Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender was 0.9021 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria is 0.9021 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria peaked at 0.9021 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7972 GPIA, in 2001.
Bulgaria ranks 60th of 107 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 upper … upper rural gender in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.7972 GPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.8385 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8278 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8194 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8206 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8456 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8353 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8233 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8249 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8413 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8468 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8471 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8655 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8976 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8912 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.8818 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8809 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.8672 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9021 GPIA | +4.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.9021 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1 GPIA, 90% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.9021 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9674 GPIA, 93% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8207 GPIA | 0.7972 GPIA | 0.8385 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8519 GPIA | 0.8233 GPIA | 0.8976 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.883 GPIA | 0.8672 GPIA | 0.9021 GPIA | 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 0.9021 GPIA 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 0.9021 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7972 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Bulgaria ranks 60th out of 107 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 9.4%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release