Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 11.24 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, 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 total schooling, age 15+, total in Bulgaria stood at 11.24. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Bulgaria peaked at 11.24 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.13, in 1970.
That places Bulgaria 27th 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 total schooling, age 15+, total in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.35 | — |
| 1965 | 6.34 | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 6.13 | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 7.07 | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 7.84 | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 8.55 | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 8.42 | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 8.86 | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 9.28 | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 10.45 | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 11.24 | +7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.34 | 6.34 | 6.35 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.6 | 6.13 | 7.07 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.2 | 7.84 | 8.55 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.64 | 8.42 | 8.86 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.86 | 9.28 | 10.45 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.24 | 11.24 | 11.24 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More education data for Bulgaria
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 22,710 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Bulgaria?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Bulgaria was 11.24 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 11.24 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.13 in 1970.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Bulgaria ranks 27th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. 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 total schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 15.