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

In 2019, Bulgaria's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 3.4% compared to 2018, reaching 82.5.

Bulgaria accounts for 147.1% of the EU-27 total of 56.1.

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 13.2% (from 95.1 in 2014).

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