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Bulgaria vs Greece

129 shared metrics.

BulgariaLeads in 55

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GreeceLeads in 74

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Bulgaria

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Bulgaria.

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Identity

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

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Greece

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Identity

Formal name: Hellenic Republic.

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Greece counts about 6,000 islands and islets, but only 227 are inhabited.

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Analysis

Greece leads in 74 of 129 shared metrics, while Bulgaria leads in 55.

Bulgaria's Capital Elevation is 6.6x that of Greece (560 m vs 74 m).

Bulgaria's Teen Birth Rate is 4.5x that of Greece (39.1 per 1k vs 7.0 per 1k).

Bulgaria's Coal Electricity Share is 3.8x that of Greece (22.52% vs 4.7%).

Bulgaria's Spirits Consumption is 3.4x that of Greece (4.8 L/person/yr vs 1.1 L/person/yr).

Bulgaria's Beer Consumption is 1.6x that of Greece (4.4 L/person/yr vs 1.7 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

560 m

Greece

74 m

Teen Birth RateBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

39.1 per 1k

Greece

7.0 per 1k

Coal Electricity ShareBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

22.52%

Greece

4.7%

Spirits ConsumptionBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

4.8 L/person/yr

Greece

1.1 L/person/yr

Beer ConsumptionBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

4.4 L/person/yr

Greece

1.7 L/person/yr

Political Corruption IndexBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

0.64

Greece

0.28

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Bulgaria

560 m

Greece

74 m

657% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Bulgaria

39.1 per 1k

Greece

7.0 per 1k

455% higher

Coal Electricity Share

Bulgaria

22.52%

Greece

4.7%

379% higher

Spirits Consumption

Bulgaria

4.8 L/person/yr

Greece

1.1 L/person/yr

339% higher

Beer Consumption

Bulgaria

4.4 L/person/yr

Greece

1.7 L/person/yr

163% higher

Political Corruption Index

Bulgaria

0.64

Greece

0.28

133% higher

Suicide Rate

Bulgaria

9.5 per 100k

Greece

4.7 per 100k

103% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Bulgaria

11.62 L/adult/yr

Greece

5.8 L/adult/yr

100% higher

Foreign Patents

Greece

Bulgaria

6.0

Greece

532

99% lower

Coastline Length

Greece

Bulgaria

354 km

Greece

13.7K km

97% lower

Air Passengers

Greece

Bulgaria

723.8K

Greece

19.09M

96% lower

Shipping Traffic

Greece

Bulgaria

254.9K

Greece

5.17M

95% lower

Merchant Fleet Size

Greece

Bulgaria

Greece

1.2K

94% lower

Irrigated Land

Greece

Bulgaria

929 km²

Greece

12.2K km²

92% lower

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Bulgaria

7.8 per 1k

Greece

4.2 per 1k

86% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Bulgaria

239 medals

Greece

129 medals

85% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Greece

Bulgaria

30.1% of GDP

Greece

190.6% of GDP

84% lower

Wind Electricity Share

Greece

Bulgaria

3.5%

Greece

20.44%

83% lower

Firms Asked for Bribes

Greece

Bulgaria

0.92% of firms

Greece

5.5% of firms

83% lower

Firms Making Informal Payments

Greece

Bulgaria

0.72% of firms

Greece

3.1% of firms

77% lower

Comparison of Bulgaria and Greece across 129 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	560 m	74 m	657% higher	Bulgaria
Teen Birth Rate	39.1 per 1k	7.0 per 1k	455% higher	Bulgaria
Coal Electricity Share	22.52%	4.7%	379% higher	Bulgaria
Spirits Consumption	4.8 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	339% higher	Bulgaria
Beer Consumption	4.4 L/person/yr	1.7 L/person/yr	163% higher	Bulgaria
Political Corruption Index	0.64	0.28	133% higher	Bulgaria
Suicide Rate	9.5 per 100k	4.7 per 100k	103% higher	Bulgaria
Alcohol Consumption	11.62 L/adult/yr	5.8 L/adult/yr	100% higher	Bulgaria
Foreign Patents	6.0	532	99% lower	Greece
Coastline Length	354 km	13.7K km	97% lower	Greece
Air Passengers	723.8K	19.09M	96% lower	Greece
Shipping Traffic	254.9K	5.17M	95% lower	Greece
Merchant Fleet Size	78	1.2K	94% lower	Greece
Irrigated Land	929 km²	12.2K km²	92% lower	Greece
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.8 per 1k	4.2 per 1k	86% higher	Bulgaria
All-Time Olympic Medals	239 medals	129 medals	85% higher	Bulgaria
Government Debt (% GDP)	30.1% of GDP	190.6% of GDP	84% lower	Greece
Wind Electricity Share	3.5%	20.44%	83% lower	Greece
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.92% of firms	5.5% of firms	83% lower	Greece
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.72% of firms	3.1% of firms	77% lower	Greece
Armed Forces Personnel	37.0K	147.0K	75% lower	Greece
Railway Length	4.0K km	2.3K km	72% higher	Bulgaria
Railway Network	4.0K km	2.3K km	72% higher	Bulgaria
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	11.16 per 100k people	39.27 per 100k people	72% lower	Greece
Tourism Revenue	$1,792,000,000	$6,193,000,000	71% lower	Greece
Scientific Publications	4.8K	15.1K	68% lower	Greece
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Greece
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.3 kg/person/yr	21.54 kg/person/yr	66% lower	Greece
Child Mortality	6.1 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	65% higher	Bulgaria
Land Border Length	1.8K km	1.1K km	63% higher	Bulgaria
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	2.1%	62% higher	Bulgaria
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	58 gold medals	36 gold medals	61% higher	Bulgaria
Unemployment Rate	4.1%	10.13%	59% lower	Greece
Domestic Patents	165	394	58% lower	Greece
GDP (Nominal)	$113,343,355,779.99	$256,238,371,778.12	56% lower	Greece
Infant Mortality	5.0 per 1k births	3.2 per 1k births	56% higher	Bulgaria
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.15 per 1M people	0.10 per 1M people	54% higher	Bulgaria
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.15% of youth labor force	21.39% of youth labor force	53% lower	Greece
University Enrollment Rate	79.85%	165.11%	52% lower	Greece
Water Stress (%)	25.92%	17.32%	50% higher	Bulgaria
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	10 sites	20 sites	50% lower	Greece
Firms with Female Top Manager	23.5% of firms	15.64% of firms	50% higher	Bulgaria
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.75% of GDP	1.5% of GDP	49% lower	Greece
Researchers	2.6K per 1M	4.9K per 1M	48% lower	Greece
Water Withdrawal	5.4 B m³	10.05 B m³	46% lower	Greece
Electric Generating Capacity	12.94M kW	24.17M kW	46% lower	Greece
Credit Card Ownership	12.59% of adults	23.17% of adults	46% lower	Greece
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,011.09	$1,768.11	43% lower	Greece
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	5.3 per 1M people	3.7 per 1M people	43% higher	Bulgaria
Hypertension Prevalence	45.2% of adults	31.8% of adults	42% higher	Bulgaria
Milk Consumption per Person	155.71 kg/person/yr	255.26 kg/person/yr	39% lower	Greece
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.6K kg oil eq/person	1.9K kg oil eq/person	39% higher	Bulgaria
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	92.7 per 100k	67.57 per 100k	37% higher	Bulgaria
Population	6.74M	10.42M	35% lower	Greece
Total CO2 Emissions	34.19 Mt CO2e	52.51 Mt CO2e	35% lower	Greece
Electricity Generation	37.13 TWh	57.23 TWh	35% lower	Greece
Exports (% GDP)	56.37% of GDP	42.11% of GDP	34% higher	Bulgaria
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.3 per 1k	6.6 per 1k	34% lower	Greece
Vehicles per 1,000 People	584.81 per 1k people	880.6 per 1k people	34% lower	Greece
Tourist Arrivals	4.97M	7.41M	33% lower	Greece
Airports	109	82	33% higher	Bulgaria
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.5% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	33% higher	Bulgaria
GNI Per Capita	$15,370	$22,730	32% lower	Greece
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	31% lower	Greece
Homicide Rate	1.1 per 100k	0.84 per 100k	30% higher	Bulgaria
Obesity Rate	24.25%	33.68%	28% lower	Greece
Tobacco Use Prevalence	38.7% of adults	30.2% of adults	28% higher	Bulgaria
Protected Land (%)	44.3%	35%	27% higher	Bulgaria
Population Density	59.38 /km²	80.74 /km²	26% lower	Greece
Border Neighbors	5.0	4.0	25% higher	Bulgaria
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	20.51% of GDP	26.69% of GDP	23% lower	Greece
Renewable Energy (%)	16.42%	21.05%	22% lower	Greece
Food Waste per Person	95 kg/person/yr	122.06 kg/person/yr	22% lower	Greece
Corruption Perceptions Index	40 pts	50 pts	20% lower	Greece
Smoking Rate	39.5%	32.8%	20% higher	Bulgaria
Forest Coverage (%)	36.22%	30.27%	20% higher	Bulgaria
Meat Consumption per Person	58.32 kg/person/yr	71.7 kg/person/yr	19% lower	Greece
Electoral Democracy Index	0.60	0.74	19% lower	Greece
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	17.15 µg/m³	14.41 µg/m³	19% higher	Bulgaria
Inequality (Gini)	39.5	33.4	18% higher	Bulgaria
Solar Electricity Share	18.15%	22.17%	18% lower	Greece
Broadband Access (%)	36 per 100 people	44 per 100 people	18% lower	Greece
Death Rate	14.18 per 1k	11.99 per 1k	18% higher	Bulgaria
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	17% higher	Bulgaria
Land Area	108.6K km²	128.9K km²	16% lower	Greece
Digital Payments Used	77.6% of adults	91.4% of adults	15% lower	Greece
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.4 per 100k	7.3 per 100k	15% higher	Bulgaria
Nurses & Midwives	4.7 per 1k	4.1 per 1k	14% higher	Bulgaria
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.4K kWh/person	4.7K kWh/person	14% higher	Bulgaria
Imports (% GDP)	53.86% of GDP	47.66% of GDP	13% higher	Bulgaria
Sanitation Access (%)	86.08%	99.01%	13% lower	Greece
Electricity Carbon Intensity	275.55 gCO2/kWh	315.09 gCO2/kWh	13% lower	Greece
Liberal Democracy Index	0.50	0.57	12% lower	Greece
CO2 Per Capita	4.7 t/person/yr	5.3 t/person/yr	12% lower	Greece
Women in Senior Management	39.13% of managers	35.01% of managers	12% higher	Bulgaria
Insufficient Physical Activity	30.99% of adults	35.2% of adults	12% lower	Greece
Agricultural Land (%)	46.09%	41.68%	11% higher	Bulgaria
Inflation Rate	2.4%	2.7%	11% lower	Greece
High-Tech Exports (%)	13.43%	15.01%	11% lower	Greece
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	8.5% of GDP	10% lower	Greece
Women in Parliament (%)	20.83%	23%	9% lower	Greece
Youth Population (%)	14.47%	13.22%	9% higher	Bulgaria
Elderly Population (%)	22.03%	23.94%	8% lower	Greece
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.88% of adults	95.48% of adults	8% lower	Greece
Human Development Index	0.84	0.91	7% lower	Greece
Birth Rate	7.9 per 1k	7.4 per 1k	7% higher	Bulgaria
Life Expectancy	75.7 years	81.5 years	7% lower	Greece
Fertility Rate	1.5 children/woman	1.4 children/woman	7% higher	Bulgaria
Freedom of Expression Index	0.75	0.81	7% lower	Greece
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$41,519.54	$44,005.13	6% lower	Greece
Urban Population (%)	73.95%	79%	6% lower	Greece
Renewable Energy (%)	20.4%	21.5%	5% lower	Greece
Firms Hit by Power Outages	20.19% of firms	21.26% of firms	5% lower	Greece
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	118 per 100 people	114 per 100 people	4% higher	Bulgaria
Internet Users (%)	82.44%	86.27%	4% lower	Greece
Informal Employment Share	4.1% of employed people	4.3% of employed people	4% lower	Greece
Dependency Ratio	57.49% of working-age pop.	59.13% of working-age pop.	3% lower	Greece
Median Age	44.3 years	45.7 years	3% lower	Greece
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.6 hrs/week	39.52 hrs/week	2% lower	Greece
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.90	1% higher	Bulgaria
Forest Area	39.3K km²	39.0K km²	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
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Bulgaria
Safe Drinking Water (%)	96.21%	96.69%	equal	Greece
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	5.7 pts	equal	Bulgaria
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Bulgaria
Highest Elevation	2.9K m	2.9K m	equal	Bulgaria
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.9% of GDP	-5.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Greece

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Analysis

Greece leads in 74 of 129 shared metrics, while Bulgaria leads in 55.

Bulgaria's Capital Elevation is 6.6x that of Greece (560 m vs 74 m).

Bulgaria's Teen Birth Rate is 4.5x that of Greece (39.1 per 1k vs 7.0 per 1k).

Bulgaria's Coal Electricity Share is 3.8x that of Greece (22.52% vs 4.7%).

Bulgaria's Spirits Consumption is 3.4x that of Greece (4.8 L/person/yr vs 1.1 L/person/yr).

Bulgaria's Beer Consumption is 1.6x that of Greece (4.4 L/person/yr vs 1.7 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

560 m

Greece

74 m

Teen Birth RateBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

39.1 per 1k

Greece

7.0 per 1k

Coal Electricity ShareBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

22.52%

Greece

4.7%

Spirits ConsumptionBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

4.8 L/person/yr

Greece

1.1 L/person/yr

Beer ConsumptionBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

4.4 L/person/yr

Greece

1.7 L/person/yr

Political Corruption IndexBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

0.64

Greece

0.28

Capital Elevation

560 m

74 m

Teen Birth Rate

39.1 per 1k

7.0 per 1k

Coal Electricity Share

22.52%

4.7%

Spirits Consumption

4.8 L/person/yr

1.1 L/person/yr

Beer Consumption

4.4 L/person/yr

1.7 L/person/yr

Political Corruption Index

0.64

0.28

Suicide Rate

9.5 per 100k

4.7 per 100k

Alcohol Consumption

11.62 L/adult/yr

5.8 L/adult/yr

Foreign Patents

6.0

532

Coastline Length

354 km

13.7K km

Air Passengers

723.8K

19.09M

Shipping Traffic

254.9K

5.17M

Merchant Fleet Size

1.2K

Irrigated Land

929 km²

12.2K km²

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

7.8 per 1k

4.2 per 1k

All-Time Olympic Medals

239 medals

129 medals

Government Debt (% GDP)

30.1% of GDP

190.6% of GDP

Wind Electricity Share

3.5%

20.44%

Firms Asked for Bribes

0.92% of firms

5.5% of firms

Firms Making Informal Payments

0.72% of firms

3.1% of firms

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Teen Birth Rate

Coal Electricity Share

Spirits Consumption

Beer Consumption

Political Corruption Index

Suicide Rate

Alcohol Consumption

Foreign Patents

Coastline Length

Air Passengers

Shipping Traffic

Merchant Fleet Size

Irrigated Land

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Government Debt (% GDP)

Wind Electricity Share

Firms Asked for Bribes

Firms Making Informal Payments

Armed Forces Personnel

Railway Length

Railway Network

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Tourism Revenue

Scientific Publications

Official Languages Count

Seafood Consumption per Person

Child Mortality

Land Border Length

GDP Growth Rate

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Unemployment Rate

Domestic Patents

GDP (Nominal)

Infant Mortality

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Youth Unemployment Rate

University Enrollment Rate

Water Stress (%)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Firms with Female Top Manager

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Researchers

Water Withdrawal

Electric Generating Capacity

Credit Card Ownership

Health Spending Per Capita

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Hypertension Prevalence

Milk Consumption per Person

Energy Use (Per Capita)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Population

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Exports (% GDP)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Tourist Arrivals

Airports

Education Spending (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Military Spending

Homicide Rate

Obesity Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Protected Land (%)

Population Density

Border Neighbors

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Renewable Energy (%)