Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA was 0.7239 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0.7239 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria peaked at 0.7239 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4365 LPIA, in 2001.
That places Bulgaria 50th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.4365 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.486 LPIA | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5206 LPIA | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5245 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5314 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5543 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5625 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5756 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.5674 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5497 LPIA | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5683 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5761 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.601 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6588 LPIA | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6617 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6492 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7045 LPIA | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 0.7125 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7239 LPIA | +1.6% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.7239 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9018 LPIA, 80% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.7239 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9122 LPIA, 79% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4998 LPIA | 0.4365 LPIA | 0.5314 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5876 LPIA | 0.5497 LPIA | 0.6617 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6975 LPIA | 0.6492 LPIA | 0.7239 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 upper secondary education or in Bulgaria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria was 0.7239 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7239 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4365 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Bulgaria ranks 50th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release