School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 3.5 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Bulgaria, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Bulgaria stood at 3.5 years.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Bulgaria peaked at 3.64 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7349 years, in 1971.
Bulgaria ranks 45th of 177 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.05 years | 0.7349 years | 1.41 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.03 years | 0.8373 years | 1.38 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.16 years | 1.4 years | 2.78 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.55 years | 2.22 years | 3.09 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.47 years | 3.29 years | 3.64 years | 9 |
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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, tertiary, female in Bulgaria?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Bulgaria was 3.5 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.64 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7349 years in 1971.
- How does Bulgaria rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Bulgaria ranks 45th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. 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, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.