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

In 2021, Bulgaria's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 14.5% compared to 2020, reaching 72.6.

Bulgaria accounts for 123.5% of the EU-27 total of 58.8.

Bulgaria ranks 5th 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 24.1% (from 95.7 in 2016).

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