BG · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Bulgaria, 2012
In 2012, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.7% compared to 2011, reaching 28.2%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 21.0%.
Bulgaria ranks 2nd 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 5.7% (from 29.9% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.