Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Virginia instead of Bulgaria, you would:
Health
be 73.7% more likely to be obese
In Bulgaria, 20.3% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Virginia, that number is 35.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 55.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Bulgaria, 21.2% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Virginia, however, that number is 9.4% as of 2023.
make 3.4 times more money
Bulgaria has a GDP per capita of $20,328 as of 2025, while in Virginia, the GDP per capita is $69,111 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
