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
20.4%
Bulgaria, 2018
▼ 6.4% vs 2017 (21.8%)
Analysis
In 2018, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 6.4% compared to 2017, reaching 20.4%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.2%.
Bulgaria ranks 4th 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 3.6% (from 19.7% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
125.9%
EU-27: 16.2%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02