BG · 2022 · tessi163

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

Bulgaria, 2022

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey
15.1%
Bulgaria, 2022
▲ 30.2% vs 2021 (11.6%)
Analysis

In 2022, Bulgaria's housing cost overburden rate by poverty status increased by 30.2% compared to 2021, reaching 15.1%.

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

Bulgaria ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.1% (from 18.9% in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
173.6%
EU-27: 8.7%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025