Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Bulgaria

Primary completion rate in Bulgaria in 2024 — 94.58%. Ranked 57 in the world out of 111. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 6.72 pp.

2024 94.58% +0.12 pp vs 2023
World rank 57of 111
Period maximum 107.97%2006
Period minimum 94.26%2021

Trend over time

2001–2024 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Bulgaria, 2001–202490951001051102001200420072010201320162019202220242001: 101.29%2002: 102%2003: 102.73%2004: 103.74%2005: 104.94%2006: 107.97%2007: 104.07%2008: 103.58%2009: 100.61%2010: 99.79%2011: 99.97%2012: 99.53%2013: 100.8%2014: 98.98%2015: 99.58%2016: 98.14%2017: 98.94%2018: 97.04%2019: 97.13%2020: 97.7%2021: 94.26%2022: 95.71%2023: 94.46%2024: 94.58%
Change over the period: −6.72 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 94.58%
World 88.02%
Eastern Europe computed 97.57%
Primary completion rate — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.58 +0.12 pp
2023 94.46 −1.26 pp
2022 95.71 +1.45 pp
2021 94.26 −3.44 pp
2020 97.7 +0.57 pp
2019 97.13 +0.09 pp
2018 97.04 −1.91 pp
2017 98.94 +0.8 pp
2016 98.14 −1.43 pp
2015 99.58 +0.6 pp
2014 98.98 −1.82 pp
2013 100.8 +1.27 pp
2012 99.53 −0.44 pp
2011 99.97 +0.17 pp
2010 99.79 −0.82 pp
2009 100.61 −2.96 pp
2008 103.58 −0.49 pp
2007 104.07 −3.91 pp
2006 107.97 +3.03 pp
2005 104.94 +1.2 pp
2004 103.74 +1.01 pp
2003 102.73 +0.74 pp
2002 102 +0.7 pp
2001 101.29

Eastern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of pupils in the last grade of primary school as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age. The indicator adds dropout to the picture that enrollment gives: almost everyone can enroll, while noticeably fewer make it to the end. Values above one hundred percent are not an error but a consequence of repetition and late entry: children older than the official age end up in the final grade.

Important: It can exceed 100% because of repeaters and of pupils older than the official age — a property of the methodology, not a sign of universal coverage. The aggregate is weighted by the number of children, not by total population.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.