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Bulgaria vs Romania

131 shared metrics.

BulgariaLeads in 63

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RomaniaLeads in 68

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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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Romania

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the Latin Romani, meaning "people from Rome.

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Curated stat

Romania's Danube Delta is Europe's largest wetland and reed bed.

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Analysis

Romania leads in 68 of 131 shared metrics, while Bulgaria leads in 63.

Bulgaria's Capital Elevation is 7.0x that of Romania (560 m vs 70 m).

Bulgaria's GDP Growth Rate is 2.7x that of Romania (3.4% vs 0.92%).

Bulgaria's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 2.4x that of Romania (11.16 per 100k people vs 3.3 per 100k people).

Bulgaria's Researchers is 1.6x that of Romania (2.6K per 1M vs 998.73 per 1M).

Bulgaria's Spirits Consumption is 1.2x that of Romania (4.8 L/person/yr vs 2.1 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

560 m

Romania

70 m

GDP Growth RateBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

3.4%

Romania

0.92%

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Bulgaria leads

Bulgaria

11.16 per 100k people

Romania

3.3 per 100k people

ResearchersBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

2.6K per 1M

Romania

998.73 per 1M

Spirits ConsumptionBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

4.8 L/person/yr

Romania

2.1 L/person/yr

Nuclear Electricity ShareBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

40.3%

Romania

18.9%

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Bulgaria

560 m

Romania

70 m

700% higher

GDP Growth Rate

Bulgaria

3.4%

Romania

0.92%

270% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Bulgaria

11.16 per 100k people

Romania

3.3 per 100k people

236% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Researchers

Bulgaria

2.6K per 1M

Romania

998.73 per 1M

156% higher

Spirits Consumption

Bulgaria

4.8 L/person/yr

Romania

2.1 L/person/yr

123% higher

Nuclear Electricity Share

Bulgaria

40.3%

Romania

18.9%

113% higher

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Bulgaria

5.4K kWh/person

Romania

2.6K kWh/person

107% higher

Foreign Patents

Romania

Bulgaria

6.0

Romania

87% lower

Solar Electricity Share

Bulgaria

18.15%

Romania

9.8%

85% higher

Irrigated Land

Romania

Bulgaria

929 km²

Romania

5.3K km²

82% lower

Protected Land (%)

Bulgaria

44.3%

Romania

24.6%

80% higher

Domestic Patents

Romania

Bulgaria

165

Romania

772

79% lower

Air Passengers

Romania

Bulgaria

723.8K

Romania

2.81M

74% lower

Wind Electricity Share

Romania

Bulgaria

3.5%

Romania

11.99%

71% lower

Armed Forces Personnel

Romania

Bulgaria

37.0K

Romania

128.0K

71% lower

Informal Employment Share

Bulgaria

4.1% of employed people

Romania

2.4% of employed people

71% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Romania

Bulgaria

$113,343,355,779.99

Romania

$382,564,217,988.87

70% lower

Coal Electricity Share

Bulgaria

22.52%

Romania

13.41%

68% higher

Shipping Traffic

Romania

Bulgaria

254.9K

Romania

772.0K

67% lower

Firms Asked for Bribes

Romania

Bulgaria

0.92% of firms

Romania

2.7% of firms

66% lower

Comparison of Bulgaria and Romania across 131 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	560 m	70 m	700% higher	Bulgaria
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	0.92%	270% higher	Bulgaria
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	11.16 per 100k people	3.3 per 100k people	236% higher	Bulgaria
Researchers	2.6K per 1M	998.73 per 1M	156% higher	Bulgaria
Spirits Consumption	4.8 L/person/yr	2.1 L/person/yr	123% higher	Bulgaria
Nuclear Electricity Share	40.3%	18.9%	113% higher	Bulgaria
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.4K kWh/person	2.6K kWh/person	107% higher	Bulgaria
Foreign Patents	6.0	45	87% lower	Romania
Solar Electricity Share	18.15%	9.8%	85% higher	Bulgaria
Irrigated Land	929 km²	5.3K km²	82% lower	Romania
Protected Land (%)	44.3%	24.6%	80% higher	Bulgaria
Domestic Patents	165	772	79% lower	Romania
Air Passengers	723.8K	2.81M	74% lower	Romania
Wind Electricity Share	3.5%	11.99%	71% lower	Romania
Armed Forces Personnel	37.0K	128.0K	71% lower	Romania
Informal Employment Share	4.1% of employed people	2.4% of employed people	71% higher	Bulgaria
GDP (Nominal)	$113,343,355,779.99	$382,564,217,988.87	70% lower	Romania
Coal Electricity Share	22.52%	13.41%	68% higher	Bulgaria
Shipping Traffic	254.9K	772.0K	67% lower	Romania
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.92% of firms	2.7% of firms	66% lower	Romania
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.75% of GDP	0.46% of GDP	64% higher	Bulgaria
Vehicles per 1,000 People	584.81 per 1k people	356.03 per 1k people	64% higher	Bulgaria
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	64% higher	Bulgaria
Population	6.74M	18.15M	63% lower	Romania
Railway Network	4.0K km	10.8K km	63% lower	Romania
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.6K kg oil eq/person	1.6K kg oil eq/person	63% higher	Bulgaria
Railway Length	4.0K km	10.6K km	62% lower	Romania
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.72% of firms	1.9% of firms	62% lower	Romania
Scientific Publications	4.8K	11.7K	59% lower	Romania
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.15% of youth labor force	24.54% of youth labor force	59% lower	Romania
Inflation Rate	2.4%	5.7%	58% lower	Romania
Exports (% GDP)	56.37% of GDP	35.6% of GDP	58% higher	Bulgaria
Coastline Length	354 km	225 km	57% higher	Bulgaria
Political Corruption Index	0.64	0.42	53% higher	Bulgaria
Land Area	108.6K km²	230.1K km²	53% lower	Romania
Total CO2 Emissions	34.19 Mt CO2e	70.88 Mt CO2e	52% lower	Romania
Food Waste per Person	95 kg/person/yr	181 kg/person/yr	48% lower	Romania
University Enrollment Rate	79.85%	55.17%	45% higher	Bulgaria
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	92.7 per 100k	63.78 per 100k	45% higher	Bulgaria
Forest Area	39.3K km²	69.3K km²	43% lower	Romania
Credit Card Ownership	12.59% of adults	22.19% of adults	43% lower	Romania
Nurses & Midwives	4.7 per 1k	8.1 per 1k	42% lower	Romania
Urban Population (%)	73.95%	52.17%	42% higher	Bulgaria
Government Debt (% GDP)	30.1% of GDP	50.9% of GDP	41% lower	Romania
Merchant Fleet Size	78	127	39% lower	Romania
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	58 gold medals	93 gold medals	38% lower	Romania
Obesity Rate	24.25%	38.24%	37% lower	Romania
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.5% of GDP	3.3% of GDP	37% higher	Bulgaria
Land Border Length	1.8K km	2.8K km	36% lower	Romania
Milk Consumption per Person	155.71 kg/person/yr	238.33 kg/person/yr	35% lower	Romania
Water Stress (%)	25.92%	19.23%	35% higher	Bulgaria
Electric Generating Capacity	12.94M kW	19.75M kW	34% lower	Romania
Inequality (Gini)	39.5	29.8	33% higher	Bulgaria
Water Withdrawal	5.4 B m³	8.2 B m³	33% lower	Romania
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	5.7% of GDP	33% higher	Bulgaria
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.15 per 1M people	0.22 per 1M people	33% lower	Romania
Firms Hit by Power Outages	20.19% of firms	29.99% of firms	33% lower	Romania
Smoking Rate	39.5%	30%	32% higher	Bulgaria
Tobacco Use Prevalence	38.7% of adults	29.5% of adults	31% higher	Bulgaria
Alcohol Consumption	11.62 L/adult/yr	16.8 L/adult/yr	31% lower	Romania
CO2 Per Capita	4.7 t/person/yr	3.6 t/person/yr	30% higher	Bulgaria
Electricity Generation	37.13 TWh	52.86 TWh	30% lower	Romania
Imports (% GDP)	53.86% of GDP	41.61% of GDP	29% higher	Bulgaria
Population Density	59.38 /km²	82.85 /km²	28% lower	Romania
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	20.51% of GDP	16.21% of GDP	27% higher	Bulgaria
All-Time Olympic Medals	239 medals	318 medals	25% lower	Romania
Unemployment Rate	4.1%	5.4%	24% lower	Romania
Firms with Female Top Manager	23.5% of firms	19.04% of firms	23% higher	Bulgaria
Digital Payments Used	77.6% of adults	63.61% of adults	22% higher	Bulgaria
Forest Coverage (%)	36.22%	30.12%	20% higher	Bulgaria
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.3 per 1k	3.6 per 1k	19% higher	Bulgaria
Agricultural Land (%)	46.09%	55.26%	17% lower	Romania
Safe Drinking Water (%)	96.21%	82.18%	17% higher	Bulgaria
Insufficient Physical Activity	30.99% of adults	26.38% of adults	17% higher	Bulgaria
Teen Birth Rate	39.1 per 1k	33.75 per 1k	16% higher	Bulgaria
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	17.15 µg/m³	14.85 µg/m³	15% higher	Bulgaria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$41,519.54	$48,731.32	15% lower	Romania
Highest Elevation	2.9K m	2.5K m	15% higher	Bulgaria
Renewable Energy (%)	20.4%	23.6%	14% lower	Romania
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	6.6 pts	14% lower	Romania
Renewable Energy (%)	16.42%	19.11%	14% lower	Romania
Beer Consumption	4.4 L/person/yr	5.1 L/person/yr	13% lower	Romania
GNI Per Capita	$15,370	$17,600	13% lower	Romania
Women in Senior Management	39.13% of managers	34.66% of managers	13% higher	Bulgaria
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,011.09	$902.27	12% higher	Bulgaria
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.4 per 100k	9.6 per 100k	12% lower	Romania
Corruption Perceptions Index	40 pts	45 pts	11% lower	Romania
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.3 kg/person/yr	8.2 kg/person/yr	11% lower	Romania
Tourism Revenue	$1,792,000,000	$1,611,000,000	11% higher	Bulgaria
Internet Users (%)	82.44%	91.29%	10% lower	Romania
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.8 per 1k	7.1 per 1k	10% higher	Bulgaria
Elderly Population (%)	22.03%	19.98%	10% higher	Bulgaria
Electricity Carbon Intensity	275.55 gCO2/kWh	250.75 gCO2/kWh	10% higher	Bulgaria
Meat Consumption per Person	58.32 kg/person/yr	63.92 kg/person/yr	9% lower	Romania
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	10 sites	11 sites	9% lower	Romania
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	5.3 per 1M people	5.8 per 1M people	9% lower	Romania
Child Mortality	6.1 per 1k births	6.6 per 1k births	8% lower	Romania
Liberal Democracy Index	0.50	0.46	8% higher	Bulgaria
Women in Parliament (%)	20.83%	19.21%	8% higher	Bulgaria
Youth Population (%)	14.47%	15.72%	8% lower	Romania
Birth Rate	7.9 per 1k	8.4 per 1k	7% lower	Romania
Infant Mortality	5.0 per 1k births	5.4 per 1k births	7% lower	Romania
Fertility Rate	1.5 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	7% lower	Romania
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	2.3% of GDP	6% lower	Romania
Hypertension Prevalence	45.2% of adults	47.8% of adults	5% lower	Romania
Sanitation Access (%)	86.08%	90.54%	5% lower	Romania
Dependency Ratio	57.49% of working-age pop.	55.51% of working-age pop.	4% higher	Bulgaria
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.87	4% higher	Bulgaria
Median Age	44.3 years	42.6 years	4% higher	Bulgaria
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	118 per 100 people	123.25 per 100 people	4% lower	Romania
Broadband Access (%)	36 per 100 people	35 per 100 people	3% higher	Bulgaria
Freedom of Expression Index	0.75	0.78	3% lower	Romania
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	94.5%	93%	2% higher	Bulgaria
Homicide Rate	1.1 per 100k	1.1 per 100k	2% lower	Romania
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.88% of adults	86.27% of adults	2% higher	Bulgaria
Tourist Arrivals	4.97M	5.02M	1% lower	Romania
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.6 hrs/week	38.2 hrs/week	1% higher	Bulgaria
Suicide Rate	9.5 per 100k	9.6 per 100k	1% lower	Romania
Death Rate	14.18 per 1k	14.28 per 1k	1% lower	Romania
Life Expectancy	75.7 years	76.6 years	1% lower	Romania
Electoral Democracy Index	0.60	0.60	1% lower	Romania
Airports	109	108	1% higher	Bulgaria
Human Development Index	0.84	0.84	equal	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
High-Tech Exports (%)	13.43%	13.45%	equal	Romania
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Bulgaria
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bulgaria
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.9% of GDP	-8% of GDP	ranked higher	Bulgaria
Border Neighbors	5.0	5.0	equal	Bulgaria

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Analysis

Romania leads in 68 of 131 shared metrics, while Bulgaria leads in 63.

Bulgaria's Capital Elevation is 7.0x that of Romania (560 m vs 70 m).

Bulgaria's GDP Growth Rate is 2.7x that of Romania (3.4% vs 0.92%).

Bulgaria's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 2.4x that of Romania (11.16 per 100k people vs 3.3 per 100k people).

Bulgaria's Researchers is 1.6x that of Romania (2.6K per 1M vs 998.73 per 1M).

Bulgaria's Spirits Consumption is 1.2x that of Romania (4.8 L/person/yr vs 2.1 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

560 m

Romania

70 m

GDP Growth RateBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

3.4%

Romania

0.92%

Bulgaria

11.16 per 100k people

Romania

3.3 per 100k people

ResearchersBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

2.6K per 1M

Romania

998.73 per 1M

Spirits ConsumptionBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

4.8 L/person/yr

Romania

2.1 L/person/yr

Nuclear Electricity ShareBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

40.3%

Romania

18.9%

Capital Elevation

560 m

70 m

GDP Growth Rate

3.4%

0.92%

11.16 per 100k people

3.3 per 100k people

Researchers

2.6K per 1M

998.73 per 1M

Spirits Consumption

4.8 L/person/yr

2.1 L/person/yr

Nuclear Electricity Share

40.3%

18.9%

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

5.4K kWh/person

2.6K kWh/person

Foreign Patents

6.0

Solar Electricity Share

18.15%

9.8%

Irrigated Land

929 km²

5.3K km²

Protected Land (%)

44.3%

24.6%

Domestic Patents

165

772

Air Passengers

723.8K

2.81M

Wind Electricity Share

3.5%

11.99%

Armed Forces Personnel

37.0K

128.0K

Informal Employment Share

4.1% of employed people

2.4% of employed people

GDP (Nominal)

$113,343,355,779.99

$382,564,217,988.87

Coal Electricity Share

22.52%

13.41%

Shipping Traffic

254.9K

772.0K

Firms Asked for Bribes

0.92% of firms

2.7% of firms

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

GDP Growth Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Researchers

Spirits Consumption

Nuclear Electricity Share

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Foreign Patents

Solar Electricity Share

Irrigated Land

Protected Land (%)

Domestic Patents

Air Passengers

Wind Electricity Share

Armed Forces Personnel

Informal Employment Share

GDP (Nominal)

Coal Electricity Share

Shipping Traffic

Firms Asked for Bribes

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Population

Railway Network

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Railway Length

Firms Making Informal Payments

Scientific Publications

Youth Unemployment Rate

Inflation Rate

Exports (% GDP)

Coastline Length

Political Corruption Index

Land Area

Total CO2 Emissions

Food Waste per Person

University Enrollment Rate

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Forest Area

Credit Card Ownership

Nurses & Midwives

Urban Population (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Merchant Fleet Size

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Obesity Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Land Border Length

Milk Consumption per Person

Water Stress (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Inequality (Gini)

Water Withdrawal

Health Spending (% GDP)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Smoking Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Alcohol Consumption

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Generation

Imports (% GDP)

Population Density

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Unemployment Rate

Firms with Female Top Manager

Digital Payments Used

Forest Coverage (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Agricultural Land (%)