Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG was 86.79 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Bulgaria, 1990–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 86.79 for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Bulgaria peaked at 86.79 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 80.58, in 2003.
Bulgaria ranks 25th of 62 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.48 | 81.26 | 81.73 | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.38 | 80.58 | 82.94 | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.48 | 83.18 | 85.98 | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.48 | 86.18 | 86.79 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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 upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Bulgaria?
- Upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Bulgaria was 86.79 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 86.79 in 2023.
- What is the lowest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.58 in 2003.
- How does Bulgaria rank for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg?
- Bulgaria ranks 25th out of 62 countries with data for 2023.
- Is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required).