Bulgaria vs Serbia: Share of the population with tertiary education
Bulgaria
23.9%
in 2020
Serbia
20.6%
in 2020
Bulgaria rank
35th
Serbia rank
38th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Bulgaria
- Serbia
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 23.9% against 20.6% in Serbia, a difference of 3.3%.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.2 times Serbia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Serbia ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 35th and Serbia ranks 38th of 111 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Bulgaria |
| 1900s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.5% | Bulgaria |
| 1920s | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.1% | Bulgaria |
| 1940s | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1.5% | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 3.3% | 0.9% | 2.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 4.8% | 1.5% | 3.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 8.8% | 3.6% | 5.1% | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 14.3% | 6.5% | 7.8% | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 17.7% | 9.6% | 8.1% | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 21.5% | 14.8% | 6.7% | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 25.8% | 17.4% | 8.4% | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 23.9% | 20.6% | 3.3% | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Bulgaria or Serbia?
- Bulgaria, at 23.9% against 20.6% in Serbia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Bulgaria and Serbia?
- 3.3%, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Bulgaria ranks 35th and Serbia ranks 38th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.