BG · 2017 · tessi010
At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2017
In 2017, Bulgaria's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 2.2% compared to 2016, reaching 70.2.
Bulgaria accounts for 138.5% of the EU-27 total of 50.7.
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 10.4% (from 63.6 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.