At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex increased by 5.4% compared to 2020, reaching 31.5.

Bulgaria accounts for 118.4% of the EU-27 total of 26.6.

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 grown by 12.9% (from 27.9 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesov250, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.