Bulgaria's judiciary — case movement and judges' workload
In 2025, 544,541 cases entered Bulgaria's courts. This page tracks what happens to them: how many are resolved, how many close within the statutory three-month deadline, how many are still pending at year end, and how heavily judges are loaded — from the Supreme Judicial Council's annual "Summary statistical tables on the activity of the courts".
What you'll find
Movement of cases — filed, resolved and pending for each year since 2018. The courts finish almost exactly as many cases as arrive, so the backlog stays near 130,000 and never drains.
Delays — the share of resolved cases closed inside the statutory three-month deadline.
Judges' workload — both official measures: "per allocated post" and "actual" (per person-month really worked). The gap measures vacancies and absences.
By court tier — appellate, military, regional, district and administrative courts, each with its own figures.
Asset declarations — an index of the Inspectorate's register: 46,528 declarations from 5,556 magistrates (2017–2025), when they are filed (65.8% in May, against a 15 May deadline), plus the Inspectorate's lists of late filers and unresolved discrepancies.
The judiciary's money — its budget by spending body, own revenue from court fees, and the Supreme Judicial Council's public procurement — is on the Supreme Judicial Council page. See also the state budget.