BG · 2025 · tessi163

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

Bulgaria, 2025

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey
6.9%
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 13.7% vs 2024 (8.0%)
Analysis

In 2025, Bulgaria's housing cost overburden rate by poverty status decreased by 13.7% compared to 2024, reaching 6.9%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 7.7%.

Bulgaria ranks 9th 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 52.1% (from 14.4% in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
89.6%
EU-27: 7.7%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025