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🇧🇬 Bulgaria
High income. Capital Sofia. Mid-pack GDP/cap (HIC · LONG) across 41 World Bank / WHO / ILO measures.
- 6.4 million
- Population
- $113.3 billion
- GDP
- $17,597
- GDP / capita
- 75.8 years
- Life expectancy
Mid-pack GDP/cap · LONG
Bulgaria ranks 68th of 217 by total GDP and 101st for life expectancy - a high income economy in Europe & Central Asia.
- #68
- World GDP rank (of 217)
- $17,597
- GDP per capita
- #101
- Life-expectancy rank
- #110
- Population rank
Bulgaria sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#81 of 214) as a HIC economy with LONG longevity.
Bulgaria vs all countries by total GDP
Where this economy's World Bank total GDP sits among every country with a positive observation (inventory signal, not a virtue ranking)
$113,349,149,167 68th of 214 higher than 146 of 214 countries
Countries banded by World Bank total GDP (current US$)
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Source World Bank, GDP (current US$) · 2026-08-14
Bulgaria on the global income map
Bulgaria (BGR) mid GDP/cap pack - GDP per capita × life expectancy vs largest peers; gold rings = OECD.
- Bulgaria: GDP per capita $17,597 (2024), life expectancy 75.8 years (2024), high income.
- India: GDP per capita $2,695 (2024), life expectancy 72.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- China: GDP per capita $13,303 (2024), life expectancy 78.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United States: GDP per capita $84,534 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Indonesia: GDP per capita $4,925 (2024), life expectancy 71.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Pakistan: GDP per capita $1,479 (2024), life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Nigeria: GDP per capita $1,084 (2024), life expectancy 54.6 years (2024), low income.
- Brazil: GDP per capita $10,311 (2024), life expectancy 76.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Bangladesh: GDP per capita $2,593 (2024), life expectancy 74.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Russian Federation: GDP per capita $14,889 (2024), life expectancy 73.4 years (2024), high income.
- Ethiopia: GDP per capita $1,134 (2024), life expectancy 67.6 years (2024), low income.
- Mexico: GDP per capita $14,186 (2024), life expectancy 75.3 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Japan: GDP per capita $32,487 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Egypt, Arab Rep.: GDP per capita $3,338 (2024), life expectancy 71.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Philippines: GDP per capita $3,985 (2024), life expectancy 69.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Congo, Dem. Rep.: GDP per capita $693 (2024), life expectancy 62.1 years (2024), low income.
- Viet Nam: GDP per capita $4,717 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Iran, Islamic Rep.: GDP per capita $5,190 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Turkiye: GDP per capita $15,893 (2024), life expectancy 77.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Germany: GDP per capita $56,104 (2024), life expectancy 80.8 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Thailand: GDP per capita $7,387 (2024), life expectancy 76.6 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United Kingdom: GDP per capita $53,246 (2024), life expectancy 81.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Tanzania: GDP per capita $1,193 (2024), life expectancy 67.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- France: GDP per capita $46,103 (2024), life expectancy 83.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- South Africa: GDP per capita $6,267 (2024), life expectancy 66.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Italy: GDP per capita $40,385 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Kenya: GDP per capita $2,133 (2024), life expectancy 63.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Myanmar: GDP per capita $1,359 (2024), life expectancy 67.1 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Colombia: GDP per capita $7,951 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income, OECD member.
- Korea, Rep.: GDP per capita $36,239 (2024), life expectancy 83.6 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Sudan: GDP per capita $985 (2024), life expectancy 66.5 years (2024), low income.
Overview
Bulgaria has a population of 6.4 million, making it the 110th-most populous country out of 217 tracked in Europe & Central Asia.
Its economy totals $113.3 billion - ranked 68th globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $17,597, placing it in the High income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 75.8 years (ranked 101st globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Sofia.
👥 Demographics
💰 Economy
🏥 Health
📚 Education
🌍 Environment
🏗️ Infrastructure
⚖️ Social
🌐 Livability Score
One composite verdict from 5 of 5 World Bank series (life expectancy, under-5 mortality, electricity access, clean-water access, homicide rate), each benchmarked against every country tracking that series. A missing series never silently drags the score down: its weight redistributes across the series Bulgaria does report.
All indicators for Bulgaria
41 latest observations from World Bank WDI, WHO GHO, and ILO ILOSTAT (vintage through 2026-08-14). Values match the topic cards above; this table is the machine-readable export view analysts expect on a country profile.
🫀 Disease Burden
Among external causes, Bulgaria stamps a suicide rate of 82.0 per 100,000 (fleet midpoint 23.3) - higher relative to peers than its NCD strip. Summary metrics use 2021 data; cause-specific cards show their own observation year.
Non-communicable Diseases
Injuries & External Causes
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: 2021. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
Compare Bulgaria with near GDP/cap peers
Side-by-side pages for the closest ABS GDP/cap neighbours - not a full-roster dropdown.
Read with Bulgaria
Nearest GDP/cap peers and LE poles for Bulgaria (HIC · LONG), replacing the old fixed guide and region clone strip.
HIC LONG
American Samoa · HIC
American Samoa GDP/cap $18,017 is higher by $421 than Bulgaria; LE stamp LONG vs LONG.
Palau · HIC
Palau GDP/cap $18,169 is higher by $572 than Bulgaria; LE stamp MID vs LONG.
Seychelles · HIC
Seychelles GDP/cap $18,365 is higher by $768 than Bulgaria; LE stamp LONG vs LONG.
Chile · HIC
Chile GDP/cap $16,659 is lower by $938 than Bulgaria; LE stamp PEAK vs LONG.
Europe & Central Asia WDI roster
Bulgaria stamps HIC · LONG inside Europe & Central Asia - open the region roster after the ABS peers.
GDP/cap leaderboard (#81)
Bulgaria ranks #81 of 214 on NY.GDP.PCAP.CD under the HIC Atlas band.
What the data says about Bulgaria
Bulgaria sits in the high-income bracket but outside the OECD's harmonized reporting network, so its statistics come straight from the World Bank, WHO, and ILO source series rather than a jointly reconciled OECD dataset - still official, but with less cross-checking between agencies than an OECD member gets. Because output and income figures are converted at market exchange rates into current dollars, they can swing with currency movements independent of any real change in living standards, and for a small economy like this one that swing shows up more visibly in the headline numbers than it would for a larger country. The fuller picture comes from comparing Bulgaria against income-tier peers of a similar size.
Bulgaria sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#81 of 214) as a HIC economy with LONG longevity.
Bulgaria holds 6.4 million people and $113.3 billion GDP (68th) at $17,597 per person - mid GDP/cap band, HIC, LE 75.8 years (101st, LONG). 41 WDI/WHO/ILO cells fill the topic blocks.
Nearest ABS GDP/cap peer: American Samoa at $18,017 (Δ $421). Open that profile or the GDP/cap leaderboard before treating any single year as destiny.
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