Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 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 primary education or higher 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% |
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
- 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 0.9902 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release