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🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Republic of Bulgaria
BGR BG лв Bulgarian lev (BGN)
Every statistic we track for Bulgaria — 135 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$45,642
74.5 yrs
5.70
0.50
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All indicators
📈 Economy
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.7 | #125/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 45 | #22/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 7.4 | #99/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 6.2 | #108/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 61.5 | #156/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 533 | #118/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 73.9% | #74/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 100% | #21/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 82.4% | #90/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 116.7 | #92/209 | 2022 |
| Weekly Internet Use | 82.6% | #33/34 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 19.9% | #120/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 13.2 | #8/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 0.6 | #146/199 | 2024 |
| Daily Cigarette Smokers | 28.7% | #1/31 | 2019 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 7.7% | #64/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 45.2% | #23/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 5 | #143/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 74.5 | #83/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 71.9 | #109/186 | 2020 |
| Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) | 13.2% | #28/30 | 2019 |
| Suicide Rate | 6.3 | #117/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 39.1% | #8/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 2.5% | #114/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 73 | #92/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 10.8 | #48/146 | 2020 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 417 | #49/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 404 | #57/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 421 | #50/79 | 2022 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 5.3 | #49/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 2,604 | #41/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 29.9% | #100/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| News Avoidance (Digital News Report) | 60% | #4/48 | 2026 |
| Paying for Online News (Digital News Report) | 9% | #36/42 | 2026 |
| Press Freedom Index | 60.3 | #70/177 | 2026 |
| Social Media as News Source (Digital News Report) | 58% | #19/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in News (Digital News Report) | 21% | #45/48 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 1.5 | #141/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 8.4 | #135/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 94.5% | #12/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 25.7% | #116/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.3 | #140/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 14.8% | #119/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 2.4% | #109/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 2.6 | #139/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 46.3 | #109/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 2.2 | #148/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 61.3% | #97/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 5.7 | #84/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness (EVS) | 61% | #36/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.9 | #82/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.8 | #50/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #115/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.5 | #101/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0 | #146/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.6 | #14/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.8 | #55/193 | 2023 |
| Life Satisfaction (Eurobarometer) | 68.3% | #33/34 | 2024 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Acceptance of Homosexuality (EVS) | 11.8% | #25/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Attended a Demonstration | 8.5% | #98/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 56.9% | #136/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 39.6% | #140/143 | 2018 |
| Generalised Trust | 2.5 | #27/36 | 2023 |
| Importance of Religion | 3 | #24/35 | 2023 |
| Individualism | 30 | #41/65 | 2010 |
| Interpersonal Trust (EVS) | 17.5% | #28/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Masculinity | 40 | #48/65 | 2010 |
| Power Distance | 70 | #17/65 | 2010 |
| Preference for State Ownership | 5.6 | #19/35 | 2023 |
| Risk Tolerance | 4.7 | #24/36 | 2023 |
| Self-assessed Health | 2.3 | #18/36 | 2023 |
| Signed a Petition | 9.1% | #99/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 10.5% | #62/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 3.8 | #109/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 3.1 | #149/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in People (ESS) | 3.5 | #36/38 | 2023 |
| Trust in political parties | 2.8 | #116/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 73.1% | #75/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 67.4% | #66/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 3.2 | #153/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 85 | #20/65 | 2010 |
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