Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 92.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria, 1992–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 92.6% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria peaked at 92.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 22.8%, in 1992.
That places Bulgaria 24th out of 94 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 22.8% | — |
| 2001 | 75.9% | +232.9% |
| 2006 | 82.6% | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 83.7% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 83.9% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 85.0% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 86.3% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 86.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 87.8% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 87.3% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 86.8% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 87.8% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 88.9% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 89.7% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 91.4% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 90.7% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 91.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 92.8% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 92.6% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.8% | 22.8% | 22.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 82.2% | 75.9% | 85.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 88.4% | 86.3% | 91.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.1% | 91.0% | 92.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 21 Kazakhstan 93.6% compare
- 22 Croatia 93.6% compare
- 23 Belgium 92.8% compare
- 25 Luxembourg 91.6% compare
- 26 Australia 91.5% compare
- 27 Netherlands 91.0% 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)
- 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 92.6% in 2022, 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 92.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.8% in 1992.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Bulgaria ranks 24th out of 94 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release