Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Bulgaria, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 1.8% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Bulgaria peaked at 1.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2008.
Bulgaria ranks 18th of 121 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.6% | — |
| 2000 | 1.6% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 1.6% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 3 |
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More education data for Bulgaria
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -11.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 21,397 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,313 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 111,893 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -9.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 83,804 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -14.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Bulgaria?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Bulgaria was 1.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2008.
- How does Bulgaria rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Bulgaria ranks 18th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release