Country comparison Bulgaria vs Sweden

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Gouvernement
GDP Growth (%) [+]20243.4%chart0.9%2024GDP Growth (%) [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2025Q34,652Kchart14,124K2025Q3Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024€104,767Mchart€558,673M2024Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2024$113,343Mchart$604,395M2024Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024€16,260chart€52,5502024GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2024$17,435chart$57,0202024GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2025Q3€29,949Mchart€149,544M2025Q3Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]202424,977chart189,5362024Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt ($M) [+]202427,024chart199,1582024Debt ($M) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]202423.80%chart34.00%2024Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€3,880chart€17,9022024Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$4,198chart$18,8102024Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-3,191chart-8,7542024Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-3,410chart-10,3822024Deficit ($M) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-3.00%chart-1.60%2024Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202441,060.5chart283,077.82024Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure ($M) [+]202441,133.8chart297,623.42024Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20223,874.5chart40,049.42022Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20224,079.9chart42,443.22022Education Expenditure ($M) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202211.98%chart15.28%2022Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20234,711.2chart54,174,407,742.12024Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20235,094.2chart56,210.62023Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202312.83%chart19.45%2023Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20242,251.9chart11,160.72024Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20242,436.3chart12,074.12024Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20245.49%chart4.12%2024Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202439.20%chart50.70%2024Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€6,378chart€26,7362024Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$6,390chart$28,1102024Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€599chart€3,8042022Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$633chart$4,0002022Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€731chart€5,1342024Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$790chart$5,3422023Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024€350chart€1,0502024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2024$375chart$1,1392024Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]01/24/2025Baa1Aaa02/23/2024Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]07/10/2025BBB+AAA02/16/2004S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]04/24/2020BBBAAA12/06/2019Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]202345chart822023Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201949ºchart8º2019Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]202449.4chart20.62024Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]202458ºchart41º2024RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]202438ºchart2º2024Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]November 20253.5%chart9.1%November 2025Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q33.4%chart8.2%2025Q3Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]2025Q3105Kchart478K2025Q3Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]2025$624.4
NMW [+]2025€1,077.8
Average Wage [+]2024$15,446chart$50,8692024Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]2024€14,271chart€46,9982024Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]201732ºchart8º2017Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Bulgarian Lev [+]12/31/20251.9558chart10.719001/16/2026Euro / Swedish kronas [+]
US Dollar exchange rate [+]12/31/20251.6645chart9.227001/16/2026US Dollar exchange rate [+]
2.77%01/16/202610-Year Bond Yield [+]
-701/16/2026Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/31/20250%chart5.42%01/16/2026Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20255.0%chart0.8%December 2024CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]November 20253.7%chart2.2%November 2025HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]November 202513.8%chart2.6%November 2025PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
1.75%10/01/2025Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]202061ºchart10º2020Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]November 2025-9.3%chart3.8%November 2025IPI Year on Year [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202482,005chart522,000December 2024Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20225.82chart31.35December 2022Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
226,0002017Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020518.35chart544.532021Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202430.3%chart42.4%2024Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]
Standard VAT [+]04/01/201120.00%chart25.00%01/01/1996Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202010.0%chart52.2%2022Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20225,557,000chart6,629,0002022Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2024€44,249.0Mchart€180,844.3M2024Exports [+]
Exports [+]2024$47,894.2Mchart$195,742.3M2024Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]202442.24%chart32.37%2024Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]2024€50,840.7Mchart€175,281.1M2024Imports [+]
Imports [+]2024$55,029.0Mchart$189,720.8M2024Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]202448.53%chart31.37%2024Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]2024€-6,591.7Mchart€5,563.2M2024Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]2024$-7,134.7Mchart$6,021.5M2024Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]2024-6.29%chart1.00%2024Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]November 20253.2%chart5.0%November 2025Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201549ºchart3º2015Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]202458chart202024Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202426ºchart39º2024Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.40‰chart2.00‰2023Crude divorce rate [+]
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172,223.5chart2,819.42017Remittance received ($M) [+]
% Immigrant [+]20202.82%chart19.31%2020% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]202025.77%chart3.16%2020% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]20248.30‰chart9.30‰2024Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017145.6chart3,684.02017Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]202415.60‰chart8.60‰2024Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20231.81chart1.452023Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.40‰chart4.20‰2023Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]202421.7%chart14.8%2024% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]20246,437,360chart10,587,7102024Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]2020184,363chart2,003,9082020Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]20201,683,074chart327,5812020Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]20220.799chart0.9522022HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202460ºchart5º2024Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]202475.90chart84.102024Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]2023452chart1,3702023Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]20237.01chart12.602023Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]202374chart1212023Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20231.09chart1.152023Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20235.86chart3.432023CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Annual crude oil production [+]20241chart01995Annual crude oil production [+]
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202115.0
Consumption GWh [+]202334,178chart125,2092023Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]202339,483chart163,1352023Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]12/21/202538,774chart29,15112/21/2025COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]12/21/20251,340,767chart2,782,69512/21/2025COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]06/29/20242,078,006chart7,593,67603/19/2023Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]12/21/20256,023.28chart2,753.2912/21/2025COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]06/29/20244,726,614chart28,312,81602/26/2024Doses administered [+]
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