Country comparison Taiwan vs Bulgaria 2018

Taiwan			Bulgaria
Comptes nationaux - Government
			1,527€	2015Q3	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2015	468,427M.€	50,430M.€	2017	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2016	530,608M.$	56,971M.$	2017	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	20,369€	7,100€	2017	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	22,541$	8,022$	2017	GDP per capita [+]
			11,000M.€	2015Q3	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2016	173,727	12,815	2017	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	192,298	14,477	2017	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	36.23%	25.40%	2017	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	7,380€	1,804€	2017	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	8,169$	2,039$	2017	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2016	-10,540	471	2017	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2016	-11,667	532	2017	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-2.20%	0.90%	2017	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	85,765.0	17,756.6	2017	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	94,933.3	20,059.6	2017	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
			1,706.5	2013	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
			2,265.0	2013	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
			11.44%	2013	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			3,852.5	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			5,118.1	2014	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
			10.95%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
			683.6	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
			756.2	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
			4.39%	2016	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	17.89%	35.20%	2017	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	3,643€	2,500€	2017	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	4,033$	2,825$	2017	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
			236€	2013	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
			313$	2013	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
			272€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
			363$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
			97€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
			106$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	11/17/2016	Aa3	Baa2	05/26/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	12/18/2002	AA-	BBB-	12/01/2017	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	10/11/2017	AA-	BBB	06/01/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	63	43	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2017	15º	49º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
			55.4	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	11/01/2016	103º	45º	10/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
			36º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
			5.1%	April 2018	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2018Q1	3.7%	5.7%	2018Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2018Q1	434 m.	189 m.	2018Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2013	655.7 $	312.7 $	2018	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2013	497.0 €	260.8 €	2018	NMW [+]
			5,529€	2015	Average Wage [+]
			6,134$	2015	Average Wage [+]
			43º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / New Taiwan dollars [+]	06/14/2018	35.0560	1.9558	06/14/2018	Euro / Bulgarian Lev [+]
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	06/08/2018	29.8700	1.6673	06/14/2018	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	06/15/2018	4.18%	-5.92%	06/14/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			2.6%	May 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
			2.3%	May 2018	HICP [+]
			3.9%	April 2018	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	07/01/2016	1.38%	0%	02/01/2016	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	15º	50º	2018	Doing Business [+]
			-0.7%	April 2018	IPI Year on Year [+]
			28,758	June 2017	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
			4.79	June 2017	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]	2017	291,563
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	326.80	507.41	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2006	5.00%	20.00%	04/01/2011	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	45.0%	10.0%	2015	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2017	280,942.6 M.€	26,577.3 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	317,380.8 M.$	30,024.1 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	52.83%	52.70%	2017	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	229,706.2 M.€	30,172.1 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	259,499.1 M.$	34,085.5 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	43.45%	59.83%	2017	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	51,236.4 M.€	-3,594.9 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	57,881.7 M.$	-4,061.4 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2015	9.26%	-7.13%	2017	Trade balance % GDP [+]
			4.7%	April 2018	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2017	655	64	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2017	23,571,000	7,101,859	2016	Population [+]
			153,803	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
			1,665.6	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
			2.17%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
			132.9	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
			1,291,630	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
			18.19%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
			0.794	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	34º	26º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
			41º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			49º	2015	Ranking [+]
			9.10‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
			1.54	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
			15.10‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
			74.90	2016	Life expectancy [+]
			3.80‰	2016	Crude marriage rate [+]
			1.50‰	2016	Crude divorce rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	192	129	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	0.82	1.80	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
			22.9%	2016	% risk of poverty [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	11.73	7.14	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Taiwan

Capital: Taipei
Population: 23,571,000
Surface Area: 35,980 km2
Currency: New Taiwan dollars (1 EUR=35.0560 TWD)
Religion: Mostly Syncretic Religions
Belongs to: IMF

Bulgaria

Capital: Sofia
Population: 7,101,859
Surface Area: 111,000 km2
Currency: Bulgarian Lev (1 EUR=1.9558 BGN)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CoE, EEA, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU