Bulgaria's adult literacy rose from 98.2 % in 2001 to 98.3 % in 2011.
Bulgaria's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 105.3 % in 2001 to 95.3 % in 2024.
Bulgaria · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Bulgaria's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) fell from 98.2 % in 2001 to 97.9 % in 2011.
Bulgaria's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 80.9 % in 2001 to 94.8 % in 2024.
Bulgaria's tertiary enrolment rose from 41.0 % in 2001 to 69.5 % in 2024.
Bulgaria's children out of school, primary rose from 5,572 in 2001 to 14,529 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.1 pts57th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.9 pts26th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)up +0.7 pts30th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +0.1 pts16th of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs63rd of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.0 yrs52nd of 145
- Learning povertyup +1.7 pts37th of 53
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- Education spendingdown −0.2 pts68th of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.3 pts95th of 156*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −13.6 %51st of 135