At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2018, Bulgaria's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 8.9% compared to 2017, reaching 79.8.

Bulgaria accounts for 135.7% of the EU-27 total of 58.8.

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 6.3% (from 85.2 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.