Bulgaria

Bulgaria scores 5.46, the most balanced country in the EU27 middle tier: no spikes, no troughs. Private and public sector both above mid-tier, grassroots and dev density both below mid-tier.

Strengths

• Solid private-sector hosting — .bg raw rating 0.53, top-third of the EU27.
• Strong public-sector hosting — DR_PUB_SCT 7.78.

Weaknesses

• Low per-capita developer density — 2.59.
• Linux desktop share of 3.54% — slightly below the EU27 mean.

Outlook

Bulgaria's IT-services sector (Telerik / Progress) was historically strong; the per-capita developer number suggests that's no longer the defining national characteristic. The country sits in a comfortable middle position without clear levers to climb significantly higher.

Historical context

2020 baseline

In 2020, Bulgaria was a "laggard," focused on establishing basic digital security. It had a foundational legal framework for open source that was yet to be fully implemented.

2024 progression

Bulgaria is consolidating its approach around its 2016 eGovernment Act, which mandates OSS for new government software. The creation of the Ministry of e-Governance in 2021 provides a more focused policy driver, and a partnership with the Budibase project showed its capacity for practical crisis response.

Historischer Verweis

OSOR-Datenblatt (PDF, 2024) — der länderbezogene Open-Source-Politikbericht, der in der zurückgezogenen Säule „Öffentliche Politik“ von EDRIX 1.0 verwendet wurde.