Bulgaria ranks 36th globally in 2025 by net financial assets per capita, at EUR 14,790, according to the 17th edition of the Allianz Global Wealth Report, published on Tuesday. The country slipped one place from 35th in the previous edition.
The report covers 57 countries and defines net financial assets as gross financial assets less household liabilities; real estate is not included.
Bulgarian households’ gross financial assets increased by 10% in 2025 to around EUR 136.5 billion, a slight slowdown from growth of 11.2% in 2024. The increase was just below the 11.2% recorded for Eastern Europe but above the global average of 8.6%.
Deposits recorded the strongest growth, rising by 17.3%, ahead of insurance and pension assets, which increased by 15.8%. Securities grew by just 2.4%, a sharp slowdown from 5.8% in 2024 and one of the weakest rates among the countries covered. Romania was the only country to record an outright decline in securities.
Despite the slower growth, securities still accounted for 35.4% of Bulgarian household portfolios, close to the Eastern European average of 35.9%. According to the report, this largely reflected modest valuation gains rather than new purchases.
Fresh savings increased by 10% to EUR 11.9 billion. Deposits absorbed 73.9% of the total, the highest share among the Eastern European countries covered, while insurance and pensions accounted for 20.8% and securities for just 2.1%.
Bulgarian households were net sellers of equities, with net sales of EUR 0.2 billion. Adjusted for inflation, financial assets increased by 6.3% in real terms in 2025 and were 18.6% higher than in 2019. This was below the 24.5% increase recorded for Eastern Europe over the same period.
Household liabilities rose by 18.1% to around EUR 37.2 billion, the second-fastest increase among the countries covered after Turkiye. Debt therefore grew considerably faster than assets, limiting the increase in net financial assets to 7.3%, to around EUR 99.3 billion.
The United States topped the ranking for net financial assets per capita with EUR 296,950, followed by Switzerland with EUR 275,980 and Denmark with EUR 197,510. Singapore ranked fourth with EUR 192,840, followed by Taiwan with EUR 164,470, Sweden with EUR 155,980, Canada with EUR 135,350, New Zealand with EUR 127,550, the Netherlands with EUR 116,600 and Belgium with EUR 114,590.
Germany, the European Union’s largest economy, ranked 12th with net financial assets of EUR 91,780 per capita. Japan was 14th with EUR 89,420, while the United Kingdom ranked 18th with EUR 72,200.
Countries ahead of Bulgaria included Czechia, which ranked 25th with EUR 39,130 per capita, Greece in 28th place with EUR 28,970, Hungary in 29th with EUR 28,050, Croatia in 30th with EUR 22,710, China in 33rd with EUR 20,810 and Poland in 35th with EUR 19,240.
Below Bulgaria were Slovakia in 38th place with EUR 11,390 per capita, Romania in 41st with EUR 10,710, Russia in 42nd with EUR 10,410, Turkiye in 46th with EUR 4,570, Serbia in 50th with EUR 2,200 and Kazakhstan in 51st with EUR 2,180.
The 2026 report shows that global household financial wealth reached a new record in 2025, while market gains and the rise of artificial intelligence are making asset ownership increasingly important in determining who benefits from future wealth creation.
Global financial assets rose by 8.6% in 2025 to a record EUR 268.4 trillion despite a challenging geopolitical and economic environment. Rising asset prices accounted for roughly four out of every five euros of additional household wealth, while fresh savings fell by 5.4% to EUR 4.1 trillion, Allianz said.
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