BG · 2019 · tespm150
Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate
Bulgaria, 2019
In 2019, Bulgaria's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate decreased by 2.4% compared to 2018, reaching 16.4.
Bulgaria accounts for 103.1% of the EU-27 total of 15.9.
Bulgaria ranks 7th 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 17.2% (from 19.8 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.