Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 68.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bulgaria, 1992–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bulgaria is 68.3%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bulgaria peaked at 98.3% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 68.3%, in 2023.
That places Bulgaria 86th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 90.3% | — |
| 2006 | 98.3% | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 94.3% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 93.4% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 93.3% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 94.0% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 95.4% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 94.4% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 91.7% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 90.4% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 90.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 87.5% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 87.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 82.1% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 80.2% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 76.7% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 75.1% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 73.6% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 68.3% | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.3% | 90.3% | 90.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.8% | 93.3% | 98.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 89.4% | 80.2% | 95.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.4% | 68.3% | 76.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More poverty & inequality data for Bulgaria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bulgaria?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bulgaria was 68.3% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.3% in 2023.
- How does Bulgaria rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Bulgaria ranks 86th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.