Bulgaria vs Kazakhstan

Bulgaria and Kazakhstan compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Kazakhstan has about 3.2 times as many people as Bulgaria: 20.8 million against 6.4 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Bulgaria ($20,328) is 38% higher than in Kazakhstan ($14,692) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Kazakhstan (6.5%) than in Bulgaria (3.1%), a difference of 3.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Kazakhstan (11.4%) than in Bulgaria (4.6%), a difference of 6.8 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Kazakhstan (4.8%) than in Bulgaria (3.5%), a difference of 1.3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Bulgaria can expect to live 1.3 years longer than one born in Kazakhstan: 75.8 years against 74.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Bulgaria is older: half of its people are over 44.3 years, against 29.5 years in Kazakhstan in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Kazakhstan (93.4%) than in Bulgaria (82.4%), a difference of 11 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Kazakhstan (12.6 tonnes) are about 2.4 times as high as in Bulgaria (5.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Bulgaria (36.4%) than in Kazakhstan (1.3%), a difference of 35.1 percentage points in 2024.