According to the data from the NSI ‘Social Inclusion and Living Conditions’ (EU-SILC) survey in 2013 the average monthly poverty line for the country is 285.92 BGN per person. The number of persons who are below this line is 1 527.5 thousand representing 21.0% of the population in Bulgaria. In 2013 the share of children aged 0 - 17 years in at-risk-of-poverty is 28.4%, or approximately 335.9 thousand.
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