BG · 2018 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Bulgaria, 2018
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
26.6%
Bulgaria, 2018
▼ 8.9% vs 2017 (29.2%)
Analysis
In 2018, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 8.9% compared to 2017, reaching 26.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.6%.
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 6.3% (from 28.4% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#3 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
135.7%
EU-27: 19.6%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02