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

In 2022, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 7.9% compared to 2021, reaching 25.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.4%.

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 3.6% (from 24.9% in 2017).

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