International rankings of Bulgaria

These are the international rankings of Bulgaria

Geographic rankings

14th largest country in Europe

Demographic rankings

Organization	Survey	Ranking
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index	55 out of 187
University of Leicester	Satisfaction with Life Index	164 out of 178
Economist Intelligence Unit	Quality-of-life Index	57 out of 111
none	Home ownership rate	8th
New Economics Foundation	Happy Planet Index	82 out of 143
Global Footprint Network	Ecological footprint	43rd
World Health Organization	Alcohol consumption per capita	27th
World Health Organization	Cigarette consumption per capita	32 out of 121
World Health Organization	Suicide rate	48 out of 107
World Resources Institute	Coffee consumption per capita	43 out of 143
World Bank	Vehicles per capita	38 out of 138

Economic rankings

Organization	Survey	Ranking
Fraser Institute	Economic Freedom of the World	28 out of 30
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index	73 out of 178
World Economic Forum	Global Competitiveness Report	62 out of 144
Foreign Policy	Globalization Index	32 out of 181

Political rankings

Organization	Survey	Ranking
Economist Intelligence Unit	Democracy Index	51 out of 167
Reporters Without Borders	Press Freedom Index	87 out of 178[1]
Fund for Peace	Failed States Index	130 out of 1651
United Nations Public Administration Network	e-Government Readiness	44 out of 50

• ¹Note: lower ranking at the FSI means more sustainable, and higher means more unstable.

Military rankings

Organization	Survey	Ranking
Institute for Economics and Peace	Global Peace Index[2]	53 out of 153
none	List of countries by number of troops	72nd
SIPRI	World's largest arms exporters	14th

Technological rankings

Organization	Survey	Ranking
World Intellectual Property Organization	Global Innovation Index, 2024[3]	38 out of 30

References

1. Reporters without borders (2013). "2013 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX: DASHED HOPES AFTER SPRING". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
2. Institute for Economics and Peace, Economist Intelligence Unit (2010). "Global Peace Index: 2010 Methodology, Results & Findings" (PDF). p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
3. World Intellectual Property Organization (2024). "Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship". www.wipo.int. p. 18. doi:10.34667/tind.50062. ISBN 978-92-805-3681-2. Retrieved 2024-10-06.