BG · 2023 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Bulgaria, 2023
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
19.8%
Bulgaria, 2023
▼ 0.5% vs 2022 (19.9%)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.5% compared to 2022, reaching 19.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.4%.
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 fallen by 2.9% (from 20.4% in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
128.6%
EU-27: 15.4%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02