Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 6.6 years less

In Anguilla, the average life expectancy is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 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 83.6% more money

Anguilla has a GDP per capita of $12,200 as of 2008, while in Bulgaria, the GDP per capita is $22,400 as of 2020.

be 29.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Anguilla, 8.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2002. In Bulgaria, that number is 5.7% as of 2019.

Life

be 2.6 times more likely to die during infancy

In Anguilla, approximately 3.1 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 33.0% fewer children

In Anguilla, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Bulgaria, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 14.6% less likely to have internet access

In Anguilla, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Bulgaria, about 70.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 13.9% more on education

Anguilla spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Bulgaria spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2017.

Geography

see 5.8 times more coastline

Anguilla has a total of 61 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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