Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Bulgaria instead of Greenland, you would:

Health

live 1.6 years longer

In Greenland, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 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

be 53.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Bulgaria, that number is 4.3% as of 2022.

make 35.4% less money

Greenland has a GDP per capita of $41,800 as of 2015, while in Bulgaria, the GDP per capita is $27,000 as of 2022.

be 41.4% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Greenland, 16.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Bulgaria, however, that number is 22.9% as of 2021.

Life

have 41.5% fewer children

In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bulgaria, there are 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 60.8% less on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Bulgaria spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 99.2% less coastline

Greenland has a total of 44,087 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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