BG · 2025 · tespm150
Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate
Bulgaria, 2025
In 2025, Bulgaria's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate decreased by 20.3% compared to 2024, reaching 14.9.
Bulgaria accounts for 122.1% of the EU-27 total of 12.2.
Bulgaria ranks 6th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 28.7% (from 20.9 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.