This tool is useful to calculate the time value of money based on historical inflation and CPI values. To start, select an amount and two years, or browse the default calculation results.
The cumulative inflation rate in Bulgaria between December 1996 and May 2026 was 2,168.57%, meaning that overall prices were 22.7 times higher than they were in December 1996. In other words, the purchasing power of лв100 in Dec 1996 was equivalent to лв2,268.57 in May 2026. The average annual inflation rate over this period was 0.89%.
The chart below shows how the value of лв100 changes over time when adjusted for inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. All values are equivalent in terms of purchasing power, indicating how much money would be needed each year to buy the same goods or services.
All calculations are performed in Bulgarian leva with six-decimal precision, though displayed values are rounded to two decimals for readability. Inflation figures are sourced from official government and international reports released monthly.
The following table contains relevant indicators:
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Cumulative inflation from 1996-12 to 2026-05 | 2,168.57% |
| Avg. Monthly inflation from 1996-12 to 2026-05 | 0.89% |
| CPI 1996-12 | 7.08 |
| CPI 2026-05 | 160.71 |
There are several ways to calculate the time value of money. Depending on the data available, results can be obtained by using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) formula or the compound interest formula.
When we have both the start and end months, we can use the following formula:
To obtain the values equivalent in buying power between December 1996 and May 2026, use the corresponding CPI values:
Given that money changes with time as a result of an inflation rate that acts as compound interest, we can use the following formula: FV = PV × (1 + i)n, where:
In this case, the future value represents the final amount obtained after applying the inflation rate to our initial value. In other words, it indicates how much are лв100 worth today. There are 353 months between December 1996 and May 2026 and the average inflation rate was 0.8883%. Therefore, we can resolve the formula like this:
| Initial Value | Equivalent value | |
|---|---|---|
| лв1 lev in 1996-12 | → | лв22.69 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв5 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв113.43 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв10 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв226.86 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв50 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв1,134.29 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв100 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв2,268.57 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв500 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв11,342.87 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв1,000 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв22,685.74 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв5,000 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв113,428.71 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв10,000 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв226,857.41 leva in 2026-05 |
| лв50,000 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв1.13M leva in 2026-05 |
| лв100,000 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв2.27M leva in 2026-05 |
| лв500,000 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв11.34M leva in 2026-05 |
| лв1,000,000 leva in 1996-12 | → | лв22.69M leva in 2026-05 |
| Cumulative inflation Dec 1996-May 2026 | 2,168.57% |
| Avg. monthly inflation Dec 1996-May 2026 | 0.89% |
| Avg. annual inflation 1997-2025 | 4.97% |
| CPI 1996-12 | 7.08 |
| CPI 2026-05 | 160.71 |
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996-12 | лв100 |
| 1997-01 | лв148.93 |
| 1997-02 | лв509.88 |
| 1997-03 | лв549.45 |
| 1997-04 | лв547.28 |
| 1997-05 | лв557.5 |
| 1997-06 | лв565.49 |
| 1997-07 | лв579.52 |
| 1997-08 | лв611.43 |
| 1997-09 | лв634.9 |
| 1997-10 | лв639.9 |
| 1997-11 | лв646.17 |
| 1997-12 | лв647.68 |
| 1998-01 | лв661.37 |
| 1998-02 | лв669.72 |
| 1998-03 | лв670.74 |
| 1998-04 | лв673.66 |
| 1998-05 | лв662.43 |
| 1998-06 | лв639.08 |
| 1998-07 | лв634.47 |
| 1998-08 | лв636.44 |
| 1998-09 | лв656.94 |
| 1998-10 | лв659.04 |
| 1998-11 | лв655.5 |
| 1998-12 | лв658.21 |
| 1999-01 | лв673.72 |
| 1999-02 | лв669.28 |
| 1999-03 | лв662.74 |
| 1999-04 | лв658.6 |
| 1999-05 | лв652.72 |
| 1999-06 | лв646.8 |
| 1999-07 | лв668.68 |
| 1999-08 | лв673.63 |
| 1999-09 | лв683.77 |
| 1999-10 | лв691.62 |
| 1999-11 | лв694.74 |
| 1999-12 | лв704.03 |
| 2000-01 | лв720.99 |
| 2000-02 | лв728.91 |
| 2000-03 | лв726.65 |
| 2000-04 | лв719.13 |
| 2000-05 | лв720.1 |
| 2000-06 | лв721.86 |
| 2000-07 | лв726.32 |
| 2000-08 | лв747.94 |
| 2000-09 | лв764.75 |
| 2000-10 | лв774.01 |
| 2000-11 | лв779.94 |
| 2000-12 | лв783.3 |
| 2001-01 | лв788.15 |
| 2001-02 | лв790.76 |
| 2001-03 | лв791.15 |
| 2001-04 | лв789.72 |
| 2001-05 | лв790.19 |
| 2001-06 | лв789.55 |
| 2001-07 | лв788.07 |
| 2001-08 | лв790.51 |
| 2001-09 | лв800.53 |
| 2001-10 | лв814.28 |
| 2001-11 | лв816.06 |
| 2001-12 | лв821.09 |
| 2002-01 | лв843.2 |
| 2002-02 | лв856.93 |
| 2002-03 | лв863.61 |
| 2002-04 | лв862.62 |
| 2002-05 | лв844.73 |
| 2002-06 | лв830.47 |
| 2002-07 | лв831.35 |
| 2002-08 | лв825.84 |
| 2002-09 | лв832.38 |
| 2002-10 | лв840.59 |
| 2002-11 | лв841.96 |
| 2002-12 | лв852.41 |
| 2003-01 | лв857.94 |
| 2003-02 | лв859.04 |
| 2003-03 | лв862.26 |
| 2003-04 | лв864.77 |
| 2003-05 | лв859.47 |
| 2003-06 | лв840.84 |
| 2003-07 | лв848.29 |
| 2003-08 | лв854.67 |
| 2003-09 | лв862.73 |
| 2003-10 | лв868.72 |
| 2003-11 | лв884.71 |
| 2003-12 | лв900.45 |
| 2004-01 | лв912.79 |
| 2004-02 | лв915.98 |
| 2004-03 | лв915.33 |
| 2004-04 | лв917.88 |
| 2004-05 | лв918.19 |
| 2004-06 | лв901.94 |
| 2004-07 | лв912.92 |
| 2004-08 | лв908.81 |
| 2004-09 | лв917.38 |
| 2004-10 | лв918.89 |
| 2004-11 | лв924.6 |
| 2004-12 | лв936.27 |
| 2005-01 | лв943.18 |
| 2005-02 | лв951.37 |
| 2005-03 | лв954.49 |
| 2005-04 | лв964.74 |
| 2005-05 | лв960.15 |
| 2005-06 | лв947.57 |
| 2005-07 | лв948.48 |
| 2005-08 | лв954.03 |
| 2005-09 | лв967.36 |
| 2005-10 | лв978.77 |
| 2005-11 | лв988.49 |
| 2005-12 | лв996.69 |
| 2006-01 | лв1,004.62 |
| 2006-02 | лв1,035 |
| 2006-03 | лв1,037.88 |
| 2006-04 | лв1,042.49 |
| 2006-05 | лв1,042.07 |
| 2006-06 | лв1,025.69 |
| 2006-07 | лв1,021.02 |
| 2006-08 | лв1,018.72 |
| 2006-09 | лв1,021.74 |
| 2006-10 | лв1,034.57 |
| 2006-11 | лв1,049.24 |
| 2006-12 | лв1,061.36 |
| 2007-01 | лв1,076.39 |
| 2007-02 | лв1,081.37 |
| 2007-03 | лв1,080.77 |
| 2007-04 | лв1,086.03 |
| 2007-05 | лв1,086.94 |
| 2007-06 | лв1,082.86 |
| 2007-07 | лв1,106.86 |
| 2007-08 | лв1,141.02 |
| 2007-09 | лв1,156.08 |
| 2007-10 | лв1,162.64 |
| 2007-11 | лв1,181.05 |
| 2007-12 | лв1,193.84 |
| 2008-01 | лв1,210.58 |
| 2008-02 | лв1,224.04 |
| 2008-03 | лв1,234.05 |
| 2008-04 | лв1,244.57 |
| 2008-05 | лв1,250.28 |
| 2008-06 | лв1,248.31 |
| 2008-07 | лв1,266.98 |
| 2008-08 | лв1,268.54 |
| 2008-09 | лв1,282.72 |
| 2008-10 | лв1,289.6 |
| 2008-11 | лв1,288.91 |
| 2008-12 | лв1,286.44 |
| 2009-01 | лв1,296.44 |
| 2009-02 | лв1,297.12 |
| 2009-03 | лв1,294.73 |
| 2009-04 | лв1,303.7 |
| 2009-05 | лв1,299.55 |
| 2009-06 | лв1,294.72 |
| 2009-07 | лв1,287.08 |
| 2009-08 | лв1,285.06 |
| 2009-09 | лв1,284.65 |
| 2009-10 | лв1,286.36 |
| 2009-11 | лв1,287.57 |
| 2009-12 | лв1,293.63 |
| 2010-01 | лв1,302.02 |
| 2010-02 | лв1,309.32 |
| 2010-03 | лв1,312.13 |
| 2010-04 | лв1,326.92 |
| 2010-05 | лв1,324.57 |
| 2010-06 | лв1,312.42 |
| 2010-07 | лв1,317.64 |
| 2010-08 | лв1,319.19 |
| 2010-09 | лв1,329.1 |
| 2010-10 | лв1,337.01 |
| 2010-11 | лв1,346.35 |
| 2010-12 | лв1,352.25 |
| 2011-01 | лв1,360.85 |
| 2011-02 | лв1,377.63 |
| 2011-03 | лв1,385.35 |
| 2011-04 | лв1,388.57 |
| 2011-05 | лв1,388.07 |
| 2011-06 | лв1,375.64 |
| 2011-07 | лв1,376.12 |
| 2011-08 | лв1,372.67 |
| 2011-09 | лв1,373.12 |
| 2011-10 | лв1,383.74 |
| 2011-11 | лв1,388.15 |
| 2011-12 | лв1,389.48 |
| 2012-01 | лв1,392.68 |
| 2012-02 | лв1,405.25 |
| 2012-03 | лв1,409.07 |
| 2012-04 | лв1,412.23 |
| 2012-05 | лв1,411.12 |
| 2012-06 | лв1,397.03 |
| 2012-07 | лв1,418.38 |
| 2012-08 | лв1,425.78 |
| 2012-09 | лв1,441.05 |
| 2012-10 | лв1,444.73 |
| 2012-11 | лв1,442.84 |
| 2012-12 | лв1,448.49 |
| 2013-01 | лв1,454.47 |
| 2013-02 | лв1,455.21 |
| 2013-03 | лв1,447.35 |
| 2013-04 | лв1,441.06 |
| 2013-05 | лв1,439.01 |
| 2013-06 | лв1,432.89 |
| 2013-07 | лв1,425.14 |
| 2013-08 | лв1,416.35 |
| 2013-09 | лв1,417.62 |
| 2013-10 | лв1,424.38 |
| 2013-11 | лв1,421.5 |
| 2013-12 | лв1,425.44 |
| 2014-01 | лв1,422.28 |
| 2014-02 | лв1,417.16 |
| 2014-03 | лв1,413.86 |
| 2014-04 | лв1,418.13 |
| 2014-05 | лв1,410.61 |
| 2014-06 | лв1,405.39 |
| 2014-07 | лв1,411.4 |
| 2014-08 | лв1,407.89 |
| 2014-09 | лв1,405.66 |
| 2014-10 | лв1,418.16 |
| 2014-11 | лв1,412.95 |
| 2014-12 | лв1,412.97 |
| 2015-01 | лв1,407.54 |
| 2015-02 | лв1,410.02 |
| 2015-03 | лв1,415.49 |
| 2015-04 | лв1,425.08 |
| 2015-05 | лв1,422.64 |
| 2015-06 | лв1,410.31 |
| 2015-07 | лв1,408.14 |
| 2015-08 | лв1,408.5 |
| 2015-09 | лв1,406.48 |
| 2015-10 | лв1,409.39 |
| 2015-11 | лв1,407.49 |
| 2015-12 | лв1,407.65 |
| 2016-01 | лв1,407.6 |
| 2016-02 | лв1,403.12 |
| 2016-03 | лв1,393.85 |
| 2016-04 | лв1,393.47 |
| 2016-05 | лв1,393.89 |
| 2016-06 | лв1,391.9 |
| 2016-07 | лв1,405.36 |
| 2016-08 | лв1,404.71 |
| 2016-09 | лв1,398.38 |
| 2016-10 | лв1,401.42 |
| 2016-11 | лв1,400.81 |
| 2016-12 | лв1,408.96 |
| 2017-01 | лв1,426.66 |
| 2017-02 | лв1,427.03 |
| 2017-03 | лв1,420.37 |
| 2017-04 | лв1,429.6 |
| 2017-05 | лв1,425.87 |
| 2017-06 | лв1,418.58 |
| 2017-07 | лв1,423.36 |
| 2017-08 | лв1,424.59 |
| 2017-09 | лв1,427.13 |
| 2017-10 | лв1,436.25 |
| 2017-11 | лв1,442.45 |
| 2017-12 | лв1,447.98 |
| 2018-01 | лв1,451.7 |
| 2018-02 | лв1,456.28 |
| 2018-03 | лв1,451.93 |
| 2018-04 | лв1,458.43 |
| 2018-05 | лв1,462.62 |
| 2018-06 | лв1,463.37 |
| 2018-07 | лв1,473.14 |
| 2018-08 | лв1,474.36 |
| 2018-09 | лв1,478.07 |
| 2018-10 | лв1,488.83 |
| 2018-11 | лв1,487.19 |
| 2018-12 | лв1,486.67 |
| 2019-01 | лв1,495.74 |
| 2019-02 | лв1,503.15 |
| 2019-03 | лв1,504.21 |
| 2019-04 | лв1,512.13 |
| 2019-05 | лв1,514.01 |
| 2019-06 | лв1,504.76 |
| 2019-07 | лв1,516.34 |
| 2019-08 | лв1,517.38 |
| 2019-09 | лв1,512.19 |
| 2019-10 | лв1,524.3 |
| 2019-11 | лв1,532.18 |
| 2019-12 | лв1,543.44 |
| 2020-01 | лв1,557.7 |
| 2020-02 | лв1,558.85 |
| 2020-03 | лв1,549.04 |
| 2020-04 | лв1,539.23 |
| 2020-05 | лв1,534.14 |
| 2020-06 | лв1,528.16 |
| 2020-07 | лв1,535.29 |
| 2020-08 | лв1,535.87 |
| 2020-09 | лв1,526.24 |
| 2020-10 | лв1,535.99 |
| 2020-11 | лв1,537.69 |
| 2020-12 | лв1,545.67 |
| 2021-01 | лв1,548.6 |
| 2021-02 | лв1,557.98 |
| 2021-03 | лв1,558.84 |
| 2021-04 | лв1,569.73 |
| 2021-05 | лв1,571.97 |
| 2021-06 | лв1,568.7 |
| 2021-07 | лв1,580.8 |
| 2021-08 | лв1,592.98 |
| 2021-09 | лв1,599.27 |
| 2021-10 | лв1,628.4 |
| 2021-11 | лв1,650.51 |
| 2021-12 | лв1,665.54 |
| 2022-01 | лв1,691.12 |
| 2022-02 | лв1,714.15 |
| 2022-03 | лв1,752.21 |
| 2022-04 | лв1,795.38 |
| 2022-05 | лв1,817.17 |
| 2022-06 | лв1,833.13 |
| 2022-07 | лв1,853.65 |
| 2022-08 | лв1,875.25 |
| 2022-09 | лв1,898.28 |
| 2022-10 | лв1,914.74 |
| 2022-11 | лв1,929.2 |
| 2022-12 | лв1,946.71 |
| 2023-01 | лв1,973.18 |
| 2023-02 | лв1,988.48 |
| 2023-03 | лв1,997.9 |
| 2023-04 | лв2,004.24 |
| 2023-05 | лв2,001.38 |
| 2023-06 | лв1,993.23 |
| 2023-07 | лв2,011.86 |
| 2023-08 | лв2,019.58 |
| 2023-09 | лв2,017.63 |
| 2023-10 | лв2,025.89 |
| 2023-11 | лв2,032.59 |
| 2023-12 | лв2,038.01 |
| 2024-01 | лв2,048.59 |
| 2024-02 | лв2,054.75 |
| 2024-03 | лв2,058.49 |
| 2024-04 | лв2,051.96 |
| 2024-05 | лв2,047.12 |
| 2024-06 | лв2,043.03 |
| 2024-07 | лв2,059.9 |
| 2024-08 | лв2,062.43 |
| 2024-09 | лв2,040.9 |
| 2024-10 | лв2,063.29 |
| 2024-11 | лв2,074.81 |
| 2024-12 | лв2,083.12 |
| 2025-01 | лв2,125.43 |
| 2025-02 | лв2,137.7 |
| 2025-03 | лв2,140.95 |
| 2025-04 | лв2,123.17 |
| 2025-05 | лв2,123.1 |
| 2025-06 | лв2,132.51 |
| 2025-07 | лв2,168.46 |
| 2025-08 | лв2,171.34 |
| 2025-09 | лв2,154.17 |
| 2025-10 | лв2,173.05 |
| 2025-11 | лв2,183.2 |
| 2025-12 | лв2,186.26 |
| 2026-01 | лв2,200.43 |
| 2026-02 | лв2,208.64 |
| 2026-03 | лв2,228.1 |
| 2026-04 | лв2,267.56 |
| 2026-05 | лв2,268.57 |
All available years
Today's value of Bulgarian leva by year:
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Other currencies:
