School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9801 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Bulgaria, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Bulgaria stood at 0.9801 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Bulgaria peaked at 0.9801 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9512 GPIA, in 2013.
That places Bulgaria 153rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.9764 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.9793 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9793 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9666 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.965 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9665 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.967 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9717 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.972 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9667 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9638 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9652 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9512 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9582 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9596 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9623 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9653 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9628 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9764 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9755 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9717 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.975 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9779 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9801 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9715 GPIA | 0.965 GPIA | 0.9793 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9632 GPIA | 0.9512 GPIA | 0.9764 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9761 GPIA | 0.9717 GPIA | 0.9801 GPIA | 5 |
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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 school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Bulgaria?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Bulgaria was 0.9801 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9801 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9512 GPIA in 2013.
- How does Bulgaria rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Bulgaria ranks 153rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release