BG · 2014 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Bulgaria, 2014
In 2014, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 1.8% compared to 2013, reaching 22.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.7%.
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 4.6% (from 23.7% in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.