Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Bulgaria
1.6% of people in Bulgaria lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023.
Bulgaria, 2023
1.6%
Change from 2022
−0.1percentage points
World, 2023
19.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
0.6%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Bulgaria over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | – |
| 2018 | 2.6% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 5.1% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 4.9% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 3.9% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | – | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 5.5% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 9.1% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 1.7% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 5.5%, the figure has changed by −3.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.
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1.0%
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Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
4.4%
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
21.2%
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Poverty or social exclusion rate
29.0%
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Income inequality (Gini)
37.7 (0 to 100)
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
6.94 times
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