BG · 2023 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Bulgaria, 2023
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
21.3%
Bulgaria, 2023
▼ 17.4% vs 2022 (25.8%)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 17.4% compared to 2022, reaching 21.3%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.9%.
Bulgaria ranks 4th 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 9.0% (from 23.4% in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
126.0%
EU-27: 16.9%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02