Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3947 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Bulgaria, 1992–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Bulgaria stood at 0.3947.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Bulgaria peaked at 0.4128 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3071, in 1992.
Bulgaria ranks 30th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3071 | 0.3071 | 0.3071 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.348 | 0.3357 | 0.361 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.381 | 0.3427 | 0.4128 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.393 | 0.382 | 0.4052 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 27 Jamaica 0.3987 compare
- 28 El Salvador 0.398 compare
- 29 Morocco 0.3955 compare
- 31 Rwanda 0.3936 compare
- 32 Dominican Republic 0.3897 compare
- 33 Gambia, The 0.3876 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Bulgaria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.208 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0893 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0893 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1148 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2372 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Bulgaria?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Bulgaria was 0.3947 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4128 in 2018.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3071 in 1992.
- How does Bulgaria rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Bulgaria ranks 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.