At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2020, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.9% compared to 2019, reaching 28.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 19.4%.

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 grown by 11.4% (from 25.4% in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.