Poverty & Inequality in Bulgaria 156 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Bulgaria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 17.1% 2022 down 6.4% 31st Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 29.0% 2025 down 29.8% 11th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 24.5% 2025 down 52.1% 5th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 24.5% 2025 down 52.1% 5th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 31.7% 2025 down 28.0% 6th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 14.3% 2025 down 59.5% 4th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 1,869 Thousand persons 2025 down 40.2% 17th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3847 2023 up 8.6% 7th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.3855 2023 up 10.0% 7th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 6,444 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.7% 20th Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 9 Average 2025 down 6.2% 1st Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 7.9% 2025 down 53.5% 7th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 19.7% 2025 up 9.4% 4th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 19.7% 2025 up 9.4% 4th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 1,869 Thousand persons 2025 down 40.2% 15th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 7.9% 2025 down 53.5% 7th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 10.0% 2025 down 58.5% 7th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 24.6% 2025 down 49.2% 1st Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 15.0% 2025 down 59.2% 3rd Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 962 Thousand persons 2025 down 63.5% 8th Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 30.3% 2024 down 24.4% 12th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 1,869 Thousand persons 2025 down 40.2% 15th Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 80.4% 2020 up 25.0% 41st Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 1,348 Thousand persons 2020 down 61.0% 12th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 1.5% 2014 down 72.7% 25th Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 19.4% 2020 down 57.5% 3rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 32.1% 2020 down 34.8% 3rd At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 7.3% 2025 down 67.7% 34th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -1,189 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 499.0% 39th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 32.1% 2020 down 34.8% 5th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 34.2% 2020 down 32.8% 4th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 29.8% 2020 down 37.0% 6th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 32.8% 2020 down 34.1% 7th Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty) 4.3% 2018 down 22.9% 4th Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative) 3.6% 2018 up 37.9% 1st Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line 8.0% 2018 down 3.5% 2nd ← Previous Page 3 of 3