Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Bulgaria instead of Trinidad and Tobago, you would:

Health

be 34.4% more likely to be obese

In Trinidad and Tobago, 18.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bulgaria, that number is 25.0% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 60.0% lower top tax rate

Trinidad and Tobago has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Bulgaria, the top tax rate is 10.0% as of 2016.

be 15.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Trinidad and Tobago, 4.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Bulgaria, that number is 5.7% as of 2019.

be 19.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Trinidad and Tobago, 20.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Bulgaria, however, that number is 23.8% as of 2019.

Life

be 85.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Trinidad and Tobago, approximately 67.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Bulgaria, 10.0 women do as of 2017.

be 49.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Trinidad and Tobago, approximately 15.8 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 25.4% fewer children

In Trinidad and Tobago, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Bulgaria, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 13.9% more on education

Trinidad and Tobago spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Bulgaria spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2017.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Inland Revenue Division, National Revenue Agency, Bulgaria.

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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