In 2024, 93.3 million people in the EU (21.0% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion , according to data from the European statistical office Eurostat. According to this indicator, Bulgaria ranks first with 30.35%,..
In 2022, 14.7% of workers in the EU were low-wage earners . By definition, low-wage earners are those who earn two-thirds or less of the average gross hourly wage in the country. Bulgaria had the highest share of low-wage earners (26.84%). This..
The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.5% in January 2025, up from 2.4% in December 2024. In Bulgaria, it accelerated more sharply in January to 3.8% from 2.1% a month earlier , reaching the highest level in 12 months (since January 2024, when it..
With a rating of 5.9, Bulgarians are the most dissatisfied people in the EU, according to data from a Eurostat survey for 2023. In the survey, people in the EU rated their overall life satisfaction on a scale from 0 (very dissatisfied) to 10 (very..
The highest average age of young people in the EU leaving their parental home was recorded in Croatia (31.8 years), Slovakia (31 years), Spain (30.4 years), Bulgaria, and Italy (30 years in both countries). Finland (21.4 years), Sweden and Denmark..
Bulgaria is in second position among the EU countries in hourly labour earnings growth during the second quarter of 2024, as compared to the same period of 2023, Eurostat data show. The growth rate in Bulgaria is 15.4%, with only Croatia ahead of..
Bulgaria takes second place after Romania among the countries in the European Union according to the Eurostat factor "Inability of people to afford a one-week annual holiday away from home" . The data show significant inequalities and imbalances in the..
The construction sector in Bulgaria marked a growth rate of 3.7% in March on a yearly basis, in February this percentage was 4.2. Bulgaria ranks third in the EU in growth rate in construction in March 2024, with only Belgium (7.3%) and Italy..
The three regions in the European Union with the highest standardised death rate in 2021 were all in Bulgaria, EU statistics agency Eurostat said. In the South-West region (Yugozapaden) the death rate is 390 deaths per 100 000 people, in the..
Bulgaria ranks second in the European Union in terms of the number of young people who are severely materially and socially deprived. According to Eurostat data, almost 19% of Bulgarians aged 15 to 29 are severely materially and socially deprived ...
