Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Turkey instead of Bulgaria, you would:
Health
be 28.4% more likely to be obese
In Bulgaria, 25.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Turkey, that number is 32.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 30.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Bulgaria, 20.6% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Turkey, however, that number is 14.4% as of 2020.
be 2.2 times more likely to be unemployed
In Bulgaria, 4.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Turkey, that number is 9.4% as of 2023.
pay a 3.5 times higher top tax rate
Bulgaria has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Turkey, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 74.7% more children
In Bulgaria, there are approximately 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Turkey, there are 13.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.4 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Bulgaria, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Turkey, 17.0 women do as of 2020.
be 2.4 times more likely to die during infancy
In Bulgaria, approximately 8.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Turkey, on the other hand, 19.4 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 15.0% less on education
Bulgaria spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Turkey spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 45.9% less on healthcare
Bulgaria spends 8.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Turkey, that number is 4.6% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 20.3 times more coastline
Bulgaria has a total of 354 km of coastline. In Turkey, that number is 7,200 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Revenue Agency, Bulgaria, Revenue Administration, Government of Turkey.
Turkey: At a glance
How big is Turkey compared to Bulgaria? See an in-depth size comparison.