Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 71.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Bulgaria, 1992–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Bulgaria is 71.1%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Bulgaria peaked at 98.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 71.1%, in 2021.
That places Bulgaria 84th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 87.8% | — |
| 2006 | 98.1% | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 93.1% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 91.8% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 91.3% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 92.3% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 94.0% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 93.1% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 89.8% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 88.4% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 88.8% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 84.6% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 85.3% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 79.0% | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 76.7% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 73.3% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 71.1% | -2.9% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 71.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 2.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 71.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.8% | 87.8% | 87.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 93.6% | 91.3% | 98.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 87.2% | 76.7% | 94.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.2% | 71.1% | 73.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More poverty & inequality data for Bulgaria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Bulgaria?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Bulgaria was 71.1% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 98.1% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.1% in 2021.
- How does Bulgaria rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Bulgaria ranks 84th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.