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Bulgaria: Material and Social Deprivation

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

Bulgaria

Latest value

· 2025

24.50% of people

EU 11.38 · +13.1 pp vs Europe

European ranking

3 / 30

Down 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

6.4M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Material and social deprivation rate ilc_mdsd09

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· 2025 · 6 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Severen tsentralen

    +31.84

    32.30

  2. 2

    Yugoiztochen

    +28.57

    31.50

  3. 3

    Yuzhen tsentralen

    +12.65

    27.60

  4. 4

    Severozapaden

    +9.80

    26.90

  5. 5

    Severoiztochen

    -1.63

    24.10

  6. 6

    Yugozapaden

    -34.29

    16.10

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Bulgaria performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large 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, Material deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 24.5% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 13.1 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 33.70% in 2020 to 24.50% in 2025. The latest step, from 27.10% in 2024 to 24.50% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Regional differences in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, Material deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 6 comparable regions, Severen tsentralen records the highest value (32.3%) and Yugozapaden the lowest (16.1%), a gap of 16.2 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Bulgaria, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions 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.