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the European Union and Bulgaria

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the European Union

Bulgaria

The widest gap is Public spending on them: the European Union €19,707 against Bulgaria €6,370, 3.09× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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the European Union
Bulgaria

People

Median age2.4 years
44.9 years
47.3 years
Life expectancy at birth5.7 years
81.5 years
75.8 years
People70×
450.6m
6.4m
People per square kilometre87.9%
110 per km²
58.5 per km²
Women in the population0.9 points
51.0%
51.9%
Born abroad10.6 points
14.4%
3.8%
Born outside the EU7.7 points
10.4%
2.7%

Money and work

Disposable income per person2.59×
€22,939
€8,862
Average net income2.32×
€25,952
€11,177
Take-home pay, average-wage worker2.07×
€29,954
€14,450
Gross pay, average-wage worker2.34×
€43,658
€18,622
In work, age 20 to 640.9 points
76.1%
77.0%
Out of work2.5 points
6.0%
3.5%
Hours worked a week2.6 hours
37.3 hours
39.9 hours
At risk of poverty4.9 points
16.3%
21.2%
Housing costs over 40% of income0.8 points
7.7%
6.9%
GDP per person2.31×
€41,700
€18,060

Family and home

People at home4.5%
2.3
2.2
Households with children
28.7%
28.7%
Children per woman28.4%
1.34
1.72
Own their home17.6 points
68.5%
86.1%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds71.5%
507 per 100,000 people
870 per 100,000 people
Doctors24.9%
374 per 100,000 people
467 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree1.2 points
36.9%
35.7%
Students per 1,000 people39.5%
42.4 per 1,000 people
30.4 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them3.09×
€19,707
€6,370
Tax raised per person3.27×
€16,198
€4,950
Government debt51.8 points
81.7%
29.9%

Country and infrastructure

Land area38.07×
4,225,104 km²
110,996 km²
Railway density34.2%
49.1 per 1,000 km²
36.6 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density2.43×
18.6 per 1,000 km²
7.7 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people15.2%
584 per 1,000 people
507 per 1,000 people
Households with internet2.0 points
94.8%
92.8%
Tourist nights per resident56.9%
6.73
4.29

Environment

Renewable energy3.5 points
26.2%
22.7%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

the European Union

Bulgaria

Function
the European Union
Bulgaria
12.4%
7.5%
3.0%
3.3%
3.5%
7.1%
10.8%
14.9%
1.7%
1.6%
1.5%
2.6%
15.0%
13.7%
2.4%
1.8%
9.7%
10.9%
40.0%
36.8%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: the European Union and Bulgaria

  1. Where do more people live: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 70×: the European Union 450.6m, Bulgaria 6.4m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 38.07×: the European Union 4,225,104, Bulgaria 110,996. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  3. Where were more residents born abroad: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 10.6 points: the European Union 14.4%, Bulgaria 3.8%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  4. Which spends more on health per resident: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 3.39×: the European Union €2,959, Bulgaria €872. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  5. Which government spends more per resident: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 3.09×: the European Union €19,707, Bulgaria €6,370. Total general government expenditure divided by the population: all levels of government together. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  6. Who has more to spend, the typical person in the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 2.59×: the European Union €22,939, Bulgaria €8,862. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 71.5%: Bulgaria 870, the European Union 507. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

  8. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 39.5%: the European Union 42.4, Bulgaria 30.4. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where are more children born per woman: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 28.4%: Bulgaria 1.72, the European Union 1.34. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. demo_find · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where does more energy come from renewables: the European Union or Bulgaria?

    The gap is 3.5 points: the European Union 26.2%, Bulgaria 22.7%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.