EU 29.49
· European ranking
2 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Bulgaria: Income Inequality (Gini Index)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
37.70 Index
EU 29.49 · +8.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures inequality in the distribution of equivalised disposable income. A value of 0 represents complete equality and 100 represents maximum inequality.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Gini coefficient tessi190
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At a glance
Bulgaria performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Income inequality stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 37.7 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, a large gap of 8.2 index points.
Recent trend
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 40.0 in 2020 to 37.7 in 2025. The latest step, from 38.4 in 2024 to 37.7 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Bulgaria, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.