Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item was 80.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item in Bulgaria, 2005–2020
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 80.4% for material deprivation for the 'durables' dimension, by number of item in 2020. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, material deprivation for the 'durables' dimension, by number of item in Bulgaria peaked at 80.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 37.0%, in 2005.
That places Bulgaria 41st out of 46 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 37.0% | — |
| 2006 | 37.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 43.2% | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 56.0% | +29.6% |
| 2009 | 61.0% | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 64.3% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 67.0% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 69.7% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 70.7% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 69.6% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 70.2% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 72.6% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 74.4% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 76.7% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 79.0% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 80.4% | +1.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 80.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.8%, 87% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 80.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 93.0%, 86% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +29.6% | 43.2% | 56.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.8% | 37.0% | 61.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 71.4% | 64.3% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.4% | 80.4% | 80.4% | 1 |
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 material deprivation for the 'durables' dimension, by number of item in Bulgaria?
- Material deprivation for the 'durables' dimension, by number of item in Bulgaria was 80.4% in 2020, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest material deprivation for the 'durables' dimension, by number of item recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 80.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest material deprivation for the 'durables' dimension, by number of item recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.0% in 2005.
- How does Bulgaria rank for material deprivation for the 'durables' dimension, by number of item?
- Bulgaria ranks 41st out of 46 countries with data for 2020.
- Is material deprivation for the 'durables' dimension, by number of item rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item of deprivation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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