Is Bulgaria safe in 2026?

Bulgaria scores 83.6/100 on the live safety index — generally safe. The main pressure on the score comes from political stability, crime, economy. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 81.7/100).

83.6 /100generally safe

Updated — recalculated continuously from global news by multiple independent AI models.

30-day trend

Bulgaria's score fell by −2.2 over the last 22 days (85.9 → 83.6).

Sep 25 · 85.9Oct 16 · 83.6

Risk factors

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Conflict & War

3.6/34.1 safety points.

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Local strikes
1.2 pts

The overall score also includes earlier military risk that has not yet been classified.

These values can overlap and are not added together.

Nuclear threats & incidents

Nuclear index: 2.0/100. Does not affect the Safety Index.

Our index tracks nuclear weapons development, tests, radiation incidents and threats to use nuclear weapons. It also includes explicitly threatened countries. This is our own index, not a probability of nuclear war.

Official travel advisory

1 Exercise Normal Precautions

The U.S. State Department places Bulgaria at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 83.6/100. That advisory was last revised Oct 9, 2025, 372 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.

Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Oct 9, 2025. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.

Latest recorded events

24-hour forecast

Trend: stable · projected score 81.7/100 (generated )

Repeated Black Sea drone strikes and political tensions support a further short-term decline.

Compared with nearby countries

CountryScore0–100vs Bulgaria
Bulgaria83.6
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North Macedonia86.5
+2.9
Romania85.7
+2.1
Kosovo76.0
−7.6
Serbia67.7
−16.0
Albania74.3
−9.3

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