Europe

Bulgaria: At-risk-of-poverty rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Bulgaria Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Bulgaria

Current reading for At-risk-of-poverty rate in a European context.

No country overview data available for the current context.

Latest value

21.20 Percent of people

Percent of people

European ranking

4 / 30

Improved by 1 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+5.9 puntos

Bulgaria is 5.9 points above the European average.

EU: 15.32

Affected population

≈ 1.36 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Country Bulgaria Indicator At-risk-of-poverty rate Year 2025
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Indicator ecosystem

Topic overview for Poverty.

At-risk-of-poverty rate

Open trend

Latest: 21.20 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 15.32 Percent of people

Internal regions

Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.

Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Yugoiztochen

    +27.40

    27.00

  2. 2

    Yuzhen tsentralen

    +20.80

    25.60

  3. 3

    Severozapaden

    +19.30

    25.30

  4. 4

    Severen tsentralen

    +10.80

    23.50

  5. 5

    Severoiztochen

    +0.50

    21.30

  6. 6

    Yugozapaden

    -35.80

    13.60

Editorial insights

Short narrative blocks for strongest change and pressure points.

Country view

Bulgaria records 21.2 compared with a European average of 15.3 in 2025.

Regional contrasts in Bulgaria

Within Bulgaria, Yugoiztochen records the highest value for Poverty risk (27.00), while Yugozapaden records the lowest (13.60).

Yugoiztochen versus the national value

Yugoiztochen stands 5.80 points above the national value for Bulgaria on Poverty risk.

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Bulgaria records 21.2 compared with a European average of 15.3 in 2025.
  • Highest region: Yugoiztochen
  • Highest value: 27.0
  • Lowest region: Yugozapaden
  • Lowest value: 13.6