Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total was 7.88 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Bulgaria, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Bulgaria stood at 7.88. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 106.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Bulgaria peaked at 7.88 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.77, in 1970.
Bulgaria ranks 7th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.15 | — |
| 1965 | 4.19 | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 2.77 | -33.9% |
| 1975 | 2.86 | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 3.09 | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 3.43 | +11.0% |
| 1990 | 3.45 | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 3.73 | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 3.82 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 3.91 | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 7.88 | +101.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.17 | 4.15 | 4.19 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.81 | 2.77 | 2.86 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.26 | 3.09 | 3.43 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.59 | 3.45 | 3.73 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.87 | 3.82 | 3.91 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.88 | 7.88 | 7.88 | 1 |
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More education data for Bulgaria
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -11.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 21,397 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,313 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 111,893 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -9.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 83,804 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -14.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Bulgaria?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Bulgaria was 7.88 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 55-59, total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 7.88 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.77 in 1970.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total?
- Bulgaria ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.3%. 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 55-59, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 55-59, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 55-59.