Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female was 6 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Bulgaria, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Bulgaria is 6, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Bulgaria peaked at 6 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.45, in 1970.
That places Bulgaria 20th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.15 | — |
| 1965 | 5.38 | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 3.45 | -35.9% |
| 1975 | 3.91 | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 4.34 | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 4.75 | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 4.77 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 5.14 | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 5.5 | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 5.91 | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 6 | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.27 | 5.15 | 5.38 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.68 | 3.45 | 3.91 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.54 | 4.34 | 4.75 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.96 | 4.77 | 5.14 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.71 | 5.5 | 5.91 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
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More education data for Bulgaria
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 105,281 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 485,226 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 234,521 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7644 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0364 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 234,521 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7644 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Bulgaria?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Bulgaria was 6 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.45 in 1970.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female?
- Bulgaria ranks 20th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 15.