Over-age students, primary in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Over-age students, primary was 1.6% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Bulgaria, 1996–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for over-age students, primary in Bulgaria is 1.6%, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.8% on the previous year and down 66.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Bulgaria peaked at 6.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2017.
That places Bulgaria 153rd out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4.5% | — |
| 1997 | 4.7% | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 4.9% | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 5.1% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 5.5% | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 6.1% | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 6.6% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6.5% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 6.5% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 6.1% | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | -22.0% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -15.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.8% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 5.5% | 3.2% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 8 |
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More education data for Bulgaria
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Bulgaria?
- Over-age students, primary in Bulgaria was 1.6% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2017.
- How does Bulgaria rank for over-age students, primary?
- Bulgaria ranks 153rd out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.