Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female was 79.0% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
79.0%
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
43rd
of 164 countries
All-time high
86.6%
in 2006
All-time low
67.7%
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2018

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Bulgaria, 1999–2018

0204060801999200820181999: 67.7 %2000: 69.8 %2001: 69.6 %2002: 73.4 %2003: 77.8 %2004: 81.1 %2005: 84 %2006: 86.6 %2007: 84.5 %2008: 81.6 %2009: 80.1 %2010: 80 %2011: 80.2 %2012: 79.2 %2013: 79.3 %2014: 79.5 %2015: 79.3 %2016: 76.6 %2017: 76.3 %2018: 79 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Bulgaria recorded 79.0% for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Bulgaria peaked at 86.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 67.7%, in 1999.

That places Bulgaria 43rd out of 164 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Bulgaria, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%) in Bulgaria, 1999 to 2018.
Year % Change
1999 67.7%
2000 69.8% +3.2%
2001 69.6% -0.3%
2002 73.4% +5.4%
2003 77.8% +6.0%
2004 81.1% +4.3%
2005 84.0% +3.6%
2006 86.6% +3.1%
2007 84.5% -2.4%
2008 81.6% -3.4%
2009 80.1% -1.9%
2010 80.0% -0.1%
2011 80.2% +0.3%
2012 79.2% -1.3%
2013 79.3% +0.1%
2014 79.5% +0.2%
2015 79.3% -0.2%
2016 76.6% -3.4%
2017 76.3% -0.5%
2018 79.0% +3.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 67.7% 67.7% 67.7% 1
2000s 78.9% 69.6% 86.6% 10
2010s 78.8% 76.3% 80.2% 9

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 40 Slovenia 79.9% compare
  2. 41 Russia 79.2% compare
  3. 42 Albania 79.1% compare
  4. 44 Tuvalu 77.9% compare
  5. 45 Palau 77.5% compare
  6. 46 Barbados 77.5% compare

See the full ranking of 198 places →

More reference data data for Bulgaria

All data for Bulgaria →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Bulgaria?
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Bulgaria was 79.0% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2006.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 67.7% in 1999.
How does Bulgaria rank for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female?
Bulgaria ranks 43rd out of 164 countries with data for 2018.
Is gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 20 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Bulgaria. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-early-childhood-education-female-percent/bulgaria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/gross-enrolment-ratio-early-childhood-education-female-percent/bulgaria/">Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female in Bulgaria</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
198 places, 2,633 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total female enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official early childhood education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.