Nearly Half of Bulgaria's Least Educated Workers Live in Poverty

Nearly half of Bulgaria's least educated workers live below the poverty lineOfficial data from the National Statistical Institute were released recently this October.

Workers with the lowest education levels faced the highest risk of poverty.

Those with only primary schooling: thirty-six percent fell below, sixty-four stayed above. Middle school graduates recorded just eleven percent below the poverty threshold overall.

University graduates had only four percent below, making the gap forty-three points. Statistics show least educated workers face roughly twelve times greater poverty risk.