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Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Bulgaria

Gross tertiary enrolment in Bulgaria was 69.5% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2013.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bulgaria, 2024 69.5% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 −10.3percentage points 2023: 79.9%
European Union, 2024 79.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 77.8% Middle value of 16 countries

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Bulgaria over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2024 69.5% 79.5%
2023 79.9% 79.5%
2022 84.1% 79.6%
2021 85.3% 77.9%
2020 85.5% 75.0%
2019 84.8% 74.0%
2018 83.1% 72.9%
2017 81.2% 71.8%
2016 80.6% 70.5%
2015 78.3% 69.8%
2014 73.0% 68.7%
2013 68.2% 67.6%
2012 62.2% 67.4%
2011 59.8% 67.5%
2010 58.4% 66.9%
2009 55.0% 65.6%
2008 52.7% 64.5%
2007 51.2% 63.5%
2006 47.8% 62.8%
2005 46.2% 61.6%
2004 43.7% 60.0%
2003 42.9% 58.0%
2002 41.4% 55.7%
2001 41.0% 53.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −10.3 percentage points from 79.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 73.0%, the figure has changed by −3.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 79.5%.

More for Bulgaria

All statistics for Bulgaria
Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 41.2% 2025 · Eurostat Primary school enrolment (gross) 95.3% 2024 · World Bank NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 13.8% 2025 · Eurostat Early leavers from education and training 8.6% 2025 · Eurostat Adult participation in learning 6.1% 2025 · Eurostat ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 10.6% 2025 · ILOSTAT

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Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Bulgaria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics