Education in Bulgaria

3,261 indicators covering education for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, both sexes 87.9% 2024 up 7.3% 18th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 38 2023 up 322.2% 73rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern 5,434 2023 down 26.2% 21st
Share of young people not in education, employment or training 10.9% 2024 down 46.1% 85th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 12.64 2016 up 7.6% 117th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female 87.9% 2024 up 7.4% 18th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, male 88.0% 2024 up 7.2% 15th
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, adjusted gender parity 0.9986 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% 107th
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 3.5% 2024 down 40.0% 152nd
Government expenditure on education, PPP$ 10,423 millions 2022 up 151.3% 56th
Out-of-school children, one year before the official primary entry 1,541 2024 down 28.3% 100th
Out-of-school children, one year before the official primary entry 1,740 2024 down 33.0% 101st
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 3.4% 2024 down 36.0% 150th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 12.23 2017 up 6.8% 133rd
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 48.0% 2024 up 1.7% 142nd
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 3.3% 142nd
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 52.0% 2024 down 1.5% 50th
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, adjusted gender parity 0.999 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% 121st
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, female 99.8% 2023 up 1.6% 20th
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male 99.9% 2023 up 2.4% 14th
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 5.2% 2024 down 18.6% 114th
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 5.6% 2024 down 22.0% 119th
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female 27,045 2024 up 27.7% 84th
Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, male 23,881 2024 up 77.4% 91st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 10.9% 2024 up 24.2% 93rd
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 9.1% 2024 up 70.3% 108th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper 1.17 GPIA 2024 down 16.1% 23rd
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 57.3% 2024 up 47.2% 5th
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 1.3% 2024 up 96.8% 5th
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 42.7% 2024 down 30.0% 176th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 34 number 2018 down 64.6% 139th
Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$ 10,682 millions 2022 up 64.3% 56th
Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex 10.9% 2024 down 46.1% 93rd
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 47.7% 2024 up 0.7% 140th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 1.3% 140th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 52.3% 2024 down 0.6% 41st
Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant US$ 733.42 millions 2022 up 49.6% 64th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, male 2.5% 2023 up 20.8% 80th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education 1.8% 2023 up 44.6% 79th
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 47.6% 2024 down 0.1% 132nd
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 0.9% 2024 down 0.2% 132nd
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 52.4% 2024 up 0.1% 48th
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female 29 number 2018 down 94.5% 137th
Current education expenditure, tertiary 91.3% 2022 down 0.1% 57th
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, female 28 number 2018 down 94.3% 133rd
Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, female 48 number 2018 down 93.6% 128th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 2,037 number 2018 down 14.8% 95th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 48.5% 2024 up 0.2% 106th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 0.9% 2024 up 0.3% 106th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 51.5% 2024 down 0.2% 71st
Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 1.13 GPIA 2024 down 12.0% 31st
Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 31,467 2024 up 69.1% 92nd
Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 33,988 2024 up 38.6% 86th
Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 8.1% 2024 up 68.1% 92nd
Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 9.2% 2024 up 38.4% 73rd
Government expenditure on pre-primary education, US$ 956.98 millions 2022 up 108.5% 39th
International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 0.1% 2022 up 4,890.1% 97th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 0.7862 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% 72nd
Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 13,320 2024 up 133.4% 93rd
Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 14,061 2024 up 120.5% 96th