Country comparison Bulgaria vs South Korea

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Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q14,141Kchart8,393K2024Q4Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€103,723Mchart€1,727,930M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$112,212Mchart$1,869,714M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€16,110chart€33,3892024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$17,409chart$36,1292024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q1€26,690Mchart€434,046M2024Q4Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]202424,975chart862,0162023Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]202426,215chart932,3392023Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]202424.10%chart50.70%2023Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€3,875chart€16,6692023Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$4,067chart$18,0292023Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-3,149chart-11,4152023Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-3,396chart-12,3462023Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-3.00%chart-0.67%2023Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202441,247.2chart393,722.92023Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]202441,110.6chart425,842.82023Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20213,062.2chart88,620.72021Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20213,975.4chart88,489.72021Education Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202110.56%chart14.31%2021Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20234,538,991,716.9chart70,777,419,172.22023Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20224,325.1chart104,768.62023Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202211.59%chart16.76%2023Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,749.6chart47,814.52023Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,891.7chart48,173.72023Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20235.02%chart11.10%2023Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202439.80%chart23.16%2023Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€6,399chart€7,6142023Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$6,378chart$8,2352023Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€471chart€1,7122021Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$530chart$1,8972021Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€704chart€1,9172023Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$632chart$2,0252023Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€271chart€9252023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$294chart$9322023Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]01/24/2025Baa1Aa205/09/2024Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]11/24/2023BBBAA08/07/2016S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]04/24/2020BBBAA-02/11/2020Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]202345chart632023Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201949ºchart13º2019Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]202449.4chart29.82024Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]202458ºchart45º2024RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]202438ºchart6º2024Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]March 20253.8%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q43.8%chart2.8%2024Q4Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]2024Q4117Kchart814K2024Q4Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]2025$572.1chart$1,596.32024NMW [+]
NMW [+]2025€551.0chart€1,437.42024NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]2024$15,446chart$37,2292015Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]2024€14,271chart€32,4022023Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]201732ºchart27º2017Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Bulgarian Lev [+]05/21/20251.9558chart1,556.990005/21/2025Euro / South Korean won [+]
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/20/20251.7399chart1,392.600005/21/2025US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/31/20251.21%chart9.42%05/21/2025Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]April 20253.5%chart3.1%March 2024CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]April 20252.8%
PPI Year on Year [+]March 202522.0%
Money Market
Key rates [+]05/01/20252.24%chart2.75%02/25/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202061ºchart5º2020Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]March 2025-8.3%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202482,005chart1,489,363December 2023Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20225.82chart33.84December 2023Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
4,243,5972023Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020518.35chart457.802020Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202329.7%chart28.9%2023Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]
Standard VAT [+]04/01/201120.00%chart10.00%01/01/2006Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202010.0%chart51.9%2022Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20225,557,000chart17,502,7562019Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€43,063.0Mchart€584,690.5M2023Exports [+]
Exports [+]2024$46,610.5Mchart$632,225.8M2023Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]202441.52%chart34.39%2023Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]2024€49,735.0Mchart€594,258.9M2023Imports [+]
Imports [+]2024$53,832.2Mchart$642,572.1M2023Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]202447.95%chart34.95%2023Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]2024€-6,672.0Mchart€-9,568.4M2023Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]2024$-7,221.6Mchart$-10,346.3M2023Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]2024-6.43%chart-0.56%2023Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]March 20256.1%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201549ºchart60º2015Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]202358chart5152023Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202426ºchart46º2024Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.40‰chart1.80‰2024Crude divorce rate [+]
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,223.5chart6,331.82017Remittance received ($M) [+]
% Immigrant [+]20202.82%chart3.33%2020% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]202025.77%chart4.25%2020% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]20238.90‰chart4.70‰2024Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017145.6chart5,989.12017Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]202315.70‰chart7.00‰2024Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.81chart0.752024Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.40‰chart4.40‰2024Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]202421.7%
Population [+]20236,445,481chart51,713,0002023Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]2020184,363chart1,728,1822020Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]20201,683,074chart2,204,5542020Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]20220.799chart0.9292022HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202460ºchart94º2024Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]202375.80chart83.502023Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]2022432chart13,3522021Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]20226.67chart25.802021Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]202374chart2752022Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20231.09chart0.532022Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20235.86chart11.042023CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Annual crude oil production [+]20241
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202115.0
Consumption GWh [+]202334,221chart575,3592023Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]202339,526chart595,0472023Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202438,700chart35,93408/04/2024COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20241,329,988chart34,571,87308/04/2024COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]06/29/20242,078,006chart44,372,67905/26/2023Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20246,004.21chart694.8708/04/2024COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]06/29/20244,726,614chart129,647,78212/12/2022Doses administered [+]
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