Bulgaria vs Upper middle income: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower

Bulgaria
13.3%
in 2018
Upper middle income
5.3%
in 2019
Bulgaria rank
30th
Upper middle income rank
29th

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 13.3% against 5.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 8.0%.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 2.5 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 30th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 148 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Upper middle income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 4.2% 10.6% 6.3% Upper middle income
2000s 4.8% 7.0% 2.2% Upper middle income
2010s 6.2% 5.2% 1.0% Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower, Bulgaria or Upper middle income?
Bulgaria, at 13.3% against 5.3% in Upper middle income as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower between Bulgaria and Upper middle income?
8.0%, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Upper middle income?
21 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do Bulgaria and Upper middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
Bulgaria ranks 30th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 148 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,340 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Proportion of children and adolescents in the official age range for primary and lower secondary education who are not enrolled in primary or lower secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary and lower secondary education enrolled in primary or lower secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary and lower secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary and lower secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/