Share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid was 18.32 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
18.32
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
28th
of 113 countries
All-time high
19.64
in 2017
All-time low
2.05
in 1988
Years of data
58
1924–2023
Share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Bulgaria, 1924–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 18.32 for share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Bulgaria peaked at 19.64 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.05, in 1988.
That places Bulgaria 28th out of 113 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 11.67 | — |
| 1925 | 11.34 | -2.8% |
| 1926 | 10.69 | -5.7% |
| 1927 | 10.56 | -1.2% |
| 1928 | 10.5 | -0.6% |
| 1929 | 10.14 | -3.4% |
| 1930 | 10.21 | +0.7% |
| 1931 | 10.37 | +1.6% |
| 1932 | 10.09 | -2.7% |
| 1933 | 10.54 | +4.5% |
| 1934 | 10.32 | -2.1% |
| 1935 | 9.97 | -3.4% |
| 1936 | 9.63 | -3.4% |
| 1937 | 9.85 | +2.3% |
| 1938 | 9.58 | -2.7% |
| 1939 | 9.09 | -5.1% |
| 1940 | 9.49 | +4.4% |
| 1941 | 9.23 | -2.7% |
| 1942 | 9.25 | +0.2% |
| 1943 | 8.56 | -7.5% |
| 1944 | 8.63 | +0.8% |
| 1945 | 8.81 | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 3.29 | -62.7% |
| 1981 | 3.52 | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 5.45 | +54.8% |
| 1983 | 5.42 | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 5.13 | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 2.18 | -57.5% |
| 1988 | 2.05 | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 4.5 | +119.5% |
| 1990 | 5.68 | +26.2% |
| 1993 | 10.47 | +84.3% |
| 1994 | 12.72 | +21.5% |
| 1995 | 13.81 | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 12.83 | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 12.18 | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 11.17 | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 10.89 | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 10.24 | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 11.2 | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 12.2 | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 10.97 | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 11.51 | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 11.87 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 11.88 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 12.54 | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 13.96 | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 12.61 | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 13.88 | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 14.26 | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 16.88 | +18.4% |
| 2017 | 19.64 | +16.4% |
| 2018 | 19.06 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 16.5 | -13.4% |
| 2020 | 16.5 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17.59 | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 18.56 | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 18.32 | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10.82 | 10.14 | 11.67 | 6 |
| 1930s | 9.96 | 9.09 | 10.54 | 10 |
| 1940s | 8.99 | 8.56 | 9.49 | 6 |
| 1980s | 3.94 | 2.05 | 5.45 | 8 |
| 1990s | 11.22 | 5.68 | 13.81 | 8 |
| 2000s | 11.33 | 10.24 | 12.2 | 6 |
| 2010s | 15.12 | 11.88 | 19.64 | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.74 | 16.5 | 18.56 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 25 Egypt 19.12 compare
- 26 Rwanda 18.94 compare
- 27 Dominican Republic 18.7 compare
- 29 Cambodia 18.2 compare
- 30 Tanzania, United Republic of 18.15 compare
- 31 Kyrgyzstan 18.09 compare
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)
- 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 revenues vs income inequality 29.97 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.95 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.208 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Bulgaria?
- Share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Bulgaria was 18.32 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 19.64 in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.05 in 1988.
- How does Bulgaria rank for share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid?
- Bulgaria ranks 28th out of 113 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the top 1 vs gini coefficient before tax wid. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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