BG · 2013 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Bulgaria, 2013
In 2013, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.9% compared to 2012, reaching 21.0%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.8%.
Bulgaria ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.9% (from 21.4% in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.