School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 14.2 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Bulgaria, 1971–2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 14.2 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2018.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Bulgaria peaked at 15.09 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11.14 years, in 1981.
Bulgaria ranks 79th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 11.23 years | — |
| 1972 | 11.29 years | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 11.37 years | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 11.44 years | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 11.45 years | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 11.25 years | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 11.55 years | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 11.66 years | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 11.31 years | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 11.18 years | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 11.14 years | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 11.28 years | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 11.38 years | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 11.49 years | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 11.66 years | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 12.05 years | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 12.27 years | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 12.39 years | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 12.46 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 12.01 years | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 12.13 years | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 11.97 years | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 11.87 years | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 11.81 years | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 12.15 years | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 12.59 years | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 12.7 years | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 12.79 years | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 12.91 years | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 12.89 years | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 12.89 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12.82 years | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 13.21 years | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 13.41 years | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 13.5 years | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 13.62 years | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 13.98 years | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 14.07 years | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 14.17 years | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 14.43 years | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 14.49 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 14.53 years | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 14.91 years | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 15.09 years | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 14.95 years | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 14.64 years | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 14.41 years | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 14.2 years | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.39 years | 11.23 years | 11.66 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 11.73 years | 11.14 years | 12.46 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.29 years | 11.81 years | 12.91 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.46 years | 12.82 years | 14.17 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.63 years | 14.2 years | 15.09 years | 9 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 76 Cuba 14.28 years compare
- 77 Romania 14.28 years compare
- 78 Dominican Republic 14.22 years compare
- 80 Seychelles 14.19 years compare
- 81 Sri Lanka 14.11 years compare
- 82 Brunei Darussalam 14.06 years compare
More education data for Bulgaria
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Bulgaria?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Bulgaria was 14.2 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 15.09 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.14 years in 1981.
- How does Bulgaria rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Bulgaria ranks 79th out of 183 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.