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National Bank of Georgia Bulgarian Lev rate

1 BGN = 1.6227 GEL 0.00%

Published Wednesday, 31 December 2025 as the official exchange rates of the lari.

1 GEL = 0.616257 BGN

BGN to GEL over the last year

1.501.60Mar ’25May ’25Jul ’25Sep ’25Nov ’25
52-week high
1.6554
52-week low
1.4693
52-week average
1.5842
Change over the year
+8.32%

Yearly averages

The mean of each year’s publications, 1 BGN in GEL. Open a year for every daily rate and the monthly averages.

YearAverageHighLowPublications
2025 1.5842 1.6554 1.4693 249
2024 1.5059 1.5850 1.4490 252
2023 1.4537 1.5315 1.3958 249
2022 1.5700 1.9101 1.3685 250
2021 1.9616 2.1389 1.7801 331
2020 1.8160 2.0598 1.5487 366
2019 1.6132 1.6954 1.5226 365
2018 1.5294 1.6242 1.4449 365
2017 1.4481 1.6586 1.2965 365
2016 1.3383 1.4826 1.2203 366
2015 1.2890 1.4319 1.1444 365
2014 1.1998 1.2552 1.1128 365
2013 1.1290 1.2264 1.0752 365
2012 1.0851 1.1514 1.0226 366
2011 1.1997 1.2885 1.1008 365
2010 1.2088 1.2921 1.1183 365
2009 1.1910 1.2943 1.0787 365
2008 1.1193 1.2390 0.9027 366
2007 1.1692 1.2319 1.1312 365
2006 1.1403 1.1897 1.0866 365
2005 1.1555 1.2736 1.0700 365
2004 1.2197 1.4041 1.0520 366
2003 1.2444 1.3566 1.1629 365
2002 1.0787 1.1471 0.9807 306

This rate via API

The National Bank of Georgia BGN rate for any day since 1 March 2002, or every publication in a range of up to a year, as JSON or CSV.

Get a free API key API documentation 
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official \
  -G -d source=nbg -d base_currency=BGN \
  -d currencies=GEL -d date=2025-12-31 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

# every publication of 2025
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official/range \
  -G -d source=nbg -d currencies=BGN \
  -d date_from=2025-01-01 -d date_to=2025-12-31 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

Questions about this rate

What is the National Bank of Georgia BGN rate today?

On 31 December 2025 the National Bank of Georgia published 1 BGN = 1.6227 GEL (1 GEL = 0.616257 BGN).

What was the average BGN rate in 2025?

The average of the 249 publications in 2025 is 1 BGN = 1.58423 GEL, the simple mean of the daily rates.

Is this the rate I must use for tax or accounting?

That depends on your jurisdiction. Many rules name a specific bank and day, for example the rate published on the business day before the transaction. Use the date lookup in the API to get exactly the publication your rule asks for.