Population living in slums in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Population living in slums was 0.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Population living in slums in Bulgaria, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2022, population living in slums in Bulgaria stood at 0.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.4% on the previous year and up 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Bulgaria peaked at 0.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places Bulgaria 143rd out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +33.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +25.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -21.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 140 Tonga 0.3% compare
- 141 North Macedonia 0.3% compare
- 142 Cyprus 0.3% compare
- 144 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% compare
- 145 British Virgin Islands 0.1% compare
- 146 United Arab Emirates 0.1% compare
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 population living in slums in Bulgaria?
- Population living in slums in Bulgaria was 0.2% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank for population living in slums?
- Bulgaria ranks 143rd out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.