Bulgaria: 354 km (2026 edition) · Serbia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Bulgaria’s highest peak towers 756 m above Serbia’s

Bulgaria: 2,925 m (2026 edition) · Serbia: 2,169 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Bulgaria, versus 38% of Serbia

Bulgaria: 46.2% (2024) · Serbia: 38.1% (2024)

Serbia has 2% more people than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 6.43 million (2025) · Serbia: 6.55 million (2025)

Serbia is 26% more densely populated than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 59 per km² (2025) · Serbia: 75 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bulgaria is 0.44 years older than in Serbia

Bulgaria: 44.3 years (2023) · Serbia: 43.9 years (2023)

Women in Bulgaria have 0.1 more children on average than in Serbia

Bulgaria: 1.72 children per woman (2024) · Serbia: 1.64 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in Serbia are 65 or older, versus 22% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 22.2% (2025) · Serbia: 23.1% (2025)

Bulgaria: 16.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Serbia: no data

Bulgaria has produced 1.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Serbia none

Bulgaria: 1.6 (2026) · Serbia: 0 (2026)

Bulgaria and Serbia are practically level

Bulgaria: 1 (2026) · Serbia: 1 (2026)

Bulgaria’s economy is 31% larger than Serbia’s

Bulgaria: $131 billion (2025) · Serbia: $100 billion (2025)

Bulgaria produces 31% more per person than Serbia

Bulgaria: Int$44,451 (2025) · Serbia: Int$33,910 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bulgaria than in Serbia (Gini 6.7 points higher)

Bulgaria: 39.5 (2023) · Serbia: 32.8 (2023)

Serbia and Bulgaria are practically level

Bulgaria: 1% (2023) · Serbia: 1.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.1% in Serbia, versus 3.5% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 3.5% (2025) · Serbia: 7.1% (2025)

Serbia spends 2.8% of its GDP on the military, Bulgaria 2.0%

Bulgaria: 2% (2025) · Serbia: 2.8% (2025)

Serbia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Bulgaria’s 21%

Bulgaria: 20.7% (2024) · Serbia: 23.9% (2022)

Bulgaria’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Serbia’s

Bulgaria: 46% (2025) · Serbia: 45% (2025)

Bulgaria spends 28% more on health per person than Serbia

Bulgaria: $1,258 (2023) · Serbia: $984 (2023)

Bulgaria and Serbia are nearly identical here

Bulgaria: 4.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Serbia: 4.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Bulgaria has 40% more doctors per person than Serbia

Bulgaria: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Serbia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Bulgaria has 42% more hospital beds per person than Serbia

Bulgaria: 8.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Serbia: 5.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Serbia is 33% higher than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Serbia: 10.1 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Serbia are obese, versus 24% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 24% (2024) · Serbia: 25.6% (2024)

40% of adults in Serbia smoke, versus 39% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 38.7% (2024) · Serbia: 39.7% (2024)

People in Serbia rate their lives 0.99 points higher than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 5.70 (2025) · Serbia: 6.69 (2025)

Adults in Bulgaria drink 18% more alcohol than in Serbia

Bulgaria: 13.2 litres (2023) · Serbia: 11.2 litres (2023)

Serbia has 32% more meat per person than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 63.7 kg (2023) · Serbia: 84.2 kg (2023)

Serbia has 879 kcal more food per person per day than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 3,000 kcal (2023) · Serbia: 3,879 kcal (2023)

Workers in Serbia put in 336 more hours a year than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 1,659 hours (2023) · Serbia: 1,995 hours (2023)

Adults in Serbia went to school 0.19 years longer than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 11.5 years (2023) · Serbia: 11.6 years (2023)

Bulgaria welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as Serbia (2019)

Bulgaria: 0.86 (2022) · Serbia: 0.36 (2024)

Bulgaria has 5 more World Heritage sites than Serbia (10 against 5)

Bulgaria: 10 (2026) · Serbia: 5 (2026)

Bulgaria has won 239 Olympic medals, Serbia 28

Bulgaria: 239 (2026 edition) · Serbia: 28 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Serbia are online, versus 82% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 82% (2024) · Serbia: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Bulgaria is 3% faster than in Serbia

Bulgaria: 173 Mbps (2026) · Serbia: 168 Mbps (2026)

Bulgaria and Serbia are practically level

Bulgaria: 100% (2024) · Serbia: 100% (2024)

74% of people in Bulgaria live in cities, versus 63% in Serbia

Bulgaria: 74% (2025) · Serbia: 63% (2025)

Serbia has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bulgaria 118

Bulgaria: 118 (2024) · Serbia: 124 (2024)

Bulgaria’s railway network is 20% longer than Serbia’s

Bulgaria: 4,031 km (2021) · Serbia: 3,348 km (2021)

Airlines from Serbia fly 5.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 0.11 (2023) · Serbia: 0.59 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Serbia, but only 36% of Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 36.4% (2024) · Serbia: 39.2% (2024)

The average person in Serbia emits 33% more CO₂ than someone in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 4.7 t (2024) · Serbia: 6.2 t (2024)

33% of Bulgaria’s electricity is renewable, versus 28% in Serbia

Bulgaria: 32.8% (2025) · Serbia: 27.8% (2025)

The air in Bulgaria carries 17% more fine dust than in Serbia

Bulgaria: 20.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Serbia: 17.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 21% more likely to be murdered in Serbia than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Serbia: 1.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bulgaria are 10% deadlier than in Serbia

Bulgaria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Serbia: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Bulgaria is on average 0.3 °C warmer than Serbia

Bulgaria: 12.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Serbia: 12°C (2016–2025 avg)

Serbia gets 7% more rain than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 730 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Serbia: 782 mm (2016–2025 avg)