Bulgaria vs Romania: Prosperity gap

Bulgaria

1.4

in 2023

Romania

1.33

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

83rd

Romania rank

86th

Prosperity gap over time

Bulgaria currently reports 1.4 against 1.33 in Romania, a difference of 0.0678.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Romania ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 83rd and Romania ranks 86th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.