Bulgaria vs Serbia

Bulgaria and Serbia compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Bulgaria and Serbia have about the same number of people: 6.4 million and 6.5 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Bulgaria ($20,328) is 33% higher than in Serbia ($15,262) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Bulgaria (3.1%) than in Serbia (2%), a difference of 1.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Bulgaria (4.6%) than in Serbia (3.9%), a difference of 0.7 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Serbia (7.1%) than in Bulgaria (3.5%), a difference of 3.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Bulgaria (75.8 years) and Serbia (76 years) in 2024.
• Half of the population is older than about 44.3 years in both Bulgaria and Serbia in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Serbia (87.7%) than in Bulgaria (82.4%), a difference of 5.3 percentage points in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Serbia (39.2%) than in Bulgaria (36.4%), a difference of 2.8 percentage points in 2024.