Median Equivalised Net Income in Bulgaria (2025)
Bulgaria's Median Equivalised Net Income: 8,862 EUR per person in 2025, +13.5% YoY, roughly 39% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,862 | +13.5% |
| 2024 | 7,811 | +19.7% |
| 2023 | 6,523 | +21.3% |
| 2022 | 5,378 | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 5,157 | +11.8% |
| 2020 | 4,612 | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 4,224 | +17.7% |
| 2018 | 3,590 | unchanged |
| 2017 | 3,590 | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 3,151 | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 3,332 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 3,311 | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 2,924 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,860 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 2,914 | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 3,017 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Bulgaria's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 8,862 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 13.5% increase from 7,811 EUR in 2024, extending a run of strong annual gains that has lifted the series by roughly 65% since 2022.
The key metric is convergence: Bulgaria's median income has likely grown from around 21% of the EU-27 average in 2010 to roughly 39% in 2025. Over the same 15 years, Bulgaria's income nearly tripled (+194%) while the EU-27 average rose 58% (from about 14,521 EUR to approximately 22,939 EUR). The absolute gap has widened in nominal terms, from close to 11,504 EUR in 2010 to around 14,077 EUR in 2025, even as the proportional gap has likely narrowed — Bulgaria typically remains among the lowest-income EU member states in euro terms despite the pace of catch-up.
Convergence has not been linear. Growth stalled and reversed in 2011–2012 (-3.4%, -1.9%), likely reflecting the lagged domestic effects of the 2009 financial crisis and subsequent eurozone debt crisis, before a slow recovery through the mid-2010s. Eurostat flags a break in the series in 2016, coinciding with a methodology adjustment to the underlying EU-SILC survey. Growth accelerated markedly from 2017 onward, including three consecutive strong years most recently: +21.3% in 2023, +19.7% in 2024, and +13.5% in 2025.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. The Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (NSI) provides the underlying EU-SILC microdata.