Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 49.72 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Bulgaria, 1992–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 49.72 for poverty share on less than 30 per day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Bulgaria peaked at 96.37 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 49.72, in 2023.
That places Bulgaria 87th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.79 | 78.79 | 78.79 | 1 |
| 2000s | 89.27 | 84.89 | 96.37 | 4 |
| 2010s | 79.61 | 66.69 | 89.35 | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.47 | 49.72 | 61.75 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More poverty & inequality data for Bulgaria
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.75 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 5,224 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 29.97 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.208 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 27.65 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0893 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0893 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1148 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2372 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Bulgaria?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Bulgaria was 49.72 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 96.37 in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.72 in 2023.
- How does Bulgaria rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Bulgaria ranks 87th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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