Gini index of monthly earnings of employees in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Gini index of monthly earnings of employees was 0.398 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Gini index of monthly earnings of employees in Bulgaria, 2007–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gini index of monthly earnings of employees in Bulgaria is 0.398, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini index of monthly earnings of employees in Bulgaria peaked at 0.402 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.289, in 2012.
Bulgaria ranks 7th of 49 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Gini index of monthly earnings of employees in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.296 | — |
| 2008 | 0.327 | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 0.321 | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.319 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.299 | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 0.289 | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.305 | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 0.305 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.309 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.392 | +26.9% |
| 2017 | 0.38 | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.399 | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 0.402 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.391 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.396 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.388 | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.39 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 0.398 | +2.1% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.398 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.328, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.398 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.314, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gini index of monthly earnings of employees in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +26.9% | 0.309 | 0.392 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3147 | 0.296 | 0.327 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3399 | 0.289 | 0.402 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3938 | 0.388 | 0.4 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 4 Ghana 0.498 compare
- 5 United States of America 0.437 compare
- 6 Indonesia 0.401 compare
- 8 Costa Rica 0.395 compare
- 9 Palestine, State of 0.391 compare
- 10 Ireland 0.387 compare
More work & labour data for Bulgaria
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7248 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7055 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7441 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.5 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.5166 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 4,606 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 817.52 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1,761 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1,770 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,531 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini index of monthly earnings of employees in Bulgaria?
- Gini index of monthly earnings of employees in Bulgaria was 0.398 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest gini index of monthly earnings of employees recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.402 in 2019.
- What is the lowest gini index of monthly earnings of employees recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.289 in 2012.
- How does Bulgaria rank for gini index of monthly earnings of employees?
- Bulgaria ranks 7th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is gini index of monthly earnings of employees rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Gini index of monthly earnings of employees. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. The Gini index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of earnings among employees. It ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 indicates perfect equality (all employees have the same earnings) and higher values indicate greater inequality. The index is calculated from the distribution of employees earnings. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.