Education in Bulgaria

3,261 indicators covering education for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 12.0% 2023 up 5.0% 83rd
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 12.4% 2023 up 4.6% 79th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 11.6% 2023 up 5.8% 84th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 76.7% 2023 up 18.1% 9th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 73.7% 2023 up 19.5% 13th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 70.8% 2023 up 21.0% 15th
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 6.3% 2024 up 138.5% 75th
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 1 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% 72nd
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 6.3% 2024 up 126.4% 78th
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 2.2% 2023 down 12.7% 80th
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 1st
Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 1st
Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 1,540 number 2018 down 17.0% 101st
Government expenditure on pre-primary education, constant US$ 1,063 millions 2022 up 58.8% 37th
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 1.9% 2023 down 5.0% 78th
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 0.9296 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% 95th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes 60,857 2024 down 29.1% 56th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female 38,305 2024 down 23.4% 53rd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male 22,552 2024 down 37.1% 59th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes 129,656 2024 down 32.3% 82nd
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 48.6% 2024 down 3.4% 116th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 0.9% 2024 down 6.5% 116th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 51.4% 2024 up 3.4% 56th
Government expenditure on primary education, US$ 839.98 millions 2022 up 138.9% 67th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, male 58,793 2024 down 35.2% 83rd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female 70,863 2024 down 29.6% 79th
Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 2.6% 2023 down 16.7% 80th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 5,081 number 2018 down 30.2% 101st
Government expenditure on secondary education, US$ 1,616 millions 2022 up 118.7% 54th
Adolescents out of school, female 7.0% 2024 up 164.3% 81st
Adolescents out of school, male 6.7% 2024 up 414.4% 88th
Theoretical duration of early childhood education 4 years 2019 unchanged 85th
Official entrance age to early childhood education 3 years 2019 unchanged 36th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 2.1% 2023 down 17.4% 66th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female 708 number 2018 down 27.4% 97th
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female 93.0% 2024 down 4.4% 82nd
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9968 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% 117th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 55.1% 2024 up 7.0% 14th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 1.2% 2024 up 11.9% 14th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 44.9% 2024 down 7.4% 156th
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male 93.3% 2024 down 5.4% 75th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.8% 2023 down 20.8% 69th
Proportion of primary schools with access to computers for 72.5% 2023 up 67.4% 91st
Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes 200,538 number 2018 down 21.7% 113th
Government expenditure on education not specified by level, US$ 0 millions 2022 74th
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 46.2% 2024 up 16.0% 128th
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 53.8% 2024 down 10.6% 41st
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 1.1% 2024 down 14.7% 41st
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 2.3% 2023 down 14.4% 63rd
Government expenditure on secondary education, constant US$ 1,795 millions 2022 up 66.5% 54th
Government expenditure on primary education, constant US$ 932.71 millions 2022 up 81.9% 64th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 30.9% 58th
Net enrollment rate of boys vs. girls in pre-primary education 94.4% 2024 up 1.7% 50th
Enrolment in lower secondary education, female 96,003 number 2018 down 20.7% 113th
Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 1,504 number 2018 down 2.4% 91st
Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, female 553 number 2018 down 26.1% 101st