Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Bulgaria instead of Vanuatu, you would:
Economy
make 11.1 times more money
Vanuatu has a GDP per capita of $3,000 as of 2023, while in Bulgaria, the GDP per capita is $33,300 as of 2023.
be 15.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Vanuatu, 5.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Bulgaria, that number is 4.3% as of 2023.
be 29.6% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Vanuatu, 15.9% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Bulgaria, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2022.
Life
be 92.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Vanuatu, approximately 94.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Bulgaria, 7.0 women do as of 2020.
be 10.4% more likely to be literate
In Vanuatu, the literacy rate is 89.1% as of 2021. In Bulgaria, it is 98.4% as of 2021.
be 44.4% less likely to die during infancy
In Vanuatu, approximately 14.3 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 62.0% fewer children
In Vanuatu, there are approximately 20.8 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 42.9% more likely to have access to electricity
In Vanuatu, approximately 70% of people have electricity access (97% in urban areas, and 61% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Bulgaria, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2022.
be 13.6% more likely to have internet access
In Vanuatu, approximately 66.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Bulgaria, about 75.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 73.9% more on education
Vanuatu spends 2.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Bulgaria spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 2.1 times more on healthcare
Vanuatu spends 4.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Bulgaria, that number is 8.5% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 86.0% less coastline
Vanuatu has a total of 2,528 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
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