Bulgaria's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) was 3.44% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.93 percentage points from 5.37% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.44% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 5.14% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.37% | 2014 |
| Highest | 5.37% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 0.58% | 1999 |
| Average since 2015 | 3.6% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0.58% | 1999 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Bulgaria's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) rose 0.28 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.17% to 3.44%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was +0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 4.14 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.83 percentage points in 2015. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Bulgaria had the 66th highest value of the 73 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
What this measures
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
Limitations: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.44 |
| 2023 | 3.17 |
| 2022 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 3.39 |
| 2020 | 3.72 |
| 2019 | 5.14 |
| 2018 | 5.14 |
| 2017 | 2.87 |
| 2016 | 2.43 |
| 2015 | 3.54 |
| 2014 |
School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) in nearby economies
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 school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)?
- 3.44% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 2.86 percentage points from 0.58% in 1999. The highest value was 5.37% in 2014 and the lowest 0.58% in 1999.
- How does Bulgaria rank?
- 66th highest of 73 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) unusual for Bulgaria?
- In 2024, Bulgaria's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) rose 0.28 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.17% to 3.44%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was +0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 SE.SEC.PRIV.ZS, 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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