USD 557.2 million
trade in goods between Georgia and Bulgaria in 2025
Bulgaria is Georgia’s tenth largest trading partner.
Geostat: External Merchandise Trade of Georgia 2025 (preliminary, 20.01.2026)
Georgia and Bulgaria in numbers
Key facts about the ties between the two countries. Every figure comes from an official source and shows the year it refers to.
Trade
USD 236.8 million
exports from Georgia to Bulgaria in 2025
Up 90.5% from USD 124.3 million in 2024.
Geostat: External Merchandise Trade of Georgia 2025 (preliminary, 20.01.2026)
USD 320.3 million
imports to Georgia from Bulgaria in 2025
Geostat: External Merchandise Trade of Georgia 2025 (preliminary, 20.01.2026)
People
188
Georgian citizens lived in Bulgaria on 1 January 2025
A year earlier there were 181.
Eurostat: population on 1 January by citizenship (migr_pop1ctz)
334
valid residence permits held by Georgian citizens in Bulgaria on 31 December 2025
Ten years earlier, in 2015, there were 131.
Eurostat: valid residence permits on 31 December (migr_resvalid)
75
first residence permits issued to Georgian citizens in Bulgaria in 2025
31
students from Georgia at Bulgarian universities in 2024
In 2013 there were 66.
Eurostat: mobile students by country of origin (educ_uoe_mobs02)
Treaty framework
5 June 1992
diplomatic relations established between Georgia and Bulgaria
19 January 1995
agreement on legal assistance in civil matters signed
Official documents from one country need no legalisation in the other. A certified translation is enough.
1 July 1999
agreement on the avoidance of double taxation in force
НАП: списък на спогодбите за избягване на двойното данъчно облагане
28 March 2017
Georgian citizens with biometric passports travel visa-free to the EU
For up to 90 days in any 180-day period.
| Year | Number |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 131 |
| 2016 | 91 |
| 2017 | 138 |
| 2018 | 89 |
| 2019 | 87 |
| 2020 | 141 |
| 2021 | 170 |
| 2022 | 217 |
| 2023 | 257 |
| 2024 | 297 |
| 2025 | 334 |
Eurostat: valid residence permits on 31 December (migr_resvalid)
| Year | Number |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 66 |
| 2014 | 56 |
| 2015 | 49 |
| 2016 | 49 |
| 2017 | 42 |
| 2018 | 32 |
| 2019 | 29 |
| 2020 | 25 |
| 2021 | 23 |
| 2022 | 25 |
| 2023 | 27 |
| 2024 | 31 |
Eurostat: mobile students by country of origin (educ_uoe_mobs02)
Trade figures come from the National Statistics Office of Georgia and are in US dollars. Figures on people come from Eurostat, the official statistics of the EU, and are based on data reported by Bulgaria. Different offices count in different ways, so the figures may not always match national reports.
Sources
- Geostat: External Merchandise Trade of Georgia 2025 (preliminary, 20.01.2026)
- Eurostat: population on 1 January by citizenship (migr_pop1ctz)
- Eurostat: valid residence permits on 31 December (migr_resvalid)
- Eurostat: first residence permits (migr_resfirst)
- Eurostat: mobile students by country of origin (educ_uoe_mobs02)
- MFA of Georgia: bilateral relations with Bulgaria
- МВнР на България: Грузия
- НАП: списък на спогодбите за избягване на двойното данъчно облагане
- Regulation (EU) 2017/372 (EUR-Lex)
Checked on 7 October 2026.