Netherlands vs Bulgaria

By Ava Vanderkwast By Jordan Bazley

CRIME RATE IN BULGARIA• 14/1000 DIE EACH

YEAR• TWICE AS MANY

PEOPLE DIE IN BULGARIA THAN IN AUSTRALIA

• THE CRIME RATE HAS INCREASED BY 50%

• 84% OF PEOPLE IN BULGARIA ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY

BULGARIA CRIME RATE CONTINUED• 50% OF PEOPLE ARE

AFFECTED BY VANDALISM AND THEFT

• 50% CHANCE OF BEING ATTACKED AT NIGHT

• 15% CHANCE OF BEING ATTACKED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

• 84% OF PEOPLE IN BULGARIA ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY

EDUCATION IN BULGARIA

• 98.4% OF THE POPULATION CAN READ AND WRITE

• BULGARIA IS 52ND IN THE WORLD ON THE LITERACY RATE OUT OF 205 COUNTRIES WHILE AUSTRALIA IS 35TH

• THE SCHOOL LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 14YRS

POPULATION DENSITY IN BULGARIA• POPULATION IS

ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 6,924,716• THE POPULATION

DENSITY IS 63.47 WHILE AUSTRALIA’S IS 2.84• THE SIZE OF

BULGARIA IS 108,489 SQ KM

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BULGARIAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE• THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 11.1% WHILE AUSTRALIA IS 5.2%• 95TH OUT OF 99 COUNTRIES ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT RANK CHART• THE GROSS NATIONAL INCOME IS $13.24 BILLION

BULGARIAN GDP PER CAPITA• $14,500 WHILE AUSTRALIA’S IS $40,800• 66TH OUR OF 183 COUNTRIES• FROM $4,100 TO $14,500

GDP stands for Growth Domestic Product which is the total amount of goods and services produced by a country in a financial year.

BULGARIA NATURAL DISASTERS

• BETWEEN 1983 TO 2014 13 MAJOR FLOODS HAVE CAUSED DESTRUCTION IN BULGARIA

• KILLED AROUND 52 PEOPLE AND DAMAGES COSTING MORE THAN $500,000

• THE ONLY MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS ARE FLOODS AND STORMS

BULGARIA’S CLEAN DRINKING WATER

• TOTAL RENEWABLE WATER SOURCE OF 21.3 CU KM

• CONSTANT RAINFALL, OCTOBER BEING THE BEST MONTH

• TAP WATER IS USUALLY SAFE TO DRINK IN ALL MAJOR TOWNS ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT LOOK PLEASANT IN APPEARANCE

NETHERLANDS EDUCATION• THERE ARE 12 YEARS OF COMPULSORY SCHOOLING JUST LIKE AUSTRALIA

( PRIMARY DURATION 6 YEARS, SECONDARY DURATION 6 YEARS)• THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS 42.53 BILLION DOLLARS ON EDUCATION PER

YEAR• THE NETHERLANDS IS 28TH ON THE WORLD LITERACY LIST SEVEN IN FRONT

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NETHERLANDS AUSTRALIA

TOTAL DURATION OF SCHOOLING 12 years 12 years

DURATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLING 6 years 6 years

DURATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOLING 6 years 76years

GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON SCHOOLING RANK 123RD 92ND

WORLD LITERACY WORLD RANKING 28TH 35TH

NETHERLANDS HEALTH CARE• THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR MEN IS 79 YEARS AND FOR WOMAN IT

IS 83 YEARS• THE OBESITY RATE IS ONLY 10% COMPARED TO AUSTRALIA'S 21.7%• THERE ARE 433 CANCER DEATHS FOR 100,00 PEOPLE• HOSPITAL BEDS FOR PEOPLE IS 4.7 OUT OF 1,000• THE QUALITY OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS 65.62

NETHERLANDS COST OF LIVING• THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY AFTER TAX IS $2,97.53 • THE AVERAGE CUP OF COFFEE PRICE IS 2.64 EUROS AND THE AVERAGE PRICE

OF A MEAL OUT FOR DINNER IS 15 EUROS• THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A CITY APARTMENT PER SQUARE METRE IS 2,207

EUROS• THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A BOTTLE OF A 330 ML WATER IS 1.82 EUROS

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NETHERLANDS EMPLOYMENT• THE GROSS NATIONAL INCOME IS 390 BILLION• THE NETHERLANDS INDUSTRY GROWTH IS -6.82 (90TH OUT 0F

124)• THE MANUFACTURING GROWTH IS -8.77 (16TH OUT OF 120)• THE MONEY ADDED TO THE INDUSTRY IN AMERICAN DOLLARS IS

165.33 BILLION• THE EMPLOYMENT RATE IS 5.3% (86 OUT OF 112)

NETHERLANDS NATURAL DISASTERS

• THERE HAS BEEN 27 NATURAL DIASTERS RECORDED BETWEEN 1980-2010• ON AVERAGE 2,013 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR FROM NATURAL DIASTERS • ALSO 8,000 GET AFFECT IN SOME WAY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS EACH

YEAR• THE MAIN NATURAL DISASTERS ARE FLOODS AND STORMS

NETHERLANDS FRESH WATER

• THE FRESH WATER POLLUTION IN THE NETHERLANDS IS 1.29 CUBIC KM• THE TOTAL RENEWABLE WATER SOURCES 89.7 CUBIC KM IT IS WATER

THAT FLOWS UNDERGROUND AND THE WATER THAT SURROUNDS COUNTRIES• AND THE DRINKING WATER IN TOTAL IS 100%

CONCLUSIONIN CONCLUSION WE BOTH THINK THAT THE NETHERLANDS IS A MORE SUITABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN THAN BULGARIA. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE NETHERLANDS IS VERY SIMILAR TO AUSTRALIA’S AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS MUCH BETTER THAN BULGARIA’S AND IS ONLY A TAD HIGH THAN AUSTRALIA’S. ALSO, THERE IS WAY TO MUCH CRIME AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR THE SOCIETY. WE HAVE BOTH AGREED ON THAT BULGARIA, EVEN THOUGH IS HAS CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND OTHER GOOD FACTORS, IS A BETTER PLACE FOUR TOURISM AND NOT FOR LIVING.

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