Poverty & Inequality in Bulgaria 156 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Bulgaria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 13.1% 38th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 68.9% 68th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.75 live births per woman 2023 up 18.0% 133rd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,224 kg per hectare 2023 up 14.5% 39th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 37.4% 82nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year 2023 down 94.2% 74th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 29.97 2023 up 7.2% 42nd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.0% 2023 up 7.2% 42nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 41.4% 104th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.95 % change on previous year 2023 down 137.8% 145th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 down 200.0% 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.208 2023 down 2.3% 117th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.6% 2023 up 7.6% 27th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0893 2023 down 2.3% 153rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0893 2023 down 2.3% 153rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1148 2023 down 4.6% 137th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2023 down 69.7% 67th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 63.6% 65th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.6% 2023 down 70.9% 73rd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 4.4% 2023 down 71.1% 85th Prosperity gap 1.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 46.2% 86th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2372 2023 up 11.6% 94th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2023 down 66.7% 70th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 17.0% 2023 down 13.7% 77th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.8% 2023 down 71.0% 81st Population living in slums 0.2% 2022 up 31.1% 143rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.748 2023 up 4.0% 52nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.748 2023 up 4.0% 52nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.748 2023 up 4.0% 52nd Proportion of population below international poverty line 1.0% 2023 down 69.7% 70th Three metrics of inequality 55.01 2023 up 16.2% 57th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5501 2023 up 16.2% 57th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 446.6 2023 up 92.7% 42nd Income share held by second 20% 11.3% 2023 down 7.4% 78th Income share held by third 20% 15.4% 2023 down 7.8% 81st Income share held by fourth 20% 21.2% 2023 down 6.2% 97th Income share held by highest 20% 46.2% 2023 up 7.9% 31st Income share held by highest 10% 31.1% 2023 up 12.7% 25th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.1% 2023 up 16.7% 95th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.0% 2023 up 5.3% 91st Gini index 39.5 2023 up 7.9% 31st Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.6% 2023 down 8.8% 37th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 29.62 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 66.2% 76th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.4% 2023 down 62.5% 64th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 21.2% 2025 down 3.6% 7th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4914 2023 up 15.2% 65th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 29.0% 2025 up 2.1% 5th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4914 2023 up 15.2% 65th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 24.5% 2025 down 52.1% 5th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 17,764 2017 up 51.1% 59th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 29.0% 2025 down 33.0% 4th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 15.0% 2025 down 59.2% 3rd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 44.5% 2023 up 23.4% 53rd Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 18.3% 2023 up 45.3% 28th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 19.4% 2020 down 57.5% 3rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 32.1% 2020 down 34.8% 3rd Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 35.6% 2023 down 0.5% 29th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 1.0% 2023 down 69.1% 65th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3947 2023 up 7.9% 30th Page 1 of 3 Next →