Education in Bulgaria

3,261 indicators covering education for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Children in formal childcare or education by age group, duration and 68.8% 2025 down 21.6% 11th
Pupils enrolled in primary education by sex, type of institution and 234,521 Number 2024 down 9.4% 28th
Pupils enrolled in lower-secondary education by programme 186,155 Number 2024 down 19.8% 28th
Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme 195,697 Number 2024 down 30.9% 26th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 64.9% 2023 up 76.4% 39th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 63.5% 2023 up 68.0% 35th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 4.9% 30th
Proportion of youth and adults that created electronic presentations 23.2% 2023 up 236.2% 42nd
Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme 195,697 Number 2024 down 30.9% 26th
Pupils and students enrolled by education level, programme 299,071 Number 2024 up 4.3% 22nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0.9917 GPIA 2023 up 46.7% 36th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.5 GPIA 2023 up 300.0% 4th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 GPIA 2023 — 51st
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent 0.6% 2023 up 61.2% 37th
New entrants by education level, programme orientation, sex and age 64,185 Number 2024 down 0.3% 25th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, degree of 7.5% 2025 down 52.8% 4th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 21.8% 2025 up 7.4% 2nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 81.5% 2023 up 7.4% 22nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.9286 GPIA 2023 up 11.4% 36th
Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 5.9% 2025 down 62.4% 3rd
Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 15.3% 2025 down 49.8% 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from the 0.8 GPIA 2023 down 40.0% 9th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 88.1% 2023 up 22.9% 36th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 61.4% 2023 up 91.3% 38th
Pupils enrolled in early childhood education by sex and age 216,857 Number 2024 down 9.9% 24th
Distribution of students enrolled at tertiary education levels by sex 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Severe material and social deprivation of children by educational 17.0% 2025 down 54.1% 3rd
Mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex and 15,438 Number 2024 up 36.8% 26th
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary 43.6% 2022 down 16.7% 37th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 2 GPIA 2023 unchanged 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.4 GPIA 2023 down 18.3% 25th
Distribution of mobile students from abroad enrolled at education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Pupils enrolled in early childhood education by sex, type of 216,857 Number 2024 down 9.9% 24th
Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital 1.4% 2023 down 70.2% 53rd
Proportion of students at the end of lower secondary education 47.1% 2022 down 22.2% 50th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 80.1% 2023 up 8.2% 20th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.33 GPIA 2023 up 6.7% 24th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.5 GPIA 2023 down 25.0% 7th
Graduates by education level, programme orientation, completion, sex 100,023 Number 2024 up 87.0% 15th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 86.9% 2023 up 19.7% 42nd
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 89.3% 2023 up 26.1% 30th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 0.9731 GPIA 2023 down 5.0% 48th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 62.5% 2023 up 97.2% 39th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 60.3% 2023 up 85.0% 39th
Proportion of youth and adults that participated in social networks 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 6.5% 27th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.6 GPIA 2023 down 46.0% 44th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.6667 GPIA 2023 — 25th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 97.5% 2023 up 1.6% 18th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 18.5% 2013 up 12.5% 32nd
Pupils by education level and modern foreign language studied 198,846 Number 2024 down 8.1% 23rd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 78.9% 2023 up 9.0% 18th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 99.3% 2023 down 0.0% 26th
Graduates in tertiary education by education level - women per 100 men 165.8 Rate 2024 up 9.9% 13th
Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by educational 1.38 million Number 2024 down 3.4% 19th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1 GPIA 2023 down 4.8% 37th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.3333 GPIA 2023 — 38th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.9676 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% 19th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.47 GPIA 2023 up 12.5% 24th
Average number of foreign languages studied per pupil by education 0.8 Number 2024 unchanged 27th
Distribution of academic staff at education level by age groups 1.0% 2024 up 25.0% 17th