Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary was 64.2% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Bulgaria, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Bulgaria is 64.2%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 63.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Bulgaria peaked at 64.2% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13.5%, in 1960.
That places Bulgaria 23rd 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: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13.5% | — |
| 1965 | 13.5% | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 20.0% | +48.4% |
| 1975 | 23.6% | +17.8% |
| 1980 | 27.8% | +17.9% |
| 1985 | 32.6% | +17.2% |
| 1990 | 33.9% | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 37.9% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 39.3% | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 53.0% | +34.8% |
| 2010 | 64.2% | +21.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.5% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 21.8% | 20.0% | 23.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 30.2% | 27.8% | 32.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 35.9% | 33.9% | 37.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 46.2% | 39.3% | 53.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 64.2% | 64.2% | 64.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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 25+ with secondary in Bulgaria?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary in Bulgaria was 64.2% 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 25+ with secondary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 64.2% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.5% in 1960.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary?
- Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.2%. 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: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)