Education in Bulgaria 3,261 indicators covering education for Bulgaria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 94.2% 2025 up 0.7% 66th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 93.9% 2025 up 0.7% 72nd Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9926 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% 138th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 94.6% 2025 up 0.7% 59th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 87.2% 2025 up 3.2% 42nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 87.7% 2025 up 3.7% 52nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.9% 120th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 86.8% 2025 up 2.7% 34th Teachers in secondary education, male 10,077 2024 up 24.1% 114th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 60.9% 149th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.8% 2025 down 61.6% 122nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2025 down 61.3% 129th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 82.0% 2024 up 0.4% 49th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 57.8% 2024 down 10.8% 56th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.29 GPIA 2024 up 7.3% 71st Primary education, teachers 94.2% 2024 down 0.2% 14th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 18,029 number 2018 down 0.8% 58th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 9.63 % change on previous year 2018 up 489.9% 21st Repeaters, primary, total 0.1% 2017 down 96.4% 165th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.75 years 2024 down 2.0% 59th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.7 years 2024 down 10.9% 63rd School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.28 GPIA 2024 up 5.9% 77th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 13.3% 2018 up 21,066.0% 36th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 14.59 years 2024 down 5.8% 75th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 94.6% 2024 down 4.4% 96th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 21,914 number 2018 up 2.5% 59th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.8% 2023 up 2.0% 4th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 44 2024 down 32.3% 127th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 57 2024 down 14.9% 124th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 143 2024 down 0.7% 125th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 195 2024 down 27.2% 129th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 91.4% 2017 down 22.7% 163rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 90.6% 2017 down 22.6% 165th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 5.4% 2024 down 20.5% 118th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 3.68 years 2024 up 9.1% 6th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 3.69 years 2024 up 9.1% 7th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9969 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% 123rd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 99.1% 2024 down 0.6% 61st Teachers in pre-primary education, male 167 2024 up 279.5% 88th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 19,069 2024 up 1.8% 57th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2018 down 0.8% 103rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 11,039 2024 down 0.5% 55th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 52.3% 2024 up 8.6% 38th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 10,059 2024 down 15.6% 68th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.2% 2100 down 34.1% 131st Number of adults with no formal education by region 6,700 people 2100 down 36.8% 131st Population by level of education 1.93 million people 2100 up 3.2% 124th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.25 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 1.6% 28th Repeaters, primary, female 0.1% 2017 down 95.9% 162nd Repeaters, primary, male 0.1% 2017 down 96.7% 164th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 15.06 years 2024 down 4.3% 75th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 14.16 years 2024 down 7.3% 75th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% 84th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 99.7% 2018 down 0.1% 39th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 94.6% 2024 down 4.6% 91st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 94.6% 2024 down 4.3% 103rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% 111th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 17,969 number 2018 down 0.9% 53rd School enrollment, secondary, private 3.4% 2024 down 36.0% 149th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 0.999 GPIA 2023 down 0.8% 120th ← Previous Page 8 of 55 Next →