Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 22.1% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Bulgaria, 1975β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 22.1% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2023.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Bulgaria peaked at 25.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 1975.
Bulgaria ranks 42nd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.1% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 14.9% | 14.9% | 14.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 17.1% | 16.5% | 17.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 19.7% | 17.5% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.9% | 21.9% | 25.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More education data for Bulgaria
- 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)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Bulgaria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Bulgaria was 22.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 25.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 1975.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Bulgaria ranks 42nd out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release