Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 98.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 98.6% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria peaked at 98.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 73.7%, in 1992.
Bulgaria ranks 35th of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 73.7% | — |
| 2001 | 96.2% | +30.5% |
| 2006 | 98.4% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 98.3% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 98.3% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 98.8% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 98.5% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 98.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 98.6% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 98.1% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 98.6% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 98.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 98.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 98.9% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 98.8% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 98.6% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73.7% | 73.7% | 73.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 97.9% | 96.2% | 98.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 98.1% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.8% | 98.6% | 98.9% | 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 98.6% 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 98.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.7% in 1992.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bulgaria ranks 35th 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 0.0%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release