EU 29.09
· European ranking
3 / 30
Down 2 positions compared with previous year
Bulgaria: Financial Vulnerability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
42.40% of people
EU 29.09 · +13.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to face unexpected financial expenses ilc_mdes04
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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+23.35
52.30
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2+21.93
51.70
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3+16.04
49.20
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4+9.43
46.40
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5+5.42
44.70
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6-33.49
28.20
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Bulgaria performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a large gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Unexpected expenses stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 42.4% versus 29.1% in 2025, a large gap of 13.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 43.50% in 2020 to 42.40% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 45.60% in 2024 to 42.40% in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.
Regional differences in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Unexpected expenses shows noticeable regional variation. Across 6 comparable regions, Severen tsentralen records the highest value (52.3%) and Yugozapaden the lowest (28.2%), a gap of 24.1 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.