Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 6.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Bulgaria, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Bulgaria stood at 6.6%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 83.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Bulgaria peaked at 67.2% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2010.
That places Bulgaria 127th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 59.5% | — |
| 1965 | 67.2% | +13.0% |
| 1970 | 58.6% | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 54.4% | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 49.6% | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 44.4% | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 44.0% | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 42.4% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 40.2% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 22.3% | -44.5% |
| 2010 | 6.6% | -70.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63.3% | 59.5% | 67.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 56.5% | 54.4% | 58.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 47.0% | 44.4% | 49.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 43.2% | 42.4% | 44.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 31.3% | 22.3% | 40.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 124 Republic of Moldova 6.9% compare
- 125 Afghanistan 6.9% compare
- 126 Kyrgyzstan 6.8% compare
- 128 Russian Federation 6.4% compare
- 129 Estonia 5.3% compare
- 130 Kazakhstan 5.0% compare
More education data for Bulgaria
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43,834 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,173 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 111,576 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Bulgaria?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Bulgaria was 6.6% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 67.2% in 1965.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2010.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Bulgaria ranks 127th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)