🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Europe & Central Asia · Capital: Sofia
Money5.2 / 10
Safety6.8 / 10
Health6.3 / 10
Quality of life5.5 / 10
Passport8.0 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money5.2 / 10
Purchasing power79.042 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$44,45160 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$17,78073 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth3.1 %110 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation4.6 %140 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment3.5 %59 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)39.5110 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2023
Reserves$47B52 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power78.652 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety6.8 / 10
Safety (survey)64.835 of 89Numbeo
Crime35.245 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k1.147 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health6.3 / 10
Health care (survey)58.266 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted10370 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy75.8 yr101 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10004.644 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$1,25857 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending7.9 % GDP64 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10004.323 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10008.26 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life5.5 / 10
Quality of life14841 of 89Numbeo
Pollution57.851 of 115Numbeo
Purity10162 of 115Numbeo
Climate81.243 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time28.820 of 89Numbeo
Internet users82.4 %98 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending4.5 % GDP78 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2022
Urban population74.2 %76 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio8.729 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income4.350 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$66B58 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$68B59 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP103 %60 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$5B45 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism5.0M ppl38 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population6.4M111 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth-0.13 %181 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.7125 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10011897 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity100 %11 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita5.3 t155 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy20.4 %105 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending2.1 % GDP105 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport8.0 / 10
No visa needed in advance158 of 19839 of 199
Visa free117 of 198
Visa on arrival35 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)6 of 198
E-visa22 of 198
Visa required18 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not
How to get the passport
Years of residence5 years5 лет ВНЖ, 5 лет ПМЖ.
- 5 лет ВНЖ, 5 лет ПМЖ.
- Экзамен по языку.
- Отказ от старого гражданства нужен, двойное разрешено только для ЕС/Швейцарии, супругов граждан Болгарии и урождённых болгар.
Sources
источник жив · text from the old site, February 2023