Students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population was 9.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population in Bulgaria, 2013–2024
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 9.5% for students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.0% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population in Bulgaria peaked at 10.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2024.
That places Bulgaria 37th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10.5% | — |
| 2014 | 10.7% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 10.2% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9.8% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 9.6% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 10.0% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 9.5% | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.3% | 9.8% | 10.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 9.5% | 10.0% | 5 |
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More population data for Bulgaria
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.7245 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -2.34 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.7245 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.7% (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 146,527 people (2100)
- Population density 32.53 people per km² (2100)
- World population growth -0.7% (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.921 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population -0.8803 Percent per annum (2030)
Frequently asked questions
- What is students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population in Bulgaria?
- Students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population in Bulgaria was 9.5% in 2024, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2024.
- How does Bulgaria rank for students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population?
- Bulgaria ranks 37th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Students in post-compulsory education - as % of the total population of post-compulsory school age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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