Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 52.9% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria is 52.9%, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria peaked at 57.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 49.9%, in 2012.
Bulgaria ranks 24th of 158 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 57.0% | — |
| 1999 | 56.4% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 55.7% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 55.8% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 55.5% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 55.0% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 55.2% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 54.2% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 53.5% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 52.9% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 51.5% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 50.8% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 51.5% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 51.5% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 49.9% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 52.4% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 53.7% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 52.6% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 51.3% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 50.7% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 52.9% | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56.7% | 56.4% | 57.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 54.0% | 50.8% | 55.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.8% | 49.9% | 53.7% | 9 |
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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 52.9% in 2018, 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 57.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.9% in 2012.
- How does Bulgaria rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Bulgaria ranks 24th out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.