Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Bulgaria instead of Faroe Islands, you would:

Health

live 5.7 years less

In Faroe Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Bulgaria, that number is 76 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 32.5% less money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $40,000 as of 2014, while in Bulgaria, the GDP per capita is $27,000 as of 2022.

be 94.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Faroe Islands, 2.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Bulgaria, that number is 4.3% as of 2022.

be 2.3 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Faroe Islands, 10.0% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Bulgaria, however, that number is 22.9% as of 2021.

Life

be 33.2% more likely to die during infancy

In Faroe Islands, approximately 6.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Bulgaria, on the other hand, 8.0 children do as of 2022.

have 47.0% fewer children

In Faroe Islands, there are approximately 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bulgaria, there are 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 23.2% less likely to have internet access

In Faroe Islands, approximately 97.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Bulgaria, about 75.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 47.4% less on education

Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Bulgaria spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 68.3% less coastline

Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 km of coastline. In Bulgaria, that number is 354 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Bulgaria: At a glance

Bulgaria is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 108,489 sq km. The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878 and all of Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The country joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007.
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