Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 66.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 66.6% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria peaked at 66.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35.5%, in 2001.
That places Bulgaria 40th out of 111 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.6% | 35.5% | 46.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 53.3% | 48.2% | 59.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.2% | 59.4% | 66.6% | 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 upper secondary education or in Bulgaria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bulgaria was 66.6% 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 66.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.5% in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Bulgaria ranks 40th out of 111 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 27.3%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release