Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$1.292 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 68 $559 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Exchange rates:

leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.3171 (2008 est.), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004)

Communications ::Bulgaria

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.258 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 55

Telephones - mobile cellular:

10.633 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 59

Telephone system: