Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA was 0.9902 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 0.9902 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria peaked at 0.9915 LPIA in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.6623 LPIA, in 1992.
Bulgaria ranks 40th of 100 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 … female primary location LPIA in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.6623 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9479 LPIA | +43.1% |
| 2007 | 0.981 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9805 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9889 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9871 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9915 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9853 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9842 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9789 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9779 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9861 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9895 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9864 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9887 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9904 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9906 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9902 LPIA | -0.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.9902 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 99% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.9902 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 99% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +43.1% | 0.6623 LPIA | 0.9479 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6623 LPIA | 0.6623 LPIA | 0.6623 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9746 LPIA | 0.9479 LPIA | 0.9889 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9852 LPIA | 0.9779 LPIA | 0.9915 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.99 LPIA | 0.9887 LPIA | 0.9906 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More education data for Bulgaria
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 94.2 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 94.1 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43,834 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,173 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 111,576 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 105,281 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 485,226 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 234,521 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7644 % change on previous year (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 0.9902 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 0.9915 LPIA in 2011.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6623 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bulgaria ranks 40th 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 0.6%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release