Bulgaria: Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 9.08 percentage points from 97.11% in 2012. Since 1996 it is down 7.06 percentage points from 95.1% in 1996. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2017, Bulgaria's adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children) fell 1.6 percentage points on 2016 (from 89.63% to 88.03%).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2016), the average change was −0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.47 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.08 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.4 percentage points in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2017, Bulgaria had the 25th highest value of the 32 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Bulgaria in the 2017 ranking

• São Tomé and Principe — 21st of 32: 93.95%
• South Africa — 22nd of 32: 90.28%
• Venezuela, RB — 23rd of 32: 89.62%
• Panama — 25th of 32: 87.08%
• Romania — 26th of 32: 85.62%
• Zambia — 27th of 32: 83.2%

What this measures

Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.

Limitations: Enrollment indicators are based on annual school surveys, but do not necessarily reflect actual attendance or dropout rates during the year. Also, the length of education differs across countries and can influence enrollment rates, although the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) tries to minimize the difference. For example, a shorter duration for primary education tends to increase the rate; a longer one to decrease it (in part because older children are more at risk of dropping out). Moreover, age at enrollment may be inaccurately estimated or misstated, especially in communities where registration of births is not strictly enforced.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 17 values

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children) in nearby economies

• Armenia — 91.01% (2018)
• Austria — 88.08% (2016)
• Azerbaijan — 92.77% (2018)
• Belgium — 98.99% (2017)
• Cyprus — 97.35% (2017)
• Denmark — 98.43% (2015)
• Finland — 98.56% (2017)
• France — 99.11% (2016)

More education data for Bulgaria

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 234,521 (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 485,226 (2024)
• Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) — 99.81% (2023)
• Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) — 52.32% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.99 (2020)
• School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

What is Bulgaria's adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children)?

88.03% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1996?

It is down 7.06 percentage points from 95.1% in 1996. The highest value was 98.87% in 1998 and the lowest 88.03% in 2017.

How does Bulgaria rank?

25th highest of 32 economies with data for 2017.

Is the latest change in adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children) unusual for Bulgaria?

In 2017, Bulgaria's adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children) fell 1.6 percentage points on 2016 (from 89.63% to 88.03%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2016), the average change was −0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.47 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.TENR.MA, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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