Bulgaria vs ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in

Bulgaria
57.1%
in 2024
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
36.3%
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
21st
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
23rd

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in over time

  • Bulgaria
  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 57.1% against 36.3% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), a difference of 20.8%.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.6 times ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s.

Across all 27 years both countries report, Bulgaria has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 21st and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 23rd of 168 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) Difference Ahead
1990s 56.7% 47.8% 8.9% Bulgaria
2000s 54.0% 40.4% 13.7% Bulgaria
2010s 51.9% 42.1% 9.8% Bulgaria
2020s 54.3% 37.4% 16.9% Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in, Bulgaria or ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
Bulgaria, at 57.1% against 36.3% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) as of 2024.
What is the difference in share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in between Bulgaria and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
20.8%, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
27 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank globally for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Bulgaria ranks 21st and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 23rd of 168 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
389 places, 9,250 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release