Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.3855 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Bulgaria, 2006–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Bulgaria is 0.3855, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Bulgaria peaked at 0.3998 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3151, in 2008.
Bulgaria ranks 7th of 39 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.3428 | — |
| 2007 | 0.3526 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.3151 | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 0.316 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3162 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3301 | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3494 | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3506 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3624 | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3776 | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 0.3961 | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3916 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3998 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3916 | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3883 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3705 | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3744 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3855 | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3316 | 0.3151 | 0.3526 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.3665 | 0.3162 | 0.3998 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3797 | 0.3705 | 0.3883 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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 income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Bulgaria?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Bulgaria was 0.3855 in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3998 in 2018.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3151 in 2008.
- How does Bulgaria rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Bulgaria ranks 7th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.