Bulgaria's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) was US$3.33 billion in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 61.3% from US$2.06 billion in 2011 (4.9% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$3.33 billion | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | US$2.06 billion | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.06 billion | 2011 |
| Highest | US$3.33 billion | 2021 |
| Lowest | US$332.75 million | 1997 |
| Average since 2012 | US$2.39 billion | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | US$663.86 million |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Bulgaria's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) rose 20.7% on 2020 (from US$2.75 billion to US$3.33 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +7.5% and a typical year strayed about 28.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above 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 94.3% in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 43.5% in 1991. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$133.65 million a year. A straight line explains 81% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Bulgaria had the 65th highest value of the 179 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 2021 ranking
- Nigeria — 62nd of 179: US$3.6 billion
- Uzbekistan — 63rd of 179: US$3.43 billion
- Ethiopia — 64th of 179: US$3.4 billion
- Ghana — 66th of 179: US$3.21 billion
- Luxembourg — 67th of 179: US$2.93 billion
- Belarus — 68th of 179: US$2.91 billion
What this measures
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 42 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,325,573,391 |
| 2020 | 2,754,401,227 |
| 2019 | 2,720,480,822 |
| 2018 | 2,555,717,897 |
| 2017 | 2,304,111,721 |
| 2016 | 2,063,851,351 |
| 2015 | 1,925,811,892 |
| 2014 | 2,195,890,795 |
| 2013 | 2,099,528,168 |
| 2012 | 1,912,759,792 |
Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$502.82 million (2021)
- Armenia — US$366.37 million (2021)
- Austria — US$23.49 billion (2021)
- Azerbaijan — US$2.08 billion (2021)
- Belarus — US$2.91 billion (2021)
- Belgium — US$35.63 billion (2021)
- Croatia — US$2.53 billion (2021)
- Cyprus — US$1.39 billion (2021)
- Czechia — US$11.58 billion (2021)
- Denmark
More economic policy & debt data for Bulgaria
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.06% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$387.76 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$46.2 million (2021)
- Trade in services (% of GDP) — 21.44% (2025)
- Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 37.95% (2025)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$11.11 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$67.93 billion (2025)
- Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$58.51 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bulgaria's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$)?
- US$3.33 billion in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 400.94% from US$663.86 million in 1980 (4.01% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$3.33 billion in 2021 and the lowest US$332.75 million in 1997.
- How does Bulgaria rank?
- 65th highest of 179 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) unusual for Bulgaria?
- In 2021, Bulgaria's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) rose 20.7% on 2020 (from US$2.75 billion to US$3.33 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +7.5% and a typical year strayed about 28.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above 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 NY.ADJ.AEDU.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 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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