BG · 2016 · ilc_peps01n
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex
Bulgaria, 2016
In 2016, Bulgaria's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex decreased by 5.3% compared to 2015, reaching 41.0%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 23.7%.
Bulgaria ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.