Matchup file

Bulgaria vs Cyprus

126 shared metrics.

BulgariaLeads in 76

vs126 shared

CyprusLeads in 50

Turn the comparison into a round

Think you can spot the next winner?

Bulgaria leads by 26 metrics. Use the same instinct in a quick real-data brawl.

Play this matchup Biggest Gaps

Country briefing

What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Bulgaria

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Bulgaria.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: named after the Bulgar tribes who settled the lower Balkan region in the 7th century A.D.

CIA 2026

Cyprus

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Cyprus.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the Greek name for the island is Kupros, which is probably derived from the Sumerian kabar, meaning "copper" or "bronze.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Bulgaria leads in 76 of 126 shared metrics, while Cyprus leads in 50.

Bulgaria's Domestic Patents is 164.0x that of Cyprus (165 vs 1.0).

Bulgaria's All-Time Olympic Medals is 118.5x that of Cyprus (239 medals vs 2.0 medals).

Bulgaria's Water Withdrawal is 23.4x that of Cyprus (5.4 B m³ vs 0.22 B m³).

Bulgaria's Forest Area is 21.8x that of Cyprus (39.3K km² vs 1.7K km²).

Bulgaria's Land Area is 10.8x that of Cyprus (108.6K km² vs 9.2K km²).

Key Comparisons

Domestic PatentsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

165

Cyprus

1.0

All-Time Olympic MedalsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

239 medals

Cyprus

2.0 medals

Water WithdrawalBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

5.4 B m³

Cyprus

0.22 B m³

Forest AreaBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

39.3K km²

Cyprus

1.7K km²

Land AreaBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

108.6K km²

Cyprus

9.2K km²

Land Border LengthBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

1.8K km

Cyprus

156 km

All Metrics

Domestic Patents

Bulgaria

165

Cyprus

1.0

16400% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Bulgaria

239 medals

Cyprus

2.0 medals

11850% higher

Water Withdrawal

Bulgaria

5.4 B m³

Cyprus

0.22 B m³

2341% higher

Forest Area

Bulgaria

39.3K km²

Cyprus

1.7K km²

2180% higher

Land Area

Bulgaria

108.6K km²

Cyprus

9.2K km²

1075% higher

Land Border Length

Bulgaria

1.8K km

Cyprus

156 km

1058% higher

Airports

Bulgaria

109

Cyprus

627% higher

Electricity Generation

Bulgaria

37.13 TWh

Cyprus

5.7 TWh

549% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Bulgaria

12.94M kW

Cyprus

2.29M kW

466% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Bulgaria

39.1 per 1k

Cyprus

7.0 per 1k

460% higher

Population

Bulgaria

6.74M

Cyprus

1.33M

406% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Bulgaria

34.19 Mt CO2e

Cyprus

7.3 Mt CO2e

366% higher

Political Corruption Index

Bulgaria

0.64

Cyprus

0.17

287% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Bulgaria

7.8 per 1k

Cyprus

2.2 per 1k

255% higher

Irrigated Land

Bulgaria

929 km²

Cyprus

269 km²

245% higher

Agricultural Land (%)

Bulgaria

46.09%

Cyprus

13.96%

230% higher

Suicide Rate

Bulgaria

9.5 per 100k

Cyprus

3.0 per 100k

215% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Bulgaria

$113,343,355,779.99

Cyprus

$37,634,533,331.89

201% higher

Foreign Patents

Bulgaria

6.0

Cyprus

2.0

200% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Bulgaria

92.7 per 100k

Cyprus

31.59 per 100k

193% higher

Comparison of Bulgaria and Cyprus across 126 metrics
				Winner
Domestic Patents	165	1.0	16400% higher	Bulgaria
All-Time Olympic Medals	239 medals	2.0 medals	11850% higher	Bulgaria
Water Withdrawal	5.4 B m³	0.22 B m³	2341% higher	Bulgaria
Forest Area	39.3K km²	1.7K km²	2180% higher	Bulgaria
Land Area	108.6K km²	9.2K km²	1075% higher	Bulgaria
Land Border Length	1.8K km	156 km	1058% higher	Bulgaria
Airports	109	15	627% higher	Bulgaria
Electricity Generation	37.13 TWh	5.7 TWh	549% higher	Bulgaria
Electric Generating Capacity	12.94M kW	2.29M kW	466% higher	Bulgaria
Teen Birth Rate	39.1 per 1k	7.0 per 1k	460% higher	Bulgaria
Population	6.74M	1.33M	406% higher	Bulgaria
Total CO2 Emissions	34.19 Mt CO2e	7.3 Mt CO2e	366% higher	Bulgaria
Political Corruption Index	0.64	0.17	287% higher	Bulgaria
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.8 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	255% higher	Bulgaria
Irrigated Land	929 km²	269 km²	245% higher	Bulgaria
Agricultural Land (%)	46.09%	13.96%	230% higher	Bulgaria
Suicide Rate	9.5 per 100k	3.0 per 100k	215% higher	Bulgaria
GDP (Nominal)	$113,343,355,779.99	$37,634,533,331.89	201% higher	Bulgaria
Foreign Patents	6.0	2.0	200% higher	Bulgaria
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	92.7 per 100k	31.59 per 100k	193% higher	Bulgaria
Armed Forces Personnel	37.0K	13.0K	185% higher	Bulgaria
Firms with Female Top Manager	23.5% of firms	8.5% of firms	177% higher	Bulgaria
Tourism Revenue	$1,792,000,000	$663,000,000	170% higher	Bulgaria
Scientific Publications	4.8K	1.9K	156% higher	Bulgaria
Capital Elevation	560 m	220 m	155% higher	Bulgaria
Beer Consumption	4.4 L/person/yr	1.8 L/person/yr	148% higher	Bulgaria
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	11.16 per 100k people	5.0 per 100k people	122% higher	Bulgaria
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.4 per 100k	3.9 per 100k	115% higher	Bulgaria
Death Rate	14.18 per 1k	7.1 per 1k	99% higher	Bulgaria
Spirits Consumption	4.8 L/person/yr	2.4 L/person/yr	98% higher	Bulgaria
Forest Coverage (%)	36.22%	18.67%	94% higher	Bulgaria
Merchant Fleet Size	78	1.0K	92% lower	Cyprus
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.92% of firms	5.7% of firms	84% lower	Cyprus
Alcohol Consumption	11.62 L/adult/yr	6.4 L/adult/yr	83% higher	Bulgaria
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.72% of firms	3.2% of firms	78% lower	Cyprus
Child Mortality	6.1 per 1k births	3.5 per 1k births	74% higher	Bulgaria
Infant Mortality	5.0 per 1k births	2.9 per 1k births	72% higher	Bulgaria
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.3 kg/person/yr	24.86 kg/person/yr	71% lower	Cyprus
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	5.3 per 1M people	18.01 per 1M people	70% lower	Cyprus
Government Debt (% GDP)	30.1% of GDP	97.5% of GDP	69% lower	Cyprus
Food Waste per Person	95 kg/person/yr	294 kg/person/yr	68% lower	Cyprus
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Cyprus
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,011.09	$2,864.16	65% lower	Cyprus
Credit Card Ownership	12.59% of adults	32.48% of adults	61% lower	Cyprus
Population Density	59.38 /km²	145.56 /km²	59% lower	Cyprus
Informal Employment Share	4.1% of employed people	2.6% of employed people	57% higher	Bulgaria
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.6K kg oil eq/person	1.7K kg oil eq/person	56% higher	Bulgaria
GNI Per Capita	$15,370	$32,870	53% lower	Cyprus
Renewable Energy (%)	16.42%	10.8%	52% higher	Bulgaria
Elderly Population (%)	22.03%	14.62%	51% higher	Bulgaria
Highest Elevation	2.9K m	2.0K m	50% higher	Bulgaria
Firms Hit by Power Outages	20.19% of firms	13.51% of firms	49% higher	Bulgaria
Researchers	2.6K per 1M	1.7K per 1M	48% higher	Bulgaria
Women in Parliament (%)	20.83%	14.29%	46% higher	Bulgaria
Coastline Length	354 km	648 km	45% lower	Cyprus
Electricity Carbon Intensity	275.55 gCO2/kWh	489 gCO2/kWh	44% lower	Cyprus
Exports (% GDP)	56.37% of GDP	97.02% of GDP	42% lower	Cyprus
Imports (% GDP)	53.86% of GDP	93.38% of GDP	42% lower	Cyprus
Women in Senior Management	39.13% of managers	27.5% of managers	42% higher	Bulgaria
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.4K kWh/person	3.8K kWh/person	40% higher	Bulgaria
Milk Consumption per Person	155.71 kg/person/yr	113.31 kg/person/yr	37% higher	Bulgaria
Hypertension Prevalence	45.2% of adults	33.9% of adults	33% higher	Bulgaria
Inflation Rate	2.4%	1.8%	33% higher	Bulgaria
Homicide Rate	1.1 per 100k	0.82 per 100k	33% higher	Bulgaria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$41,519.54	$61,271.82	32% lower	Cyprus
Renewable Energy (%)	20.4%	15.6%	31% higher	Bulgaria
Shipping Traffic	254.9K	371.7K	31% lower	Cyprus
Dependency Ratio	57.49% of working-age pop.	44.28% of working-age pop.	30% higher	Bulgaria
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	30% higher	Bulgaria
Corruption Perceptions Index	40 pts	55 pts	27% lower	Cyprus
Unemployment Rate	4.1%	5.6%	27% lower	Cyprus
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	17.15 µg/m³	13.51 µg/m³	27% higher	Bulgaria
High-Tech Exports (%)	13.43%	18.03%	26% lower	Cyprus
Liberal Democracy Index	0.50	0.66	25% lower	Cyprus
Inequality (Gini)	39.5	31.8	24% higher	Bulgaria
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	118 per 100 people	156 per 100 people	24% lower	Cyprus
Insufficient Physical Activity	30.99% of adults	40.83% of adults	24% lower	Cyprus
Electoral Democracy Index	0.60	0.77	23% lower	Cyprus
Solar Electricity Share	18.15%	23.18%	22% lower	Cyprus
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.3 per 1k	3.6 per 1k	22% higher	Bulgaria
Birth Rate	7.9 per 1k	9.9 per 1k	21% lower	Cyprus
Meat Consumption per Person	58.32 kg/person/yr	72.83 kg/person/yr	20% lower	Cyprus
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.15% of youth labor force	12.71% of youth labor force	20% lower	Cyprus
University Enrollment Rate	79.85%	99.02%	19% lower	Cyprus
Tobacco Use Prevalence	38.7% of adults	32.5% of adults	19% higher	Bulgaria
Median Age	44.3 years	37.8 years	17% higher	Bulgaria
Protected Land (%)	44.3%	38.6%	15% higher	Bulgaria
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	3.9%	14% lower	Cyprus
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	8.9% of GDP	14% lower	Cyprus
Sanitation Access (%)	86.08%	99.48%	13% lower	Cyprus
CO2 Per Capita	4.7 t/person/yr	5.4 t/person/yr	13% lower	Cyprus
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	20.51% of GDP	23.27% of GDP	12% lower	Cyprus
Smoking Rate	39.5%	35.6%	11% higher	Bulgaria
Urban Population (%)	73.95%	66.68%	11% higher	Bulgaria
Digital Payments Used	77.6% of adults	87.19% of adults	11% lower	Cyprus
Youth Population (%)	14.47%	16.07%	10% lower	Cyprus
Vehicles per 1,000 People	584.81 per 1k people	533.66 per 1k people	10% higher	Bulgaria
Water Stress (%)	25.92%	28.59%	9% lower	Cyprus
Internet Users (%)	82.44%	91%	9% lower	Cyprus
Broadband Access (%)	36 per 100 people	39 per 100 people	8% lower	Cyprus
Human Development Index	0.84	0.91	7% lower	Cyprus
Life Expectancy	75.7 years	81.6 years	7% lower	Cyprus
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	6.1 pts	7% lower	Cyprus
Freedom of Expression Index	0.75	0.81	7% lower	Cyprus
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.86	6% higher	Bulgaria
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.5% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	5% lower	Cyprus
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.88% of adults	92.25% of adults	5% lower	Cyprus
Safe Drinking Water (%)	96.21%	99.72%	4% lower	Cyprus
Obesity Rate	24.25%	25.11%	3% lower	Cyprus
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.6 hrs/week	37.4 hrs/week	3% higher	Bulgaria
Wind Electricity Share	3.5%	3.5%	2% lower	Cyprus
Fertility Rate	1.5 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	2% higher	Bulgaria
Nurses & Midwives	4.7 per 1k	4.6 per 1k	1% higher	Bulgaria
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.75% of GDP	0.75% of GDP	1% higher	Bulgaria
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Bulgaria
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	20 days/yr	equal	Bulgaria
Air Passengers	723.8K	724.1K	equal	Cyprus
Coal Electricity Share	22.52%	0%	ranked higher	Bulgaria
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Bulgaria
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.15 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bulgaria
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Bulgaria
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.9% of GDP	-8.1% of GDP	ranked higher	Bulgaria
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	-133.82% of GDP	ranked higher	Bulgaria
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	10 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Bulgaria
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	58 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Bulgaria
Border Neighbors	5.0	0	ranked higher	Bulgaria

Build a Matchup

Country A

Country B

Next move

Pick the next country or jump back in.

Play this matchup

Bulgaria Cyprus

Analysis

Bulgaria leads in 76 of 126 shared metrics, while Cyprus leads in 50.

Bulgaria's Domestic Patents is 164.0x that of Cyprus (165 vs 1.0).

Bulgaria's All-Time Olympic Medals is 118.5x that of Cyprus (239 medals vs 2.0 medals).

Bulgaria's Water Withdrawal is 23.4x that of Cyprus (5.4 B m³ vs 0.22 B m³).

Bulgaria's Forest Area is 21.8x that of Cyprus (39.3K km² vs 1.7K km²).

Bulgaria's Land Area is 10.8x that of Cyprus (108.6K km² vs 9.2K km²).

Key Comparisons

Domestic PatentsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

165

Cyprus

1.0

All-Time Olympic MedalsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

239 medals

Cyprus

2.0 medals

Water WithdrawalBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

5.4 B m³

Cyprus

0.22 B m³

Forest AreaBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

39.3K km²

Cyprus

1.7K km²

Land AreaBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

108.6K km²

Cyprus

9.2K km²

Land Border LengthBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

1.8K km

Cyprus

156 km

Domestic Patents

165

1.0

All-Time Olympic Medals

239 medals

2.0 medals

Water Withdrawal

5.4 B m³

0.22 B m³

Forest Area

39.3K km²

1.7K km²

Land Area

108.6K km²

9.2K km²

Land Border Length

1.8K km

156 km

Airports

109

Electricity Generation

37.13 TWh

5.7 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

12.94M kW

2.29M kW

Teen Birth Rate

39.1 per 1k

7.0 per 1k

Population

6.74M

1.33M

Total CO2 Emissions

34.19 Mt CO2e

7.3 Mt CO2e

Political Corruption Index

0.64

0.17

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

7.8 per 1k

2.2 per 1k

Irrigated Land

929 km²

269 km²

Agricultural Land (%)

46.09%

13.96%

Suicide Rate

9.5 per 100k

3.0 per 100k

GDP (Nominal)

$113,343,355,779.99

$37,634,533,331.89

Foreign Patents

6.0

2.0

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

92.7 per 100k

31.59 per 100k

Bulgaria vs Cyprus

Think you can spot the next winner?

What matters for both sides

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Domestic Patents

All-Time Olympic Medals

Water Withdrawal

Forest Area

Land Area

Land Border Length

Airports

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Teen Birth Rate

Population

Total CO2 Emissions

Political Corruption Index

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Irrigated Land

Agricultural Land (%)

Suicide Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Foreign Patents

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Armed Forces Personnel

Firms with Female Top Manager

Tourism Revenue

Scientific Publications

Capital Elevation

Beer Consumption

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Road Traffic Death Rate

Death Rate

Spirits Consumption

Forest Coverage (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Firms Asked for Bribes

Alcohol Consumption

Firms Making Informal Payments

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

Seafood Consumption per Person

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Government Debt (% GDP)

Food Waste per Person

Official Languages Count

Health Spending Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Population Density

Informal Employment Share

Energy Use (Per Capita)

GNI Per Capita

Renewable Energy (%)

Elderly Population (%)

Highest Elevation

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Researchers

Women in Parliament (%)

Coastline Length

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Exports (% GDP)

Imports (% GDP)

Women in Senior Management

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Milk Consumption per Person

Hypertension Prevalence

Inflation Rate

Homicide Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Renewable Energy (%)

Shipping Traffic

Dependency Ratio

Military Spending

Corruption Perceptions Index

Unemployment Rate

Air Pollution (PM2.5)