site.btaPublic Spending on Emergencies Plummets in 2023 Compared with Previous Two Years
A state of disaster is declared in the coastal municipality of Tsarevo after a severe storm and flooding hits the area, September 5, 2023 (BTA Photo/Stanimir Dimitrov)
In 2023, public spending on emergency preparedness, prevention, response and mitigation in Bulgaria totalled BGN 850,977,000, which was 0.46% of the country’s GDP. The amount decreased significantly from BGN 3,081,222,000 in 2022 and BGN 7,345,395,000 in 2021, when emergency expenditures swelled due to the impact of the Ukraine war and the COVID pandemic, the National Statistical Institute reported.
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