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

In 2025, Bulgaria's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 4.4% compared to 2024, reaching 14.1.

Bulgaria accounts for 77.5% of the EU-27 total of 18.2.

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 35.3% (from 21.8 in 2020).

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