At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) was 20.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
20.6%
Change on year
down 4.2%
World rank
6th
of 47 countries
All-time high
24.6%
in 2021
All-time low
16.2%
in 2006
Years of data
20
2006–2025
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Bulgaria, 2006–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Bulgaria stood at 20.6%.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Bulgaria peaked at 24.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 16.2%, in 2006.
Bulgaria ranks 6th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 16.2% | — |
| 2007 | 18.1% | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 18.9% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 18.4% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 16.8% | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 18.4% | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 19.0% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 20.3% | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 20.1% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 23.1% | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 23.3% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 23.9% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 24.3% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 24.6% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 22.3% | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 19.0% | -14.8% |
| 2024 | 21.5% | +13.2% |
| 2025 | 20.6% | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.6% | 16.2% | 18.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 16.8% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.1% | 19.0% | 24.6% | 6 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Bulgaria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,224 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 29.97 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Bulgaria?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Bulgaria was 20.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 24.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.2% in 2006.
- How does Bulgaria rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded)?
- Bulgaria ranks 6th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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