BG · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Bulgaria, 2017
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
24.9%
Bulgaria, 2017
▲ 3.3% vs 2016 (24.1%)
Analysis
In 2017, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 3.3% compared to 2016, reaching 24.9%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.5%.
Bulgaria ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.2% (from 22.8% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#1 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
142.3%
EU-27: 17.5%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02