Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 0.6063 GPI in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
0.6063 GPI
Change on year
down 33.2%
World rank
86th
of 106 countries
All-time high
1.47 GPI
in 1999
All-time low
0.6063 GPI
in 2018
Years of data
20
1998–2018

Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Bulgaria, 1998–2018

00.511.51998200820181998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1.5 GPI2000: 1.4 GPI2001: 0.972 GPI2002: 1.1 GPI2003: 0.933 GPI2004: 0.662 GPI2005: 0.628 GPI2006: 1.2 GPI2007: 0.871 GPI2008: 1.3 GPI2009: 1.4 GPI2010: 1.2 GPI2012: 0.999 GPI2013: 0.975 GPI2014: 0.941 GPI2015: 0.878 GPI2016: 0.879 GPI2017: 0.908 GPI2018: 0.606 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Bulgaria stood at 0.6063 GPI. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.2% on the previous year and down 51.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Bulgaria peaked at 1.47 GPI in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.6063 GPI, in 2018.

Bulgaria ranks 86th of 106 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Bulgaria, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Bulgaria, 1998 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1998 1.14 GPI
1999 1.47 GPI +29.2%
2000 1.36 GPI -7.9%
2001 0.9718 GPI -28.4%
2002 1.11 GPI +13.7%
2003 0.9326 GPI -15.6%
2004 0.6618 GPI -29.0%
2005 0.6282 GPI -5.1%
2006 1.25 GPI +98.8%
2007 0.8712 GPI -30.2%
2008 1.25 GPI +43.6%
2009 1.43 GPI +14.6%
2010 1.15 GPI -19.6%
2012 0.999 GPI -13.4%
2013 0.9752 GPI -2.4%
2014 0.9406 GPI -3.6%
2015 0.8777 GPI -6.7%
2016 0.8793 GPI +0.2%
2017 0.9075 GPI +3.2%
2018 0.6063 GPI -33.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.31 GPI 1.14 GPI 1.47 GPI 2
2000s 1.05 GPI 0.6282 GPI 1.43 GPI 10
2010s 0.9174 GPI 0.6063 GPI 1.15 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 83 Bahrain 0.6288 GPI compare
  2. 84 Belarus 0.617 GPI compare
  3. 85 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.6087 GPI compare
  4. 87 Niger 0.5942 GPI compare
  5. 88 Madagascar 0.5774 GPI compare
  6. 89 Afghanistan 0.5637 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 106 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Bulgaria?
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Bulgaria was 0.6063 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 1.47 GPI in 1999.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6063 GPI in 2018.
How does Bulgaria rank for gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Bulgaria ranks 86th out of 106 countries with data for 2018.
Is gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is down 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,338 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female gross enrolment ratio for post-secondary non-tertiary education to the male gross enrolment ratio for post-secondary non-tertiary education. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.