Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Vietnam instead of Bulgaria, you would:
Health
be 91.6% less likely to be obese
In Bulgaria, 25.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Vietnam, that number is 2.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 45.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Bulgaria, 5.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Vietnam, that number is 3.1% as of 2018.
be 71.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Bulgaria, 23.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Vietnam, however, that number is 6.7% as of 2018.
make 63.4% less money
Bulgaria has a GDP per capita of $22,400 as of 2020, while in Vietnam, the GDP per capita is $8,200 as of 2020.
pay a 3.5 times higher top tax rate
Bulgaria has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Vietnam, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 94.9% more children
In Bulgaria, there are approximately 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Vietnam, there are 15.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 4.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Bulgaria, approximately 10.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Vietnam, 43.0 women do as of 2017.
be 84.8% more likely to die during infancy
In Bulgaria, approximately 8.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Vietnam, on the other hand, 14.8 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 25.4% less on healthcare
Bulgaria spends 7.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Vietnam, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 9.7 times more coastline
Bulgaria has a total of 354 km of coastline. In Vietnam, that number is 3,444 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Revenue Agency, Bulgaria, General Department Of Taxation - Ministry Of Finance.
Vietnam: At a glance
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