Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 50.0% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Bulgaria, that number is 25.0% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 3.9 times more money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $5,800 as of 2003, while in Bulgaria, the GDP per capita is $22,400 as of 2020.

be 52.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Bulgaria, that number is 5.7% as of 2019.

Basic Needs

be 12.5% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 80.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Bulgaria, about 70.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 34.0% more on healthcare

Niue spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Bulgaria, that number is 7.1% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 5.5 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 km of coastline. In Bulgaria, that number is 354 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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