EU 20.40
· European ranking
2 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Bulgaria: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
29.00% of people
EU 20.40 · +8.6 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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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+23.45
35.80
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2+18.62
34.40
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3+16.55
33.80
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4+15.52
33.50
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5-4.48
27.70
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6-31.72
19.80
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Bulgaria performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, 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, Poverty or exclusion stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 29.0% versus 20.4% in 2025, a large gap of 8.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 33.50% in 2020 to 29.00% in 2025. The latest step, from 30.30% in 2024 to 29.00% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Poverty or exclusion shows noticeable regional variation. Across 6 comparable regions, Yugoiztochen records the highest value (35.8%) and Yugozapaden the lowest (19.8%), a gap of 16 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.