026Adopts the euro. europa.eu

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