Median relative income of elderly people - EU-SILC survey

In 2025, Bulgaria's median relative income of elderly people increased by 1.3% compared to 2024, reaching 2.31.

Bulgaria accounts for 84.6% of the EU-27 total of 2.73.

Bulgaria ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.5% (from 1.95 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespn020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.