Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.3% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Bulgaria, 2015β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bulgaria stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.3% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bulgaria peaked at 0.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2023.
Bulgaria ranks 44th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 41 Hungary 0.4% compare
- 42 Albania 0.3% compare
- 43 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.3% compare
- 45 Mexico 0.3% compare
- 46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.3% compare
- 47 Moldova, Republic of 0.2% compare
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 doctoral or equivalent in Bulgaria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bulgaria was 0.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2023.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Bulgaria ranks 44th out of 59 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. 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 Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release