Relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Bulgaria's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 33.7% compared to 2023, reaching 13.5.

Bulgaria accounts for 76.7% of the EU-27 total of 17.6.

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 fallen by 34.8% (from 20.7 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespn090, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.