Bulgaria
EDRIX Score
4.67
EOTRIX Score
3.72
Tier
Specialized Contender
Overall Assessment
Bulgaria is in the early stages of building its digital resilience. It has a foundational policy in place but currently shows a balanced but low-scoring profile across all pillars, indicating it has significant room for growth.
Sobering Reality
The email services for the Council of Ministers are managed by Microsoft, while the email for the city of Sofia is run by Google. This contributes to a moderate Public Sector Digital Resilience score (6.29) but highlights a critical vulnerability at the heart of its public administration.
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.
2025 Data-Driven Analysis
The data confirms its status as an emerging country. Bulgaria has a weak Public Policy score (3.75) and a small Developer Ecosystem (2.92). Its scores for Grassroots Adoption and Public/Private Sector resilience are also in the lower half of the EU rankings.
Strengths
- Legal Foundation: The eGovernment Act provides a clear legal mandate for open source in the public sector.
Weaknesses
- Public Policy: The strategy lacks the maturity and institutional backing of higher-ranked nations.
- Developer Ecosystem: A small developer community limits its capacity to build and maintain sovereign solutions.
Outlook
Bulgaria is at the beginning of its journey. The key to its progress will be the effective enforcement and implementation of its existing legal framework. This will require investment in building institutional capacity and fostering a domestic developer community to support its goals.