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Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators by District

Time series : SILC_3_obl_en.xls

Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators (Open Method of Coordination)
[OV-1] At-risk-of-poverty threshold
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  Single person Two adults with two children younger than 14 years
Bulgaria 6 311 13 254
Blagoevgrad 5 527 11 608
Burgas 5 874 12 335
Varna 7 211 15 143
Veliko Tarnovo 5 683 11 935
Vidin 4 482 9 411
Vratsa 5 354 11 244
Gabrovo 5 862 12 311
Dobrich 5 431 11 405
Kardzhali 5 682 11 932
Kyustendil 6 891 14 471
Lovech 5 565 11 686
Montana 4 479 9 407
Pazardzhik 5 217 10 957
Pernik 7 140 14 995
Pleven 5 030 10 563
Plovdiv 5 603 11 766
Razgrad 5 116 10 743
Ruse 6 477 13 601
Silistra 5 048 10 601
Sliven 5 250 11 024
Smolyan 5 698 11 966
Sofia cap. 9 978 20 953
Sofia 6 412 13 464
Stara Zagora 7 497 15 744
Targovishte 5 731 12 035
Haskovo 5 247 11 020
Shumen 5 337 11 208
Yambol 6 697 14 064
[OV-1a] At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold of the region (by gender)
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  total male female
Bulgaria 22.9 19.9 25.8
Blagoevgrad 17.5 15.2 19.6
Burgas 18.8 17.6 19.9
Varna 18.6 16.0 21.1
Veliko Tarnovo 15.8 13.9 17.6
Vidin 17.0 21.9 12.2
Vratsa 23.1 19.5 26.5
Gabrovo 19.4 18.2 20.4
Dobrich 27.0 24.2 29.5
Kardzhali 21.4 20.8 22.1
Kyustendil 21.3 15.7 26.5
Lovech 26.8 27.0 26.6
Montana 24.7 21.2 27.9
Pazardzhik 18.6 17.5 19.8
Pernik 25.5 21.7 29.1
Pleven 21.2 16.1 26.0
Plovdiv 19.6 15.1 23.7
Razgrad 18.5 15.5 21.2
Ruse 19.5 17.2 21.7
Silistra 16.1 22.0 10.6
Sliven 22.8 16.0 29.3
Smolyan 24.1 22.1 25.8
Sofia cap. 24.4 19.9 28.6
Sofia 23.1 17.4 28.6
Stara Zagora 33.9 29.7 37.8
Targovishte 16.2 11.3 20.7
Haskovo 21.1 17.3 24.8
Shumen 12.9 9.6 16.0
Yambol 22.2 15.3 28.7
[OV-2] Inequality of income distribution S80/S20 income quintile share ratio
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  S80_S20
Bulgaria 7.3
Blagoevgrad 5.2
Burgas 7.3
Varna 6.3
Veliko Tarnovo 5.0
Vidin 7.1
Vratsa 10.3
Gabrovo 5.1
Dobrich 6.0
Kardzhali 5.8
Kyustendil 7.2
Lovech 6.2
Montana 10.1
Pazardzhik 7.6
Pernik 6.2
Pleven 7.6
Plovdiv 6.3
Razgrad 4.6
Ruse 5.6
Silistra 5.6
Sliven 6.4
Smolyan 7.6
Sofia cap. 7.9
Sofia 5.5
Stara Zagora 8.9
Targovishte 5.8
Haskovo 5.7
Shumen 5.4
Yambol 6.1

() - due to small sample figures in brackets are not reliable
[SI-C2] Inequality of income distribution Gini coefficient
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  GINI
Bulgaria 38.4
Blagoevgrad 32.1
Burgas 38.0
Varna 33.5
Veliko Tarnovo 30.8
Vidin 37.5
Vratsa 44.5
Gabrovo 30.8
Dobrich 33.6
Kardzhali 31.6
Kyustendil 36.8
Lovech 33.9
Montana 43.2
Pazardzhik 37.4
Pernik 32.6
Pleven 36.9
Plovdiv 34.5
Razgrad 27.6
Ruse 34.2
Silistra 32.5
Sliven 35.8
Smolyan 36.9
Sofia cap. 38.8
Sofia 30.3
Stara Zagora 37.8
Targovishte 30.7
Haskovo 31.1
Shumen 33.8
Yambol 33.7
[OV-C11] At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (by gender)
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  total male female
Bulgaria 44.2 40.5 47.6
Blagoevgrad 42.3 36.1 48.1
Burgas 43.8 42.7 44.9
Varna 35.2 31.4 38.7
Veliko Tarnovo 41.8 39.7 43.8
Vidin 45.5 45.3 45.7
Vratsa 46.4 43.3 49.3
Gabrovo 42.4 42.1 42.7
Dobrich 45.6 44.4 46.9
Kardzhali 41.0 39.8 42.3
Kyustendil 49.7 44.6 54.5
Lovech 52.4 50.9 53.9
Montana 55.1 53.7 56.3
Pazardzhik 40.2 37.8 42.6
Pernik 48.2 45.6 50.5
Pleven 43.3 35.1 51.0
Plovdiv 43.3 39.5 46.8
Razgrad 47.1 44.0 50.1
Ruse 47.4 44.7 50.0
Silistra 45.3 46.8 44.0
Sliven 50.4 45.3 55.3
Smolyan 48.5 47.8 49.2
Sofia cap. 39.9 35.4 44.1
Sofia 47.2 41.1 53.0
Stara Zagora 50.8 48.8 52.8
Targovishte 49.2 46.7 51.5
Haskovo 56.4 51.1 61.5
Shumen 33.1 26.1 39.8
Yambol 45.5 35.4 55.0
[SI-C6] At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers, by gender (except pensions)
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  total male female
Bulgaria 30.3 27.1 33.4
Blagoevgrad 27.7 24.5 30.7
Burgas 26.5 26.7 26.3
Varna 25.7 23.2 28.1
Veliko Tarnovo 24.6 22.4 26.6
Vidin 23.1 25.3 21.0
Vratsa 30.7 28.5 32.9
Gabrovo 27.0 25.7 28.3
Dobrich 32.3 30.7 33.8
Kardzhali 28.4 27.4 29.5
Kyustendil 30.0 23.1 36.5
Lovech 39.8 40.4 39.3
Montana 33.9 30.5 37.2
Pazardzhik 27.5 25.5 29.5
Pernik 28.7 24.5 32.7
Pleven 27.3 23.1 31.2
Plovdiv 28.6 24.0 32.9
Razgrad 29.5 26.5 32.3
Ruse 33.9 30.4 37.2
Silistra 29.4 32.1 26.9
Sliven 28.2 22.6 33.5
Smolyan 26.7 25.0 28.4
Sofia cap. 29.6 25.4 33.6
Sofia 29.3 23.6 34.8
Stara Zagora 40.0 37.4 42.4
Targovishte 37.0 34.0 39.9
Haskovo 32.8 26.8 38.4
Shumen 22.2 18.8 25.4
Yambol 32.6 22.0 42.7
[MDSD11] Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex - new indicator
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  total male female
Bulgaria 18.7 17.6 19.8
Blagoevgrad 14.6 14.0 15.2
Burgas 19.8 18.6 20.9
Varna 16.8 15.5 18.0
Veliko Tarnovo 25.9 24.6 27.1
Vidin 19.6 19.3 19.8
Vratsa 21.8 20.7 22.8
Gabrovo 10.6 7.8 13.2
Dobrich 15.0 16.9 13.1
Kardzhali 16.8 15.1 18.5
Kyustendil 12.3 9.1 15.4
Lovech 7.5 6.0 8.9
Montana 13.1 12.9 13.3
Pazardzhik 32.7 33.4 32.1
Pernik 14.6 10.7 18.2
Pleven 26.9 24.8 28.8
Plovdiv 31.2 31.3 31.2
Razgrad 36.5 33.6 39.2
Ruse 21.4 18.1 24.5
Silistra 16.7 18.9 14.6
Sliven 31.3 29.0 33.5
Smolyan 14.7 16.8 12.9
Sofia cap. 10.3 8.4 12.1
Sofia 8.4 6.7 10.1
Stara Zagora 22.3 19.8 24.6
Targovishte 14.2 9.2 19.0
Haskovo 19.9 18.8 20.9
Shumen 11.0 10.1 11.9
Yambol 29.0 26.7 31.2

Note: deprivation in 7 out of 13 items - 6 at individual level and 7 at household level
[LVHL11n] People living in households with very low work intensity - new definition
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  18-64 years
  1000 pers PC_POP
Bulgaria 304.0 7.9
Blagoevgrad 16.4 9.7
Burgas 9.8 4.3
Varna 11.9 4.0
Veliko Tarnovo 6.5 5.8
Vidin 3.9 10.1
Vratsa 11.1 13.6
Gabrovo 1.3 2.6
Dobrich 6.7 7.1
Kardzhali 11.1 11.7
Kyustendil 2.6 4.8
Lovech 10.0 15.3
Montana 15.8 27.6
Pazardzhik 16.5 10.4
Pernik 4.0 6.7
Pleven 14.3 11.9
Plovdiv 37.5 10.4
Razgrad 10.1 16.2
Ruse 10.8 9.1
Silistra 5.5 9.8
Sliven 6.0 6.9
Smolyan 4.7 10.0
Sofia cap. 20.4 2.6
Sofia 6.5 5.6
Stara Zagora 14.0 8.4
Targovishte 5.5 9.4
Haskovo 24.5 22.6
Shumen 7.2 7.5
Yambol 5.3 9.0
COMBINED INDICATOR**
[PEPS01n] Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion by gender - new definition
Survey year 2022
Income reference year 2021
  total male female
1000 pers PC_POP 1000 pers PC_POP 1000 pers PC_POP
Bulgaria 2 206.1 32.2 974.7 29.4 1 231.4 34.8
Blagoevgrad 81.4 27.2 35.4 24.4 46.0 30.0
Burgas 118.3 28.9 56.0 28.4 62.3 29.4
Varna 132.5 28.1 56.1 24.5 76.3 31.6
Veliko Tarnovo 81.4 36.1 37.4 34.4 44.0 37.6
Vidin 25.8 32.5 14.2 36.5 11.6 28.6
Vratsa 51.8 33.7 23.1 30.7 28.7 36.6
Gabrovo 26.8 25.8 12.0 24.2 14.8 27.3
Dobrich 56.3 33.5 26.2 32.1 30.1 34.8
Kardzhali 49.4 30.7 23.6 29.6 25.9 31.8
Kyustendil 36.0 31.7 13.8 25.1 22.1 37.9
Lovech 39.8 33.1 20.3 34.7 19.4 31.6
Montana 39.0 31.7 17.6 29.5 21.4 33.8
Pazardzhik 92.9 37.5 44.6 36.9 48.3 38.1
Pernik 35.5 30.1 14.0 24.4 21.6 35.5
Pleven 82.9 36.2 35.7 32.4 47.1 39.7
Plovdiv 249.3 37.5 116.3 36.4 133.0 38.5
Razgrad 48.7 45.2 21.8 41.6 26.9 48.6
Ruse 69.9 33.4 31.3 30.7 38.6 36.0
Silistra 26.7 25.3 15.7 30.7 11.0 20.3
Sliven 70.6 38.9 29.6 33.4 41.0 44.2
Smolyan 31.7 31.8 14.5 30.5 17.2 33.1
Sofia cap. 373.2 28.5 150.9 24.0 222.2 32.7
Sofia 61.3 26.2 25.5 22.2 35.8 30.1
Stara Zagora 121.5 39.5 52.7 35.5 68.8 43.3
Targovishte 28.1 26.0 11.9 22.6 16.2 29.3
Haskovo 79.1 35.9 32.6 30.3 46.5 41.3
Shumen 32.3 19.1 13.5 16.4 18.8 21.6
Yambol 43.9 38.2 17.9 32.0 26.0 44.0

** The indicator includes three items:
 - at-risk-of poverty rate
 - low work intensity - new definition
 - material and social deprivation
1000 pers - Per 1000 persons
PC_POP - Percent of population
26.04.2023