Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate

In 2020, Bulgaria's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate increased by 27.4% compared to 2019, reaching 20.9.

Bulgaria accounts for 171.3% of the EU-27 total of 12.2.

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 33.1% (from 15.7 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.