At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2019, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.5% compared to 2018, reaching 20.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.9%.

Bulgaria ranks 2nd 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 0.0% (from 20.9% in 2014).

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