Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.7862 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0.7862 GPIA for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria peaked at 0.7862 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6049 GPIA, in 1998.
That places Bulgaria 72nd out of 160 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.6049 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.6059 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6133 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6366 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6556 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.6578 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.6607 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6618 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6644 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.6677 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.674 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.683 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7016 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7019 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7077 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7275 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.764 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7435 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7327 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7356 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7601 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.763 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7547 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.7554 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7729 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7789 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.7862 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6054 GPIA | 0.6049 GPIA | 0.6059 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6575 GPIA | 0.6133 GPIA | 0.683 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7337 GPIA | 0.7016 GPIA | 0.764 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7696 GPIA | 0.7547 GPIA | 0.7862 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Bulgaria
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 485,226 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.0829 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22,710 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 232,874 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1419 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 252,352 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0285 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 216,857 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.1737 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria was 0.7862 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7862 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6049 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Bulgaria rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Bulgaria ranks 72nd out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release