Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary was 69.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria stood at 69.7%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria peaked at 69.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 1965.
Bulgaria ranks 21st of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 14.3% | — |
| 1965 | 13.7% | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 26.4% | +93.0% |
| 1975 | 37.2% | +40.6% |
| 1980 | 48.3% | +30.0% |
| 1985 | 47.6% | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 57.1% | +20.1% |
| 1995 | 41.9% | -26.6% |
| 2000 | 51.9% | +23.9% |
| 2005 | 47.7% | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 69.7% | +46.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.0% | 13.7% | 14.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 31.8% | 26.4% | 37.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 47.9% | 47.6% | 48.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 49.5% | 41.9% | 57.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.8% | 47.7% | 51.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 69.7% | 69.7% | 69.7% | 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 population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria was 69.7% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 69.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 1965.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary?
- Bulgaria ranks 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. 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 population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary