Education in Bulgaria

3,261 indicators covering education for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of infant deaths, male 161 2024 down 41.5% 131st
Number of under-five deaths, female 157 2024 down 39.1% 130th
Number of under-five deaths, male 197 2024 down 40.7% 130th
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 7.57 years 2024 down 6.5% 26th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.5 years 2018 up 19.5% 45th
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.24 GPI 2018 down 6.3% 80th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.82 years 2018 up 27.6% 40th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 11.38 years 2024 down 5.7% 116th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 94.9% 2024 down 7.8% 115th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 44.4% 45th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0027 number per person 2018 up 31.0% 133rd
Teachers in primary education, female 17,928 number 2018 up 17.3% 106th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 541 2024 up 494.5% 126th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 632 2024 up 290.1% 129th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.1651 number per square kilometre 2018 up 17.4% 124th
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2024 down 1.0% 85th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2018 down 3.3% 132nd
Children out of school, female 5.8% 2024 up 119.0% 82nd
Children out of school, male 6.0% 2024 up 57.1% 81st
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 21,098 2024 down 8.3% 67th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 106,881 number 2018 up 6.6% 80th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 69.5% 2024 down 4.7% 53rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 94.3% 2024 down 7.0% 123rd
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 93.9% 2024 down 8.4% 101st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9875 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% 144th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 95.5% 2024 down 8.6% 99th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 95.7% 2024 down 10.8% 83rd
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9811 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% 157th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 1.8% 2018 up 235.5% 180th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 11.3 years 2024 down 4.9% 121st
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.45 years 2024 down 6.3% 103rd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9872 GPIA 2024 up 1.5% 148th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 3.21 years 2024 down 6.1% 61st
School life expectancy, secondary, female 7.49 years 2024 down 5.4% 31st
School life expectancy, secondary, male 7.64 years 2024 down 7.6% 24th
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9801 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% 153rd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.4% 2017 up 8.6% 94th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 32.6% 2017 down 8.3% 25th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 1st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 1st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 2nd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 14.2 years 2018 up 0.9% 79th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 19,236 2024 up 2.5% 63rd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 3.69 years 2024 up 9.1% 6th
Productivity vs. educational attainment 37.25 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 43.7% 52nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 91.0% 2017 down 22.6% 166th
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 99.1% 2025 up 0.2% 55th
Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 99.1% 2025 up 0.3% 64th
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9989 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% 143rd
Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 99.2% 2025 up 0.2% 51st
Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate -1.56 % change on previous year 2017 up 58.3% 116th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 77.0% 2024 down 2.9% 15th
Teachers in secondary education, female 33,757 2024 up 8.5% 76th
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 31.7% 2024 up 12.4% 15th