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

Health

be 40.0% less likely to be obese

In Seychelles, 33.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Bulgaria, that number is 20.3% of people as of 2024.

View global rankings →

see 2.1 times more spent on your healthcare

Seychelles spends $1,402 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Bulgaria spends $2,970 as of 2023.

View global rankings →

have 34.4% fewer doctors per person

Seychelles has 66.0 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Bulgaria has 43.3 as of 2022.

View global rankings →

be 2.2 times more likely to die by suicide

Seychelles has a suicide rate of 4.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Bulgaria, it is 9.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

View global rankings →

Life

be 85.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Seychelles, approximately 42.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Bulgaria, 6.0 women do as of 2023.

View global rankings →

be 64.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Seychelles, approximately 12.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Bulgaria, on the other hand, 4.6 children do as of 2024.

View global rankings →

have 24.5% fewer children

In Seychelles, there are approximately 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bulgaria, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Expenditures

spend 76.8% more on healthcare

Seychelles spends 4.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Bulgaria, that number is 7.9% of GDP as of 2023.

View global rankings →

Geography

see 27.9% less coastline

Seychelles has a total of 491 km of coastline. In Bulgaria, that number is 354 km.

View global rankings →

Safety

be 86.3% less likely to be murdered

Seychelles has a homicide rate of 8.0 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Bulgaria, that number is 1.1 per 100,000 as of 2023.

View global rankings →

be 27.3% more likely to die in a road accident

In Seychelles, road accidents kill 6.6 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Bulgaria, they kill 8.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

View global rankings →

Infrastructure

find 17.2% more home broadband

Seychelles has 31.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Bulgaria has 37.0 as of 2023.

View global rankings →

Environment

emit 26.7% less CO2

Seychelles emits 7.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Bulgaria emits 5.3 tonnes as of 2024.

View global rankings →

be 46.5% more likely to die from air pollution

In Seychelles, air pollution causes 43.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Bulgaria, it causes 63.0 as of 2019.

View global rankings →


Sources: World Bank (2021–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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.
Read more

How big is Bulgaria compared to Seychelles? See an in-depth size comparison.

Share this

Ask the Elsewhere Community

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Bulgaria or Seychelles. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.