Education in Bulgaria 864 indicators covering education for Bulgaria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Duration of pre-primary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 1st Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Population ages 15-64 63.4% 2025 down 3.8% 126th Population ages 0-14 14.4% 2025 up 3.5% 189th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 95.3% 2024 down 4.0% 152nd Primary education, teachers 22,710 2024 up 55.6% 117th Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.75 live births per woman 2024 up 14.1% 133rd School enrollment, primary, female 95.3% 2024 down 4.0% 150th School enrollment, primary, male 95.2% 2024 down 4.0% 152nd Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.75 live births per woman 2023 up 18.0% 133rd Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.75 live births per woman 2023 up 18.0% 133rd Labor force, total 3.09 million 2025 down 5.2% 107th Labor force, female 46.8% 2025 up 0.4% 70th Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 95.3% 2024 down 4.0% 163rd Share of children who have completed primary school 99.1% 2025 up 0.2% 55th 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 Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2020 unchanged 68th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 35,954 number 2020 up 13.1% 119th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 34,038 number 2020 up 13.6% 119th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 69,992 number 2020 up 13.4% 119th School age population, tertiary education, male 170,525 number 2018 down 35.1% 120th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 330,439 number 2018 down 35.1% 119th School age population, tertiary education, female 159,914 number 2018 down 35.2% 119th School age population, upper secondary education, male 127,936 number 2020 down 24.5% 110th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 247,813 number 2020 down 24.8% 110th School age population, upper secondary education, female 119,877 number 2020 down 25.1% 110th School age population, secondary education, male 276,693 number 2020 down 8.7% 115th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 537,164 number 2020 down 8.9% 115th School age population, secondary education, female 260,471 number 2020 down 9.1% 115th School age population, lower secondary education, male 148,757 number 2020 up 11.3% 112th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 289,351 number 2020 up 11.2% 112th School age population, lower secondary education, female 140,594 number 2020 up 11.2% 113th School age population, primary education, male 149,650 number 2020 up 21.0% 132nd School age population, primary education, both sexes 291,419 number 2020 up 21.3% 131st School age population, primary education, female 141,769 number 2020 up 21.5% 131st School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 75,662 number 2020 up 28.6% 114th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 36,820 number 2020 up 28.8% 114th School age population, pre-primary education, male 135,924 number 2019 down 0.2% 110th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 264,440 number 2019 up 0.0% 110th School age population, pre-primary education, female 128,516 number 2019 up 0.2% 110th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 2.2% 2024 up 178.8% 179th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 15.32 years 2023 up 1.7% 63rd 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, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.29 GPI 2024 up 7.3% 69th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9781 GPI 2020 up 2.1% 142nd Secondary education, teachers, female 33,757 2024 up 8.5% 76th Page 1 of 15 Next →