Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.3 years longer

In Venezuela, the average life expectancy is 73 years (70 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

make 4.3 times more money

Venezuela has a GDP per capita of $7,704 as of 2018, while in Bulgaria, the GDP per capita is $33,300 as of 2023.

be 22.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Venezuela, 5.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Bulgaria, that number is 4.3% as of 2023.

be 37.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Venezuela, 33.1% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Bulgaria, however, that number is 20.6% as of 2022.

pay a 70.6% lower top tax rate

Venezuela has a top tax rate of 34.0% as of 2016. In Bulgaria, the top tax rate is 10.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 97.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Venezuela, approximately 259.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Bulgaria, 7.0 women do as of 2020.

be 55.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Venezuela, approximately 17.7 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 52.7% fewer children

In Venezuela, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bulgaria, there are 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 3.1 times more on education

Venezuela spends 1.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Bulgaria spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.2 times more on healthcare

Venezuela spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Bulgaria, that number is 8.5% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 87.4% less coastline

Venezuela has a total of 2,800 km of coastline. In Bulgaria, that number is 354 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Revenue Agency, Bulgaria, Ministerio del Poder Popular de Finanzas, SENIAT.

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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