Education in Bulgaria 142 indicators covering education for Bulgaria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 63.4% 2025 down 3.8% 126th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Population ages 0-14 14.4% 2025 up 3.5% 189th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 95.3% 2024 down 4.0% 152nd Primary education, teachers 22,710 2024 up 55.6% 117th School enrollment, primary, female 95.3% 2024 down 4.0% 150th School enrollment, primary, male 95.2% 2024 down 4.0% 152nd Labor force, total 3.09 million 2025 down 5.2% 107th Labor force, female 46.8% 2025 up 0.4% 70th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9946 GPI 2020 down 0.2% 92nd School enrollment, secondary 94.8% 2024 down 9.7% 83rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.1 per 1,000 2024 down 3.1% 132nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.1 per 1,000 2024 down 8.7% 135th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 down 27.3% 142nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 30.0% 140th Secondary education, teachers 43,834 2024 up 11.8% 94th School enrollment, secondary, female 93.9% 2024 down 8.4% 96th School enrollment, secondary, male 95.7% 2024 down 10.8% 77th School enrollment, tertiary 69.5% 2024 down 4.7% 53rd School enrollment, primary, private 2.2% 2024 up 178.8% 171st School enrollment, preprimary 84.3% 2020 up 4.8% 74th School enrollment, tertiary, male 57.8% 2024 down 10.8% 56th School enrollment, tertiary, female 82.0% 2024 up 0.4% 49th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9781 GPI 2020 up 2.1% 142nd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.29 GPI 2024 up 7.3% 69th Secondary education, teachers, female 33,757 2024 up 8.5% 76th Primary completion rate, female 94.6% 2024 down 4.3% 101st Primary completion rate, male 94.6% 2024 down 4.6% 88th Government expenditure on education, total 4.5% 2022 up 29.5% 80th Secondary education, general pupils 344,423 2017 down 22.2% 110th Lower secondary completion rate, total 94.0% 2024 down 1.6% 68th School enrollment, preprimary, female 83.8% 2020 up 4.8% 69th School enrollment, preprimary, male 84.7% 2020 up 4.8% 72nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.8% 2023 up 2.0% 4th Government expenditure on education, total 12.0% 2022 up 12.1% 112th Secondary education, general pupils 50.4% 2017 down 2.6% 76th Lower secondary completion rate, female 93.2% 2024 down 1.5% 82nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 94.8% 2024 down 1.8% 57th Children out of school 5.9% 2024 up 81.4% 75th Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th Primary education, pupils 234,521 2024 down 9.4% 136th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Secondary education, pupils 485,226 2024 down 6.5% 108th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.8% 2023 up 1.6% 15th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.9% 2023 up 2.4% 10th Secondary education, vocational pupils 141,163 2017 down 26.0% 56th Number of under-five deaths, male 197 2024 down 40.7% 130th Number of under-five deaths, female 157 2024 down 39.1% 130th Number of infant deaths, male 161 2024 down 41.5% 131st Number of infant deaths, female 127 2024 down 39.8% 132nd Children out of school, female 5.8% 2024 up 119.0% 82nd Children out of school, male 6.0% 2024 up 57.1% 81st Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.4% 2017 up 8.6% 94th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 91.0% 2017 down 22.6% 166th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2025 down 61.3% 128th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.8% 2025 down 61.6% 121st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 60.9% 148th Primary education, teachers 94.2% 2024 down 0.2% 14th Repeaters, primary, total 0.1% 2017 down 96.4% 165th Page 1 of 3 Next →