At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2007, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 19.2% compared to 2006, reaching 23.0%.

Bulgaria ranks 3rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 53.3% (from 15.0% in 2002).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.