Country comparison Bulgaria vs Russia

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Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]20243.4%chart4.3%2024GDP Growth (%) [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q34,652Kchart2,557K2021Q3Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€104,767Mchart€2,008,424M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$113,343Mchart$2,173,225M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€16,260chart€13,7442024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$17,435chart$14,8712024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q3€29,949Mchart€377,702M2021Q3Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]202424,977chart406,7172024Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]202427,024chart440,0902024Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]202423.80%chart20.25%2024Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€3,880chart€2,7832024Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$4,198chart$3,0122024Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-3,191chart-32,2042024Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-3,410chart-34,8472024Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-3.00%chart-1.60%2024Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202441,059.9chart740,521.42024Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]202441,133.8chart801,284.92024Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20223,874.5chart79,309.62023Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20224,079.9chart85,779.72023Education Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202211.98%chart8.94%2020Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20234,726,292,565.7chart93,723.12023Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20235,094.2chart102,210.52023Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202312.83%chart13.67%2023Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20242,251.9chart141,640.92024Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20242,436.3chart153,263.22024Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20245.49%chart18.90%2024Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202439.20%chart36.87%2024Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€6,378chart€5,0672024Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$6,390chart$5,4832024Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€599chart€5422023Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$633chart$5862023Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€733chart€6442023Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$790chart$7032023Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€350chart€9692024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$375chart$1,0492024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]01/24/2025Baa1Ca03/06/2022Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]07/10/2025BBB+CC03/17/2022S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]04/24/2020BBBC03/08/2022Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]202345chart262023Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201949ºchart43º2019Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]202449.4chart81.62024Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]202458ºchart44º2024RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]202438ºchart59º2024Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]December 20253.3%chart4.3%November 2021Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q33.4%chart2.9%2023Q4Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]2025Q3105Kchart2,202K2023Q4Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]2026$372.5chart$220.72025NMW [+]
NMW [+]2026€620.0chart€211.52025NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]2024$15,446
Average Wage [+]2024€27,911
Human Capital Ranking [+]201732ºchart16º2017Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Bulgarian Lev [+]12/31/20251.9558chart91.711302/12/2026Euro / Russian Rubles [+]
US Dollar exchange rate [+]12/31/20251.6645chart77.188002/12/2026US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/31/20250%chart-1.48%02/09/2026Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20255.0%chart16.7%March 2022CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]December 20253.5%
PPI Year on Year [+]December 20259.8%
Money Market
Key rates [+]12/01/20251.81%chart16.00%12/22/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202061ºchart31º2019Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]December 2025-6.8%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202482,005chart1,049,917December 2023Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20225.82chart9.01December 2023Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
729,8642023Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020518.35chart361.392020Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202430.3%
Standard VAT [+]04/01/201120.00%chart20.00%01/01/2019Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202010.0%chart13.0%2020Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20225,557,000chart24,591,9222019Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€44,249.0Mchart€392,325.9M2023Exports [+]
Exports [+]2024$47,894.2Mchart$424,222.0M2023Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]202442.24%chart20.60%2023Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]2024€50,840.7Mchart€280,492.9M2023Imports [+]
Imports [+]2024$55,029.0Mchart$303,297.0M2023Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]202448.53%chart14.73%2023Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]2024€-6,591.7Mchart€111,833.0M2023Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]2024$-7,134.7Mchart$120,129.0M2023Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]2024-6.29%chart5.87%2023Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 20255.1%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201549ºchart65º2015Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]202458chart92024Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202426ºchart156º2024Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.40‰chart4.00‰2018Crude divorce rate [+]
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,223.5chart8,026.32017Remittance received ($M) [+]
% Immigrant [+]20202.82%chart7.88%2020% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]202025.77%chart7.28%2020% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]20248.30‰chart8.60‰2023Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017145.6chart16,503.12017Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]202415.60‰chart12.10‰2023Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20241.72chart1.412023Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.40‰chart6.10‰2018Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]202521.2%chart11.0%2021% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]20246,437,360chart146,135,0002024Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]2020184,363chart11,636,9112020Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]20201,683,074chart10,756,6972020Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]20220.799chart0.8212022HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202460ºchart81º2021Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]202475.90chart73.252023Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]2023452chart17,1922019Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]20237.01chart11.602019Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]202374chart11,3272024Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20231.09chart6.772021Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20235.86chart14.452023CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Annual crude oil production [+]20241chart9,8922024Annual crude oil production [+]
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202115.0chart80,000.02021Crude Oil Reserves [+]
Consumption GWh [+]202334,178chart1,010,6322023Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]202339,483chart1,123,7402023Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]01/18/202638,776chart404,29001/18/2026COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]01/18/20261,340,943chart24,901,46701/18/2026COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]06/29/20242,078,006chart79,702,39609/27/2023Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]01/18/20266,023.59chart2,766.5501/18/2026COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]06/29/20244,726,614chart187,374,51009/26/2023Doses administered [+]
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