Bulgaria: Children out of school, primary, female

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Bulgaria's children out of school, primary, female rose 5.7% on 2023 (from 6,566 to 6,943).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was +17% and a typical year strayed about 31.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 91.1% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.5% in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 405.72 a year. A straight line explains 97% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 7,817 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 11.14, against 481.33 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Bulgaria had the 40th highest value of the 72 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 2024 ranking

• Puerto Rico (US) — 37th of 72: 9,745
• Jordan — 38th of 72: 9,045
• Serbia — 39th of 72: 7,724
• Suriname — 41st of 72: 5,441
• Hungary — 42nd of 72: 4,886
• New Zealand — 43rd of 72: 4,845

What this measures

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Limitations: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

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

All 17 values

Children out of school, primary, female in nearby economies

• Albania — 10,813 (2023)
• Andorra — 61 (2024)
• Armenia — 3,891 (2023)
• Austria — 2,599 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 81 (2024)
• Belarus — 12,179 (2024)
• Belgium — 6,554 (2023)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 738 (2023)
• Cyprus — 95 (2017)
• Czechia — 2,259 (2023)
• Denmark

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 children out of school, primary, female?

6,943 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is up 82.23% from 3,810 in 2001 (2.64% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 6,943 in 2024 and the lowest 931 in 2010.

How does Bulgaria rank?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER.FE, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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