School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: School life expectancy, pre-primary, male was 3.69 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Bulgaria, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 3.69 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Bulgaria peaked at 3.69 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.84 years, in 2001.
That places Bulgaria 7th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.19 years | 2.84 years | 3.34 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.44 years | 3.31 years | 3.61 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.64 years | 3.59 years | 3.69 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 4 Cook Islands 1.51 years compare
- 4 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 3.92 years compare
- 5 Latvia, Republic of 3.9 years compare
- 5 Niue 1.4 years compare
- 6 St. Helena 0.421 years
- 6 Sweden 3.86 years compare
- 8 Finland 3.69 years compare
- 9 Andorra, Principality of 3.62 years compare
- 10 Mongolia 3.62 years compare
More education data for Bulgaria
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 22,710 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.75 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 95.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Bulgaria?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, male in Bulgaria was 3.69 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.69 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, male recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.84 years in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, male?
- Bulgaria ranks 7th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, male rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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 School life expectancy, pre-primary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release