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Bulgaria — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Bulgaria, 1980–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.50%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +27.5% since 1980
Education spending for Bulgaria was 4.50% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1980 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.43% in 1991. The lowest was 2.23% in 1996 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.58% per year.
Bulgaria ranks 73 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 42%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Bulgaria sits below it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.50%
First (1980)
3.53%
Change
+27.5%
Highest
5.43%
in 1991
Lowest
2.23%
in 1996
Average
3.97%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.58%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5% |
| 2021 | 4.71% |
| 2020 | 4.48% |
| 2019 | 4.21% |
| 2018 | 4.05% |
| 2017 | 4.08% |
| 2016 | 3.81% |
| 2015 | 3.88% |
| 2014 | 4.19% |
| 2013 | 4.06% |
| 2012 | 3.48% |
| 2011 | 3.55% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.