BG · 2011 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Bulgaria, 2011
In 2011, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 9.5% compared to 2010, reaching 20.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.3%.
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 grown by 20.2% (from 17.3% in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.