BG · 2021 · tessi163

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey

Bulgaria, 2021

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey
11.6%
Bulgaria, 2021
▼ 19.4% vs 2020 (14.4%)
Analysis

In 2021, Bulgaria's housing cost overburden rate by poverty status decreased by 19.4% compared to 2020, reaching 11.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 8.7%.

Bulgaria ranks 3rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 44.0% (from 20.7% in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi163, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#3 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2021
133.3%
EU-27: 8.7%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
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