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

Latest (2024)
0.7862 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
72nd
of 160 countries
All-time high
0.7862 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.6049 GPIA
in 1998
Years of data
27
1998–2024

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria, 1998–2024

00.20.40.60.81998201120241998: 0.605 GPIA1999: 0.606 GPIA2000: 0.613 GPIA2001: 0.637 GPIA2002: 0.656 GPIA2003: 0.658 GPIA2004: 0.661 GPIA2005: 0.662 GPIA2006: 0.664 GPIA2007: 0.668 GPIA2008: 0.674 GPIA2009: 0.683 GPIA2010: 0.702 GPIA2011: 0.702 GPIA2012: 0.708 GPIA2013: 0.727 GPIA2014: 0.764 GPIA2015: 0.743 GPIA2016: 0.733 GPIA2017: 0.736 GPIA2018: 0.76 GPIA2019: 0.763 GPIA2020: 0.755 GPIA2021: 0.755 GPIA2022: 0.773 GPIA2023: 0.779 GPIA2024: 0.786 GPIA

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

Annual values for Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Bulgaria, 1998 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 69 Croatia 0.8016 GPIA compare
  2. 70 Kazakhstan 0.7971 GPIA compare
  3. 71 Burundi 0.7963 GPIA compare
  4. 73 Hungary 0.78 GPIA compare
  5. 74 Belarus 0.7793 GPIA compare
  6. 75 Ecuador 0.7785 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 161 places →

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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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Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
161 places, 2,998 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release