BG · 2023 · tessi163

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

Bulgaria, 2023

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey
11.1%
Bulgaria, 2023
▼ 26.5% vs 2022 (15.1%)
Analysis

In 2023, Bulgaria's housing cost overburden rate by poverty status decreased by 26.5% compared to 2022, reaching 11.1%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 8.8%.

Bulgaria ranks 5th 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 38.0% (from 17.9% in 2018).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
126.1%
EU-27: 8.8%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025