Bulgaria vs Italy: Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data)
Bulgaria
87.2%
in 2025
Italy
87.5%
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
42nd
Italy rank
41st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) over time
- Bulgaria
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 87.5% against 87.2% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 42nd and Italy ranks 41st of 164 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 80.2% | 49.0% | 31.2% | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 81.5% | 59.9% | 21.6% | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 81.4% | 70.6% | 10.8% | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 84.5% | 80.3% | 4.1% | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 86.7% | 86.1% | 0.7% | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data), Bulgaria or Italy?
- Italy, at 87.5% against 87.2% in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) between Bulgaria and Italy?
- 0.3%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Italy?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Italy rank globally for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data)?
- Bulgaria ranks 42nd and Italy ranks 41st of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release