Bulgaria vs Russia: Prosperity gap

Bulgaria

1.4

in 2023

Russia

1.57

in 2020

Bulgaria rank

83rd

Russia rank

81st

Prosperity gap over time

Russia currently reports 1.57 against 1.4 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1724.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 83rd and Russia ranks 81st 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.