Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female was 0.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Bulgaria, 2015–2023
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.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.3% | — |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +12.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +149.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -57.1% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -16.3% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.8%, 33% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8%, 33% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
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
More education data for Bulgaria
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 94.2 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 94.1 (2024)
- 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)
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