Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9898 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria is 0.9898 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria peaked at 0.9898 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9333 GPIA, in 2001.
That places Bulgaria 52nd out of 131 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.9365 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9333 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9519 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9559 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9611 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9635 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9671 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9705 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9717 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9714 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9741 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9751 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9787 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9794 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9812 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9784 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9828 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9808 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.983 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9898 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9365 GPIA | 0.9365 GPIA | 0.9365 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9531 GPIA | 0.9333 GPIA | 0.9635 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9748 GPIA | 0.9671 GPIA | 0.9812 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9841 GPIA | 0.9808 GPIA | 0.9898 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 0.9898 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 0.9898 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9333 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Bulgaria ranks 52nd out of 131 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 1.9%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release