BG · 2021 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Bulgaria, 2021
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
20.3%
Bulgaria, 2021
▼ 6.5% vs 2020 (21.7%)
Analysis
In 2021, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 6.5% compared to 2020, reaching 20.3%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.1%.
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 6.5% (from 21.7% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#3 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
126.1%
EU-27: 16.1%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02