Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 1.7 years less

In Guam, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024. In Bulgaria, that number is 76 years (72 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 36.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Bulgaria, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.

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make 51.4% less money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Bulgaria, the GDP per capita is $20,328 as of 2025.

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Life

be 59.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Guam, approximately 11.5 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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have 52.1% fewer children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bulgaria, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 2.8 times more coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In Bulgaria, that number is 354 km.

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Infrastructure

find 20.1 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Bulgaria has 37.0 as of 2023.

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

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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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