site.bta26.9% of Bulgarian Children under 17 Are at Risk of Poverty
                                            
                                                                                                                                                        Children in during a town festival in Kyustendil, southwestern Bulgaria, May 28, 2024 (BTA Photo)
                                                                                                                
                    
                    
                        
                                                                                            
                        
                    
                                                        
                    
                
                In 2023, 26.9% of children under the age of 17 in Bulgaria were at risk of poverty, which was 1 percentage point more than in 2022, according to data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI). For a second year in a row, NSI and UNICEF Bulgaria
                                    
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