At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2019, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 3.8% compared to 2018, reaching 24.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.2%.

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 grown by 7.5% (from 22.6% in 2014).

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