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Bulgaria

Bulgaria is a constitutional republic governed by a freely elected unicameral National Assembly. In the last elections, no major irregularities were reported. International and local observers considered the National Assembly and presidential elections to be generally free and fair but noted some deficiencies. There were reports that members of the security forces committed some abuses. The government took steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses, but those actions were often insufficient, and impunity was a problem.

The overall score indicates that there are substantial risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Government corruption
  • Discrimination against Roma
  • Threats of violence targeting LGBTQI+ persons
:Threats of violence motivated by antisemitism

For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

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Overall Score

58/100

Global Rights Index

50,0/100 (3)

Human Development Index

79,9/100 (0,799)

Kids Rights Index

81,3/100 (0,813)

Children's Rights in the Workplace Index

66,0/100 (3,4)

Global Slavery Index

74,0/100 (26,0)

Trafficking in persons report

37,5/100 (T2wl)

Global Gender Gap Index

71,5/100 (0,715)

Rule of Law Index

56/100 (0,56)

Fragile States Index

56,8/100 (51,8)

Freedom in the World Index

78,0/100 (78)

Environmental Performance Index

56,3/100 (56,3)

Corruption Perceptions Index

45,0/100 (45)

Equality Index

43,0/100 (43)