Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9949 GPIA in 2023. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0.9949 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria peaked at 0.9949 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9642 GPIA, in 2001.
That places Bulgaria 25th out of 97 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.9723 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9642 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9729 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.975 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9805 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9793 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9801 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9834 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9835 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9836 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9878 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9888 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9903 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.99 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9923 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.987 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9907 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.993 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9917 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9949 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9723 GPIA | 0.9723 GPIA | 0.9723 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9744 GPIA | 0.9642 GPIA | 0.9805 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9867 GPIA | 0.9801 GPIA | 0.9923 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9926 GPIA | 0.9907 GPIA | 0.9949 GPIA | 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 95.28 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria was 0.9949 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9949 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9642 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Bulgaria ranks 25th out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release