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

In 2025, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 2.7% compared to 2024, reaching 22.0%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.1%.

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 fallen by 14.7% (from 25.8% in 2020).

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