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Bulgaria vs Serbia

124 shared metrics.

BulgariaLeads in 70

vs124 shared

SerbiaLeads in 54

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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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Serbia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Serbia.

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Identity

Name origin: the country takes its name from the Serb people.

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Analysis

Bulgaria leads in 70 of 124 shared metrics, while Serbia leads in 54.

Bulgaria's Solar Electricity Share is 40.3x that of Serbia (18.15% vs 0.44%).

Bulgaria's Tourist Arrivals is 10.2x that of Serbia (4.97M vs 446.0K).

Bulgaria's All-Time Olympic Medals is 7.5x that of Serbia (239 medals vs 28 medals).

Bulgaria's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 5.9x that of Serbia (11.16 per 100k people vs 1.6 per 100k people).

Bulgaria's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 5.4x that of Serbia (58 gold medals vs 9.0 gold medals).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

18.15%

Serbia

0.44%

Tourist ArrivalsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

4.97M

Serbia

446.0K

All-Time Olympic MedalsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

239 medals

Serbia

28 medals

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

Bulgaria

11.16 per 100k people

Serbia

1.6 per 100k people

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

58 gold medals

Serbia

9.0 gold medals

Capital ElevationBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

560 m

Serbia

117 m

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Bulgaria

18.15%

Serbia

0.44%

4025% higher

Tourist Arrivals

Bulgaria

4.97M

Serbia

446.0K

1015% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Bulgaria

239 medals

Serbia

28 medals

754% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Bulgaria

11.16 per 100k people

Serbia

1.6 per 100k people

594% higher

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

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Bulgaria

58 gold medals

Serbia

9.0 gold medals

544% higher

Capital Elevation

Bulgaria

560 m

Serbia

117 m

379% higher

Protected Land (%)

Bulgaria

44.3%

Serbia

13.4%

231% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Bulgaria

39.1 per 1k

Serbia

13.67 per 1k

186% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Bulgaria

0.50

Serbia

0.21

140% higher

Airports

Bulgaria

109

Serbia

137% higher

Spirits Consumption

Bulgaria

4.8 L/person/yr

Serbia

2.4 L/person/yr

100% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Bulgaria

0.60

Serbia

0.30

100% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Bulgaria

10 sites

Serbia

5.0 sites

100% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Serbia

Bulgaria

0.72% of firms

Serbia

6.4% of firms

89% lower

Air Passengers

Serbia

Bulgaria

723.8K

Serbia

3.87M

81% lower

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Bulgaria

584.81 per 1k people

Serbia

323.36 per 1k people

81% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Bulgaria

0.75

Serbia

0.42

78% higher

Informal Employment Share

Serbia

Bulgaria

4.1% of employed people

Serbia

17.14% of employed people

76% lower

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Bulgaria

92.7 per 100k

Serbia

54.43 per 100k

70% higher

Irrigated Land

Bulgaria

929 km²

Serbia

550 km²

69% higher

Comparison of Bulgaria and Serbia across 124 metrics
				Winner
Solar Electricity Share	18.15%	0.44%	4025% higher	Bulgaria
Tourist Arrivals	4.97M	446.0K	1015% higher	Bulgaria
All-Time Olympic Medals	239 medals	28 medals	754% higher	Bulgaria
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	11.16 per 100k people	1.6 per 100k people	594% higher	Bulgaria
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	58 gold medals	9.0 gold medals	544% higher	Bulgaria
Capital Elevation	560 m	117 m	379% higher	Bulgaria
Protected Land (%)	44.3%	13.4%	231% higher	Bulgaria
Teen Birth Rate	39.1 per 1k	13.67 per 1k	186% higher	Bulgaria
Liberal Democracy Index	0.50	0.21	140% higher	Bulgaria
Airports	109	46	137% higher	Bulgaria
Spirits Consumption	4.8 L/person/yr	2.4 L/person/yr	100% higher	Bulgaria
Electoral Democracy Index	0.60	0.30	100% higher	Bulgaria
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	10 sites	5.0 sites	100% higher	Bulgaria
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.72% of firms	6.4% of firms	89% lower	Serbia
Air Passengers	723.8K	3.87M	81% lower	Serbia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	584.81 per 1k people	323.36 per 1k people	81% higher	Bulgaria
Freedom of Expression Index	0.75	0.42	78% higher	Bulgaria
Informal Employment Share	4.1% of employed people	17.14% of employed people	76% lower	Serbia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	92.7 per 100k	54.43 per 100k	70% higher	Bulgaria
Irrigated Land	929 km²	550 km²	69% higher	Bulgaria
Foreign Patents	6.0	18	67% lower	Serbia
Coal Electricity Share	22.52%	65.05%	65% lower	Serbia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	275.55 gCO2/kWh	695.8 gCO2/kWh	60% lower	Serbia
Government Debt (% GDP)	30.1% of GDP	73.1% of GDP	59% lower	Serbia
Electric Generating Capacity	12.94M kW	8.20M kW	58% higher	Bulgaria
Water Stress (%)	25.92%	60.56%	57% lower	Serbia
Alcohol Consumption	11.62 L/adult/yr	7.5 L/adult/yr	56% higher	Bulgaria
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.92% of firms	2.0% of firms	55% lower	Serbia
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.15% of youth labor force	20.93% of youth labor force	51% lower	Serbia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	6.2% of GDP	51% lower	Serbia
Inflation Rate	2.4%	4.7%	49% lower	Serbia
Credit Card Ownership	12.59% of adults	24.29% of adults	48% lower	Serbia
Women in Parliament (%)	20.83%	38%	45% lower	Serbia
Forest Area	39.3K km²	27.2K km²	44% higher	Bulgaria
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.8 per 1k	5.4 per 1k	44% higher	Bulgaria
Unemployment Rate	4.1%	7.4%	44% lower	Serbia
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.3 per 1k	3.1 per 1k	40% higher	Bulgaria
Firms Hit by Power Outages	20.19% of firms	32.6% of firms	38% lower	Serbia
Beer Consumption	4.4 L/person/yr	3.2 L/person/yr	37% higher	Bulgaria
Suicide Rate	9.5 per 100k	15.14 per 100k	37% lower	Serbia
Highest Elevation	2.9K m	2.2K m	35% higher	Bulgaria
GNI Per Capita	$15,370	$11,610	32% higher	Bulgaria
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.5% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	32% higher	Bulgaria
Insufficient Physical Activity	30.99% of adults	45.49% of adults	32% lower	Serbia
Land Area	108.6K km²	84.1K km²	29% higher	Bulgaria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$41,519.54	$32,233.76	29% higher	Bulgaria
Border Neighbors	5.0	7.0	29% lower	Serbia
Safe Drinking Water (%)	96.21%	74.97%	28% higher	Bulgaria
GDP (Nominal)	$113,343,355,779.99	$90,097,765,959.11	26% higher	Bulgaria
Tourism Revenue	$1,792,000,000	$1,422,000,000	26% higher	Bulgaria
Population Density	59.38 /km²	78.76 /km²	25% lower	Serbia
Renewable Energy (%)	20.4%	27.2%	25% lower	Serbia
CO2 Per Capita	4.7 t/person/yr	6.2 t/person/yr	25% lower	Serbia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	17.15 µg/m³	22.51 µg/m³	24% lower	Serbia
Women in Senior Management	39.13% of managers	31.91% of managers	23% higher	Bulgaria
Food Waste per Person	95 kg/person/yr	122.81 kg/person/yr	23% lower	Serbia
Land Border Length	1.8K km	2.3K km	22% lower	Serbia
Corruption Perceptions Index	40 pts	33 pts	21% higher	Bulgaria
Railway Length	4.0K km	3.3K km	21% higher	Bulgaria
Nurses & Midwives	4.7 per 1k	5.9 per 1k	21% lower	Serbia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.75% of GDP	0.95% of GDP	21% lower	Serbia
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	9.7% of GDP	21% lower	Serbia
Domestic Patents	165	138	20% higher	Bulgaria
Inequality (Gini)	39.5	32.8	20% higher	Bulgaria
Railway Network	4.0K km	3.3K km	20% higher	Bulgaria
Political Corruption Index	0.64	0.79	19% lower	Serbia
Urban Population (%)	73.95%	62.38%	19% higher	Bulgaria
Child Mortality	6.1 per 1k births	5.2 per 1k births	17% higher	Bulgaria
Homicide Rate	1.1 per 100k	1.3 per 100k	17% lower	Serbia
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	17% lower	Serbia
Broadband Access (%)	36 per 100 people	31 per 100 people	16% higher	Bulgaria
Armed Forces Personnel	37.0K	32.0K	16% higher	Bulgaria
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	6.7 pts	15% lower	Serbia
Agricultural Land (%)	46.09%	40.39%	14% higher	Bulgaria
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	20.51% of GDP	23.89% of GDP	14% lower	Serbia
GDP Growth Rate	3.4%	3.9%	14% lower	Serbia
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.4 per 100k	7.4 per 100k	14% higher	Bulgaria
Wind Electricity Share	3.5%	4.0%	13% lower	Serbia
Firms with Female Top Manager	23.5% of firms	20.89% of firms	13% higher	Bulgaria
Forest Coverage (%)	36.22%	32.39%	12% higher	Bulgaria
Sanitation Access (%)	86.08%	97.94%	12% lower	Serbia
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,011.09	$903.12	12% higher	Bulgaria
Scientific Publications	4.8K	5.4K	11% lower	Serbia
Infant Mortality	5.0 per 1k births	4.5 per 1k births	11% higher	Bulgaria
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	5.3 per 1M people	6.0 per 1M people	11% lower	Serbia
Birth Rate	7.9 per 1k	8.7 per 1k	10% lower	Serbia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.6K kg oil eq/person	2.4K kg oil eq/person	10% higher	Bulgaria
Meat Consumption per Person	58.32 kg/person/yr	53.49 kg/person/yr	9% higher	Bulgaria
University Enrollment Rate	79.85%	73.21%	9% higher	Bulgaria
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.3 kg/person/yr	8.0 kg/person/yr	8% lower	Serbia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	118 per 100 people	128.47 per 100 people	8% lower	Serbia
Obesity Rate	24.25%	26.05%	7% lower	Serbia
Water Withdrawal	5.4 B m³	5.1 B m³	7% higher	Bulgaria
Imports (% GDP)	53.86% of GDP	58.14% of GDP	7% lower	Serbia
Internet Users (%)	82.44%	87.69%	6% lower	Serbia
Milk Consumption per Person	155.71 kg/person/yr	148.53 kg/person/yr	5% higher	Bulgaria
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.86	5% higher	Bulgaria
Exports (% GDP)	56.37% of GDP	53.58% of GDP	5% higher	Bulgaria
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.4K kWh/person	5.1K kWh/person	5% higher	Bulgaria
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.6 hrs/week	40.37 hrs/week	4% lower	Serbia
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.88% of adults	91.38% of adults	4% lower	Serbia
Death Rate	14.18 per 1k	14.66 per 1k	3% lower	Serbia
Fertility Rate	1.5 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	3% higher	Bulgaria
Elderly Population (%)	22.03%	22.69%	3% lower	Serbia
Dependency Ratio	57.49% of working-age pop.	58.72% of working-age pop.	2% lower	Serbia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	38.7% of adults	39.6% of adults	2% lower	Serbia
Hypertension Prevalence	45.2% of adults	46% of adults	2% lower	Serbia
Researchers	2.6K per 1M	2.5K per 1M	2% higher	Bulgaria
Human Development Index	0.84	0.83	1% higher	Bulgaria
Population	6.74M	6.65M	1% higher	Bulgaria
Median Age	44.3 years	43.9 years	1% higher	Bulgaria
Life Expectancy	75.7 years	76.2 years	1% lower	Serbia
Youth Population (%)	14.47%	14.31%	1% higher	Bulgaria
Digital Payments Used	77.6% of adults	77.05% of adults	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
Smoking Rate	39.5%	39.5%	equal	Bulgaria
Coastline Length	354 km	0 km	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	35 m	ranked lower	Serbia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bulgaria
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.9% of GDP	-4.9% of GDP	ranked lower	Serbia
Electricity Generation	37.13 TWh	37.12 TWh	equal	Bulgaria

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Analysis

Bulgaria leads in 70 of 124 shared metrics, while Serbia leads in 54.

Bulgaria's Solar Electricity Share is 40.3x that of Serbia (18.15% vs 0.44%).

Bulgaria's Tourist Arrivals is 10.2x that of Serbia (4.97M vs 446.0K).

Bulgaria's All-Time Olympic Medals is 7.5x that of Serbia (239 medals vs 28 medals).

Bulgaria's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 5.9x that of Serbia (11.16 per 100k people vs 1.6 per 100k people).

Bulgaria's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 5.4x that of Serbia (58 gold medals vs 9.0 gold medals).

Key Comparisons

Solar Electricity ShareBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

18.15%

Serbia

0.44%

Tourist ArrivalsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

4.97M

Serbia

446.0K

All-Time Olympic MedalsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

239 medals

Serbia

28 medals

Bulgaria

11.16 per 100k people

Serbia

1.6 per 100k people

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

58 gold medals

Serbia

9.0 gold medals

Capital ElevationBulgaria leads

Bulgaria

560 m

Serbia

117 m

Solar Electricity Share

18.15%

0.44%

Tourist Arrivals

4.97M

446.0K

All-Time Olympic Medals

239 medals

28 medals

11.16 per 100k people

1.6 per 100k people

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

58 gold medals

9.0 gold medals

Capital Elevation

560 m

117 m

Protected Land (%)

44.3%

13.4%

Teen Birth Rate

39.1 per 1k

13.67 per 1k

Liberal Democracy Index

0.50

0.21

Airports

109

Spirits Consumption

4.8 L/person/yr

2.4 L/person/yr

Electoral Democracy Index

0.60

0.30

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

10 sites

5.0 sites

Firms Making Informal Payments

0.72% of firms

6.4% of firms

Air Passengers

723.8K

3.87M

Vehicles per 1,000 People

584.81 per 1k people

323.36 per 1k people

Freedom of Expression Index

0.75

0.42

Informal Employment Share

4.1% of employed people

17.14% of employed people

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

92.7 per 100k

54.43 per 100k

Irrigated Land

929 km²

550 km²

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Solar Electricity Share

Tourist Arrivals

All-Time Olympic Medals

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Capital Elevation

Protected Land (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Airports

Spirits Consumption

Electoral Democracy Index

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Firms Making Informal Payments

Air Passengers

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Freedom of Expression Index

Informal Employment Share

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Irrigated Land

Foreign Patents

Coal Electricity Share

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Government Debt (% GDP)

Electric Generating Capacity

Water Stress (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Firms Asked for Bribes

Youth Unemployment Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Women in Parliament (%)

Forest Area

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Unemployment Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Beer Consumption

Suicide Rate

Highest Elevation

GNI Per Capita

Education Spending (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Land Area

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Border Neighbors

Safe Drinking Water (%)

GDP (Nominal)

Tourism Revenue

Population Density

Renewable Energy (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Women in Senior Management

Food Waste per Person

Land Border Length

Corruption Perceptions Index

Railway Length

Nurses & Midwives

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Domestic Patents

Inequality (Gini)

Railway Network

Political Corruption Index

Urban Population (%)

Child Mortality

Homicide Rate

Military Spending

Broadband Access (%)

Armed Forces Personnel