BG · 2025 · tessi172
Overcrowding rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey
Bulgaria, 2025
Overcrowding rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey
32.5
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 3.8% vs 2024 (33.8)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's overcrowding rate by poverty status decreased by 3.8% compared to 2024, reaching 32.5.
Bulgaria accounts for 193.5% of the EU-27 total of 16.8.
Bulgaria ranks 3rd 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 17.7% (from 39.5 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi172, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#3 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
193.5%
EU-27: 16.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tessi172