BG · 2025 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Bulgaria, 2025
In 2025, Bulgaria's severe material and social deprivation rate decreased by 9.6% compared to 2024, reaching 30.0.
Bulgaria accounts for 238.1% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.
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 fallen by 32.1% (from 44.2 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.