Bulgaria vs Italy: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income
Bulgaria
14.6%
in 2023
Italy
14.5%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
36th
Italy rank
37th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income over time
- Bulgaria
- Italy
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 14.6% against 14.5% in Italy, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Italy ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 36th and Italy ranks 37th of 130 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.8% | 11.7% | 6.9% | Italy |
| 1990s | 9.7% | 15.7% | 6.0% | Italy |
| 2000s | 12.8% | 13.4% | 0.6% | Italy |
| 2010s | 15.2% | 15.1% | 0.0% | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 13.6% | 15.0% | 1.4% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income, Bulgaria or Italy?
- Bulgaria, at 14.6% against 14.5% in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income between Bulgaria and Italy?
- 0.1%, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Italy?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Italy rank globally for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Bulgaria ranks 36th and Italy ranks 37th of 130 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.