BG · 2024 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Bulgaria, 2024
In 2024, Bulgaria's severe material and social deprivation rate decreased by 7.8% compared to 2023, reaching 33.2.
Bulgaria accounts for 259.4% of the EU-27 total of 12.8.
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 fallen by 24.9% (from 44.2 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.