Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Bulgaria
4.4% of people in Bulgaria lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 1989.
Bulgaria, 2023
4.4%
Change from 2022
−1.1percentage points
World, 2023
47.1%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
1.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Bulgaria over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 5.5% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 8.2% | – |
| 2018 | 9.1% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 11.6% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 16.8% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 17.0% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 15.9% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 18.5% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 33.5% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | – | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 37.3% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 35.8% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 5.5% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 15.2%, the figure has changed by −10.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
1.6%
2023 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
21.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
29.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
37.7 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
6.94 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
15.0%
2025 · Eurostat