Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9903 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0.9903 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria peaked at 0.9929 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7235 LPIA, in 1992.
That places Bulgaria 41st out of 100 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.7235 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9608 LPIA | +32.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9851 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9851 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9894 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9912 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.991 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9881 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9871 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.982 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9841 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9872 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9901 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9881 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9909 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9915 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9929 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9903 LPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7235 LPIA | 0.7235 LPIA | 0.7235 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9801 LPIA | 0.9608 LPIA | 0.9894 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9876 LPIA | 0.982 LPIA | 0.9912 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9914 LPIA | 0.9903 LPIA | 0.9929 LPIA | 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 primary education or higher in Bulgaria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria was 0.9903 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9929 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7235 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bulgaria ranks 41st out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release