Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 99.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria, 1975–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 99.3% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bulgaria peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 27.0%, in 1975.
Bulgaria ranks 38th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 86.8% | 86.8% | 86.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.3% | 97.9% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.2% | 99.0% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.2% | 98.7% | 99.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 35 Korea 99.4% compare
- 36 Oman 99.4% compare
- 37 Trinidad and Tobago 99.3% compare
- 39 Montenegro 99.3% compare
- 40 Kazakhstan 99.3% compare
- 41 United States of America 99.1% compare
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 99.3% 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 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.0% in 1975.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bulgaria ranks 38th out of 134 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 down 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release