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Relative share of poor population in Bulgaria goes up

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The relative share of the poor population in Bulgaria is growing. In 2022, the poverty rate in the country stood at 22.9%, or 1 million 572,000 people, reads the government-approved report on the implementation of the National Strategy for Poverty Reduction by 2030, BNR’s Tsvetelina Stoyanova reports. 

Compared to the previous year, 2021, the relative share of the poor population is up by 0.8%. One of the reasons indicated for the increased number of poor people in this country is the Covid-10 pandemic which has deepened inequality and has affected a number of sectors of the economy. The share of poor people is highest among single member households of people over the age of 65.



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