Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 47.3% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $38,591 as of 2024, while in Bulgaria, the GDP per capita is $20,328 as of 2025.

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Life

be 62.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Aruba, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Bulgaria, on the other hand, 4.6 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 15.0% less likely to have internet access

In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Bulgaria, about 82.4% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 24.3% more on education

Aruba spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Bulgaria spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 5.2 times more coastline

Aruba has a total of 68 km of coastline. In Bulgaria, that number is 354 km.

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Infrastructure

find 2.1 times more home broadband

Aruba has 17.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Bulgaria has 37.0 as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Bulgaria is 52.6% cheaper than Aruba overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Aruba is about 616 times smaller than Bulgaria.
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Moving from Aruba to Bulgaria · UN DESA 2020
3 people born in Aruba live in Bulgaria.
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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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