Education in Bulgaria

3,261 indicators covering education for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.3% 2023 down 35.8% 58th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 60.1% 2023 up 39.3% 41st
Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 7,533 2022 up 91.7% 48th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 12.4% 2018 down 19.1% 52nd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.5% 2023 up 0.1% 32nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.9816 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% 47th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.5% 2023 down 11.3% 85th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.79 2021 up 7.3% 43rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.9% 2018 up 6.9% 39th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 13.1% 2018 down 18.6% 14th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.1% 2018 up 77.9% 67th
Capital expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 6.1% 2017 down 76.4% 61st
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.9021 GPIA 2023 up 9.4% 60th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9991 GPIA 2023 up 0.2% 36th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 58.3% 2018 up 65.9% 19th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 38.9% 2018 up 82.3% 20th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 1.5 GPI 2018 down 9.0% 51st
Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 23.5% 2022 up 27.2% 24th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 77.6% 2022 up 8.9% 44th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.7239 LPIA 2023 up 27.6% 50th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 98.5% 2023 up 0.7% 36th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 16.3% 2022 down 33.3% 69th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 98.6% 2023 up 0.4% 36th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 77.4% 2022 up 11.1% 61st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 98.6% 2023 up 0.0% 35th
Government expenditure on education 4.5 2022 up 29.5% 33rd
Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 86.79 2023 up 3.4% 25th
Primary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 99.09 2023 up 0.2% 37th
Lower secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 94.15 2023 up 0.9% 44th
Literacy rate 98.3% 2011 up 0.2% 26th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public 74.8% 2022 up 4.6% 35th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.7545 LPIA 2023 up 22.9% 48th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 15.3% 2022 down 41.5% 60th
Share of schools with access to computers for teaching 72.5% 2023 up 67.4% 91st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9903 LPIA 2023 up 0.3% 41st
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 18.0% 2022 down 20.5% 73rd
Percentage of teachers in secondary education vocational programmes 70.8% 2003 up 10.2% 8th
Initial government funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 8,641 2022 up 82.5% 36th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 29.0% 2023 up 2.6% 42nd
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, US$ 874.48 millions 2022 up 130.4% 44th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 33.9% 2023 up 3.1% 35th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 91.3% 2022 down 0.1% 58th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9988 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% 41st
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 8.7% 2022 up 1.5% 57th
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 72.9% 2017 up 39.3% 17th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.6933 LPIA 2023 up 33.1% 51st
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.89 2021 up 8.0% 39th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 1.4% 37th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 11.68 2021 up 6.5% 46th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 38.1% 2023 up 3.1% 33rd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9905 LPIA 2023 up 0.1% 43rd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9902 LPIA 2023 up 0.6% 40th
Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male 1,193 1999 down 26.4% 35th
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 2.1% 2023 up 182.3% 44th
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education as a 0.0% 2022 down 91.9% 84th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant US$ 971.02 millions 2022 up 75.4% 41st
Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, female 550 1999 down 8.0% 38th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education, US$ 741.73 millions 2022 up 106.3% 49th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, PPP$ 2,237 millions 2022 up 168.3% 40th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 8.6% 2023 down 2.9% 57th