Bulgaria Poverty Rate 2006-2023

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • Bulgaria poverty rate for 2019 was 7.20%, a 0.8% decline from 2018.
  • Bulgaria poverty rate for 2018 was 8.00%, a 1.4% decline from 2017.
  • Bulgaria poverty rate for 2017 was 9.40%, a 1% decline from 2016.
  • Bulgaria poverty rate for 2016 was 10.40%, a 3.7% decline from 2015.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Fiji 52.60%
Armenia 52.30%
Colombia 34.80%
Marshall Islands 31.40%
Ecuador 29.70%
Peru 28.70%
Iran 27.60%
Brazil 26.20%
China 24.70%
Dominican Republic 20.20%
Paraguay 19.70%
Costa Rica 13.70%
Thailand 13.10%
Turkey 12.60%
Serbia 12.10%
Albania 10.90%
Romania 10.90%
Bulgaria 7.20%
Russia 4.20%
Maldives 3.90%
Belarus 2.40%
Bulgaria Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2019 7.20% -0.80%
2018 8.00% -1.40%
2017 9.40% -1.00%
2016 10.40% -3.70%
2015 14.10% 3.10%
2014 11.00% -2.20%
2013 13.20% -0.90%
2012 14.10% 0.00%
2011 14.10% 0.70%
2010 13.40% 2.40%
2009 11.00% -0.30%
2008 11.30% -3.70%
2007 15.00% -13.50%
2006 28.50% -13.50%