Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary was 82.3% 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/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria is 82.3%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary in Bulgaria peaked at 82.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 31.8%, in 1965.
Bulgaria ranks 25th 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 | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 33.2% | — |
| 1965 | 31.8% | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 40.1% | +26.0% |
| 1975 | 52.8% | +31.8% |
| 1980 | 62.9% | +19.0% |
| 1985 | 60.2% | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 72.1% | +19.7% |
| 1995 | 54.6% | -24.3% |
| 2000 | 68.6% | +25.7% |
| 2005 | 61.7% | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 82.3% | +33.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.5% | 31.8% | 33.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 46.5% | 40.1% | 52.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 61.6% | 60.2% | 62.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 63.3% | 54.6% | 72.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 65.1% | 61.7% | 68.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 82.3% | 82.3% | 82.3% | 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 82.3% 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 82.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.8% in 1965.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary?
- Bulgaria ranks 25th 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 20.0%. 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)