Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Reduction in income inequality before and after tax was 26.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Bulgaria, 2006–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 26.0% for reduction in income inequality before and after tax in 2023.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Bulgaria peaked at 27.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 22.7%, in 2018.
Bulgaria ranks 30th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.5% | 25.2% | 27.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 25.3% | 22.7% | 27.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.7% | 24.2% | 27.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 27 New Zealand 28.7% compare
- 28 Latvia 28.1% compare
- 29 Australia 27.7% compare
- 31 Israel 23.2% compare
- 32 United States 22.1% compare
- 33 Switzerland 21.2% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Bulgaria
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.208 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0893 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0893 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1148 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2372 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Bulgaria?
- Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Bulgaria was 26.0% in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 27.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.7% in 2018.
- How does Bulgaria rank for reduction in income inequality before and after tax?
- Bulgaria ranks 30th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is reduction in income inequality before and after tax rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Reduction in income inequality before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the percentage difference between the Gini coefficient before taxes and benefits and the Gini coefficient after taxes and benefits.