Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9905 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
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria is 0.9905 LPIA, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria peaked at 0.9956 LPIA in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.7852 LPIA, in 1992.
Bulgaria ranks 43rd of 99 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.7852 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9742 LPIA | +24.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9908 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9895 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9899 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9899 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9956 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9904 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.991 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9899 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9859 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9905 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9882 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9906 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9896 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9931 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9925 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9905 LPIA | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7852 LPIA | 0.7852 LPIA | 0.7852 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9868 LPIA | 0.9742 LPIA | 0.9908 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9902 LPIA | 0.9859 LPIA | 0.9956 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.992 LPIA | 0.9905 LPIA | 0.9931 LPIA | 3 |
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 0.9905 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 0.9956 LPIA in 2010.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7852 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bulgaria ranks 43rd out of 99 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 0.1%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release