EU 16.23
· European ranking
4 / 30
Down 2 positions compared with previous year
Bulgaria: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
21.20% of people
EU 16.23 · +5.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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Regional map
· 2025 · 6 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+27.36
27.00
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2+20.75
25.60
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3+19.34
25.30
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4+10.85
23.50
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5+0.47
21.30
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6-35.85
13.60
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Bulgaria performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Poverty risk is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 21.2% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 5.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 23.80% in 2020 to 21.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 21.70% in 2024 to 21.20% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Poverty risk shows noticeable regional variation. Across 6 comparable regions, Yugoiztochen records the highest value (27%) and Yugozapaden the lowest (13.6%), a gap of 13.4 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Bulgaria, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.