Higher schools, teaching staff, students enrolled and graduates by statistical zones, statistical regions and districts

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HIGHER SCHOOLS, TEACHING STAFF, STUDENTS ENROLLED AND GRADUATES BY STATISTICAL ZONE, STATISTICAL REGION AND DISTRICT IN 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR

(Number)
Statistical zone Statistical region District	Higher schools			Teaching staff
	Total	Colleges	Universities and equivalent higher schools	Total	In colleges		In universities and equivalent higher schools
	Total	Colleges	Universities and equivalent higher schools	Total	Total	Of which: under labour contract	Total	Of which: under labour contract
Total	51	3	48	21 098	625	322	20 473	12 596
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	17	-	17	6 802	298	155	6 504	4 520
Severozapaden	2	-	2	812	70	49	742	534
Vidin	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	10
Vratsa	-	-	-	230	-	-	230	47
Lovech	-	-	-	10	10	7	-	-
Pleven	2	-	2	562	60	42	502	477
Severen tsentralen	5	-	5	1 788	-	-	1 788	1 310
Veliko Tarnovo	3	-	3	1 076	-	-	1 076	792
Gabrovo	1	-	1	171	-	-	171	140
Razgrad	-	-	-	50	-	-	50	10
Ruse	1	-	1	390	-	-	390	355
Silistra	-	-	-	101	-	-	101	13
Severoiztochen	7	-	7	2 525	58	24	2 467	1 817
Varna	6	-	6	1 975	27	15	1 948	1 474
Dobrich	-	-	-	31	31	9	-	-
Shumen	1	-	1	519	-	-	519	343
Yugoiztochen	3	-	3	1 677	170	82	1 507	859
Burgas	2	-	2	719	46	40	673	343
Sliven	-	-	-	239	28	16	211	82
Stara Zagora	1	-	1	648	96	26	552	385
Yambol	-	-	-	71	-	-	71	49
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	34	3	31	14 296	327	167	13 969	8 076
Yugozapaden	27	3	24	11 175	272	124	10 903	6 256
Blgoevgrad	3	1	2	735	38	32	697	469
Pernik	1	-	1	37	-	-	37	23
Sofia	1	-	1	27	-	-	27	27
Sofia (stolitsa)	22	2	20	10 376	234	92	10 142	5 737
Yuzhen tsentralen	7	-	7	3 121	55	43	3 066	1 820
Kardzhali	-	-	-	165	-	-	165	22
Plovdiv	7	-	7	2 760	55	43	2 705	1 767
Slmolyan	-	-	-	136	-	-	136	18
Haskovo	-	-	-	60	-	-	60	13
Of which: female
Total	х	х	х	11 039	387	197	10 652	6 830
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	х	х	х	3 689	192	94	3 497	2 506
Severozapaden	х	х	х	483	50	33	433	310
Vidin	х	х	х	4	-	-	4	4
Vratsa	х	х	х	146	-	-	146	32
Lovech	х	х	х	4	4	2	-	-
Pleven	х	х	х	329	46	31	283	274
Severen tsentralen	х	х	х	865	-	-	865	659
Veliko Tarnovo	х	х	х	550	-	-	550	430
Gabrovo	х	х	х	56	-	-	56	44
Razgrad	х	х	х	23	-	-	23	8
Ruse	х	х	х	188	-	-	188	169
Silistra	х	х	х	48	-	-	48	8
Severoiztochen	х	х	х	1 410	46	16	1 364	1 035
Varna	х	х	х	1 101	23	12	1 078	840
Dobrich	х	х	х	23	23	4	-	-
Shumen	х	х	х	286	-	-	286	195
Yugoiztochen	х	х	х	931	96	45	835	502
Burgas	х	х	х	399	19	19	380	202
Sliven	х	х	х	121	13	9	108	43
Stara Zagora	х	х	х	382	64	17	318	233
Yambol	х	х	х	29	-	-	29	24
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	х	х	х	7 350	195	103	7 155	4 324
Yugozapaden	х	х	х	5 660	158	73	5 502	3 257
Blgoevgrad	х	х	х	413	18	14	395	280
Pernik	х	х	х	13	-	-	13	8
Sofia	х	х	х	17	-	-	17	17
Sofia (stolitsa)	х	х	х	5 217	140	59	5 077	2 952
Yuzhen tsentralen	х	х	х	1 690	37	30	1 653	1 067
Kardzhali	х	х	х	87	-	-	87	13
Plovdiv	х	х	х	1 484	37	30	1 447	1 032
Slmolyan	х	х	х	77	-	-	77	12
Haskovo	х	х	х	42	-	-	42	10

HIGHER SCHOOLS, TEACHING STAFF, STUDENTS ENROLLED AND GRADUATES BY STATISTICAL ZONE, STATISTICAL REGION AND DISTRICT IN 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR

(Number)
Statistical zone Statistical region District	Students enrolled				Graduates
	Total	At colleges	At universities and equivalent higher schools		Total	From colleges	From universities and equivalent higher schools
	Total	Professional bachelor's degree	Bachelor's degree	Master's degree	Total	Professional bachelor's degree	Bachelor's degree	Master's degree
Total	190 513	6 321	123 335	60 857	44 077	1 603	22 097	20 377
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	68 432	3 089	42 940	22 403	16 472	948	7 759	7 765
Severozapaden	4 992	798	2 103	2 091	1 081	243	435	403
Vidin	335	-	335	-	68	-	68	-
Vratsa	1 271	257	1 014	-	277	89	188	-
Lovech	119	119	-	-	28	28	-	-
Pleven	3 267	422	754	2 091	708	126	179	403
Severen tsentralen	21 887	-	15 884	6 003	6 216	-	3 001	3 215
Veliko Tarnovo	14 110	-	9 722	4 388	4 280	-	1 837	2 443
Gabrovo	2 650	-	2 079	571	697	-	409	288
Razgrad	193	-	167	26	70	-	44	26
Ruse	4 688	-	3 670	1 018	1 130	-	672	458
Silistra	246	-	246	-	39	-	39	-
Severoiztochen	28 100	1 391	17 575	9 134	6 238	462	3 017	2 759
Varna	21 337	887	13 526	6 924	4 291	318	2 312	1 661
Dobrich	504	504	-	-	144	144	-	-
Shumen	6 259	-	4 049	2 210	1 803	-	705	1 098
Yugoiztochen	13 453	900	7 378	5 175	2 937	243	1 306	1 388
Burgas	5 533	300	3 398	1 835	1 137	73	525	539
Sliven	1 486	206	718	562	451	62	121	268
Stara Zagora	5 764	394	2 722	2 648	1 145	108	524	513
Yambol	670	-	540	130	204	-	136	68
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	122 081	3 232	80 395	38 454	27 605	655	14 338	12 612
Yugozapaden	88 611	2 650	57 468	28 493	19 154	517	9 865	8 772
Blgoevgrad	7 961	537	5 558	1 866	2 351	116	1 173	1 062
Pernik	77	-	48	29	11	-	8	3
Sofia	1 143	72	835	236	489	21	318	150
Sofia (stolitsa)	79 430	2 041	51 027	26 362	16 303	380	8 366	7 557
Yuzhen tsentralen	33 470	582	22 927	9 961	8 451	138	4 473	3 840
Kardzhali	520	-	520	-	98	-	98	-
Plovdiv	31 440	582	21 132	9 726	8 077	138	4 203	3 736
Slmolyan	888	-	753	135	227	-	160	67
Haskovo	622	-	522	100	49	-	12	37
Of which: female
Total	109 168	3 687	67 176	38 305	27 448	1 010	12 932	13 506
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria	40 265	2 026	23 361	14 878	10 534	627	4 574	5 333
Severozapaden	3 327	515	1 517	1 295	736	161	342	233
Vidin	191	-	191	-	41	-	41	-
Vratsa	1 011	119	892	-	214	37	177	-
Lovech	47	47	-	-	12	12	-	-
Pleven	2 078	349	434	1 295	469	112	124	233
Severen tsentralen	12 714	-	8 562	4 152	3 933	-	1 657	2 276
Veliko Tarnovo	9 148	-	5 831	3 317	3 002	-	1 138	1 864
Gabrovo	707	-	515	192	215	-	116	99
Razgrad	126	-	110	16	47	-	29	18
Ruse	2 591	-	1 964	627	648	-	353	295
Silistra	142	-	142	-	21	-	21	-
Severoiztochen	15 368	964	8 512	5 892	3 898	318	1 682	1 898
Varna	10 690	641	5 927	4 122	2 441	221	1 227	993
Dobrich	323	323	-	-	97	97	-	-
Shumen	4 355	-	2 585	1 770	1 360	-	455	905
Yugoiztochen	8 856	547	4 770	3 539	1 967	148	893	926
Burgas	3 749	157	2 298	1 294	780	37	364	379
Sliven	820	99	406	315	240	31	69	140
Stara Zagora	4 071	291	1 894	1 886	884	80	415	389
Yambol	216	-	172	44	63	-	45	18
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria	68 903	1 661	43 815	23 427	16 914	383	8 358	8 173
Yugozapaden	48 550	1 224	30 232	17 094	11 548	283	5 637	5 628
Blgoevgrad	4 943	120	3 507	1 316	1 606	44	759	803
Pernik	19	-	13	6	1	-	1	-
Sofia	689	28	488	173	325	12	202	111
Sofia (stolitsa)	42 899	1 076	26 224	15 599	9 616	227	4 675	4 714
Yuzhen tsentralen	20 353	437	13 583	6 333	5 366	100	2 721	2 545
Kardzhali	385	-	385	-	61	-	61	-
Plovdiv	19 029	437	12 388	6 204	5 147	100	2 551	2 496
Slmolyan	457	-	399	58	121	-	97	24
Haskovo	482	-	411	71	37	-	12	25

19.06.2024

Methodology

Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Tertiary education (professional bachelor’s, bachelor’s and master’s educational-qualification degrees)
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	Education and Culture Statistics Department
Contact name	Elena Tsankova
Contact person function	State expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 511
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified	26 April 2024
Metadata last posted	26 April 2024
Metadata last update	26 April 2024
Statistical presentation
Data description	Tertiary education statistics (professional bachelor’s, bachelor’s and master’s educational-qualification degrees) provide data on educational activity in the higher schools. Main units of observation are students (enrolled, newly enrolled and graduates) and academic staff. The main breakdowns of characteristics for collected data for students are sex, year of birth, level of education, mode of attendance, specialty, citizenship and country of prior education. Academic staff in tertiary schools is studied by sex, age, type of employment, position. From the 2023/2024 academic year, an administrative register of the Ministry of Education and Science was used as a data source for the students in tertiary education (students enrolled, new entrants and graduates) due to which there is a break in the time series.
Classification system	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011); Until 2016/2017 academic year - Eurostat Fields of Education and Training, 1999 (FOET); Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013).
Sector coverage	The survey covers all authorized higher schools (colleges, universities and equivalent higher schools) under the regulation of Higher Education Act. Until the 2021/2022 academic year incl., the scope of the survey also included the private spiritual higher schools, opened under the regulation of Religious Denominations Act. Due to a change in the Religious Denominations Act, the three spiritual higher schools are out of the scope of the survey, since 2022/2023 academic year.
Statistical concepts and definitions	A student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes educational programmes implemented in legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. Foreign students are those students who are not citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria as well as those who have dual citizenship and have been enrolled under the regulations about foreign citizens. The student mobility is measured by country of prior education which means that mobile student is a student who has graduated secondary education abroad. Graduates are those students who received a document for a completed level from a legitimate educational institution, containing all necessary records and stamps according to the law. The academic staff are officials who directly conduct the training sessions according to curriculum irrespective of whether they are full or part time employees. The academic staff in tertiary education (ISCED - 6 and 7) includes persons whose main engagement is teaching and research work. This staff includes officials such as rectors, vice rectors, deans, heads of departments, etc. if they have teaching activity. Management personnel includes officials performing management functions at the level of the educational institution - rectors, deans and their assistants, heads of departments. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs education services for persons and organizations and is created according to the regulations of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager), i.e. this is an independent educational institution. Dependent educational institutions are branches or units known under other names which are typically subordinate to an independent institution.
Statistical unit	Students and academic staff.
Statistical population	Participants in formal education.
Reference area	Whole country.
Time coverage	2001 - 2023
Base period	Not applicable.
Unit of measure
Number and per cent.
Reference period
Academic year.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	· Regulation (EC) N 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning; · Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Law on Statistics; · Higher education Act; · Law on Development of the Academic Staff in the Republic of Bulgaria.
Data sharing	Not applicable.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment	In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
Release policy
Release calendar	In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
User access	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Frequency of dissemination
Annual
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release on the NSI's web page.
Publications	· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure); · Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.
On-line database	Data for tertiary education (professional bachelor's, bachelor's and master's degrees) are available to all users on the NSI's website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4892 and via Information System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=164
Micro-data access	In accordance to the Rules for Provision of Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Other	Information request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Documentation on methodology	· Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf
Quality documentation	Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality management
Quality assurance	A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality assessment	The national quality report provides users with basic information about quality at national level.
Relevance
User needs	State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.
User satisfaction	Information is not available.
Completeness	Information is not available.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	Until 2022/2023 academic year incl.: · Reference date: November, 15; · Data collection: November - December. Since 2023/2024 academic year: Academic staff: · Reference date: November, 15; · Data collection: November - December. Students: · Reference date: December, 31. · Data processing: January - March; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.
Punctuality	Data are published at national level and provided to Eurostat in time.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	Fully comparable with all EU member states.
Comparability - over time	Partially comparable due to changes in the national legislation.
Coherence - cross domain	Data is coherent with 'Adult education survey'.
Coherence - internal	Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Cost and burden
Information is not available.
Data revision
Data revision - policy	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - practice	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Statistical processing
Source data	Universities, specialized higher schools and colleges.
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	Until 2022/2023 academic year incl.: Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire Report on tertiary education for master's, bachelor's and professional bachelor's educational-qualification degrees. Since 2023/2024 academic year: An administrative register has been used as a data source for the students in tertiary education - A register of all students enrolled, students interrupted their studies and graduates, which is maintained as an electronic database by the Ministry of Education and Science through the National Information and Documentation Centre.
Data validation	Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by Eurostat.
Data compilation	Not applicable.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Comment

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Tertiary education (doctor’s educational and scientific degree)
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	Education and Culture Statistics Department
Contact name	Elena Tsankova
Contact person function	State expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 511
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified	26 April 2024
Metadata last posted	26 April 2024
Metadata last update	26 April 2024
Statistical presentation
Data description	Tertiary education statistics (doctor’s educational and scientific degree) provide data on the number of PhD students enrolled, newly enrolled and graduates at doctoral level. The main breakdowns of characteristics for the collected data on PhD students are sex, age, mode of attendance, specialty, citizenship and country of prior education. Their number is determined as of a given date of observation – December 31. From the 2023/2024 academic year, an administrative register of the Ministry of Education and Science was used as a data source for the PhD students enrolled, new entrants and graduates due to which there is a break in the time series.
Classification system	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011); Until 2020/2021 academic year - Classification of the specialties for acquiring a doctor’s educational and scientific degree, complemented with the new doctoral programmes accredited by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency since 2012; Until 2016/2017 academic year - Eurostat Fields of Education and Training, 1999 (FOET); Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013).
Sector coverage	The survey covers all authorized higher schools and scientific organisations.
Statistical concepts and definitions	A PhD student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes educational programmes implemented in legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. Ph.D. students in scientific organisations are also included, irrespective of the mode of attendance. Foreign students are those students who are not citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria as well as those who have dual citizenship and have been enrolled under the regulations for foreign citizens. Graduates are those students who have received a document for a completed level from a legitimate educational institution, containing all necessary records and stamps according to the law. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs education services for persons and organizations and is created according to the regulations of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager), i.e. this is an independent educational institution. Dependent educational institutions are branches or units known under other names which are typically subordinate to an independent institution.
Statistical unit	PhD students.
Statistical population	Participants in formal education.
Reference area	Whole country.
Time coverage	2001 - 2023
Base period	Not applicable.
Unit of measure
Number and per cent.
Reference period
Academic year.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	· Regulation (EC) N 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning; · Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Law on Statistics; · Higher education Act; · Law on Development of the Academic Staff in the Republic of Bulgaria.
Data sharing	Not applicable.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment	In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
Release policy
Release calendar	In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
User access	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Frequency of dissemination
Annual
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release on the NSI's web page.
Publications	· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure).
On-line database	Data for tertiary education (doctor’s educational and scientific degree) are available to all users on the NSI's website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4912 and via Information System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=164
Micro-data access	In accordance to the Rules for Provision of Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Other	Information request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Documentation on methodology	· Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf
Quality documentation	Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality management
Quality assurance	A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality assessment	The national quality report provides users with basic information about quality at national level.
Relevance
User needs	State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.
User satisfaction	Information is not available.
Completeness	Information is not available.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	· Reference date: December 31; · Data collection: January - February (until 2022 incl.); · Data processing: March - April; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.
Punctuality	Data are published at national level and provided to Eurostat in time.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	Fully comparable with all EU member states.
Comparability - over time	Partially comparable due to the changes in the national legislation.
Coherence - cross domain	Data are coherent with Adult education survey.
Coherence - internal	Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Cost and burden
Information is not available.
Data revision
Data revision - policy	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - practice	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Statistical processing
Source data	Higher schools and scientific organisations.
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	Until 2022 incl.: Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire Report on PhD students. Since 2023: An administrative register - A register of all students enrolled, students interrupted their studies and graduates, which is maintained as an electronic database by the Ministry of Education and Science through the National Information and Documentation Centre.
Data validation	Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by Eurostat.
Data compilation	Not applicable.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Comment

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Tertiary education (professional bachelor’s, bachelor’s and master’s educational-qualification degrees)
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	Education and Culture Statistics Department
Contact name	Elena Tsankova
Contact person function	State expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 511
Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description	Tertiary education statistics (professional bachelor’s, bachelor’s and master’s educational-qualification degrees) provide data on educational activity in the higher schools. Main units of observation are students (enrolled, newly enrolled and graduates) and academic staff. The main breakdowns of characteristics for collected data for students are sex, year of birth, level of education, mode of attendance, specialty, citizenship and country of prior education. Academic staff in tertiary schools is studied by sex, age, type of employment, position. From the 2023/2024 academic year, an administrative register of the Ministry of Education and Science was used as a data source for the students in tertiary education (students enrolled, new entrants and graduates) due to which there is a break in the time series.
Classification system	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011); Until 2016/2017 academic year - Eurostat Fields of Education and Training, 1999 (FOET); Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013).
Sector coverage	The survey covers all authorized higher schools (colleges, universities and equivalent higher schools) under the regulation of Higher Education Act. Until the 2021/2022 academic year incl., the scope of the survey also included the private spiritual higher schools, opened under the regulation of Religious Denominations Act. Due to a change in the Religious Denominations Act, the three spiritual higher schools are out of the scope of the survey, since 2022/2023 academic year.
Statistical concepts and definitions	A student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes educational programmes implemented in legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. Foreign students are those students who are not citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria as well as those who have dual citizenship and have been enrolled under the regulations about foreign citizens. The student mobility is measured by country of prior education which means that mobile student is a student who has graduated secondary education abroad. Graduates are those students who received a document for a completed level from a legitimate educational institution, containing all necessary records and stamps according to the law. The academic staff are officials who directly conduct the training sessions according to curriculum irrespective of whether they are full or part time employees. The academic staff in tertiary education (ISCED - 6 and 7) includes persons whose main engagement is teaching and research work. This staff includes officials such as rectors, vice rectors, deans, heads of departments, etc. if they have teaching activity. Management personnel includes officials performing management functions at the level of the educational institution - rectors, deans and their assistants, heads of departments. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs education services for persons and organizations and is created according to the regulations of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager), i.e. this is an independent educational institution. Dependent educational institutions are branches or units known under other names which are typically subordinate to an independent institution.
Statistical unit	Students and academic staff.
Statistical population	Participants in formal education.
Reference area	Whole country.
Time coverage	2001 - 2023
Base period	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	Universities, specialized higher schools and colleges.
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	Until 2022/2023 academic year incl.: Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire Report on tertiary education for master's, bachelor's and professional bachelor's educational-qualification degrees. Since 2023/2024 academic year: An administrative register has been used as a data source for the students in tertiary education - A register of all students enrolled, students interrupted their studies and graduates, which is maintained as an electronic database by the Ministry of Education and Science through the National Information and Documentation Centre.
Data validation	Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by Eurostat.
Data compilation	Not applicable.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Quality management
Quality assurance	A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality assessment	The national quality report provides users with basic information about quality at national level.
Relevance
User needs	State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.
User satisfaction	Information is not available.
Completeness	Information is not available.
Data completeness - rate	Not applicable.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Sampling errors - indicators	Not applicable.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Coverage error	Not applicable.
Over-coverage - rate	Not applicable.
Common units - proportion	Not applicable.
Measurement error	Not applicable.
Non response error	Not applicable.
Unit non-response - rate	Not applicable.
Item non-response - rate	Not applicable.
Processing error	Not applicable.
Imputation - rate	Not applicable.
Model assumption error	Not applicable.
Seasonal adjustment	Not applicable.
Data revision - policy	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - practice	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - average size	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	Until 2022/2023 academic year incl.: · Reference date: November, 15; · Data collection: November - December. Since 2023/2024 academic year: Academic staff: · Reference date: November, 15; · Data collection: November - December. Students: · Reference date: December, 31. · Data processing: January - March; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.
Time lag - first results	20 weeks.
Time lag - final results	Not applicable.
Punctuality	Data are published at national level and provided to Eurostat in time.
Punctuality - delivery and publication	Not applicable.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	Fully comparable with all EU member states.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient	Not applicable.
Comparability - over time	Partially comparable due to changes in the national legislation.
Length of comparable time series	22 years.
Coherence - cross domain	Data is coherent with 'Adult education survey'.
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics	Not applicable.
Coherence - National Accounts	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release on the NSI's web page.
Publications	· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure); · Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.
On-line database	Data for tertiary education (professional bachelor's, bachelor's and master's degrees) are available to all users on the NSI's website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4892 and via Information System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=164
Data tables - consultations	Not available.
Micro-data access	In accordance to the Rules for Provision of Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Other	Information request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Metadata - consultations	Not available.
Documentation on methodology	· Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf
Metadata completeness – rate	Not avaliable.
Quality documentation	Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Cost and burden
Information is not available.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality – data treatment	In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
Comment

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Tertiary education (doctor’s educational and scientific degree)
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	Education and Culture Statistics Department
Contact name	Elena Tsankova
Contact person function	State expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 511
Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description	Tertiary education statistics (doctor’s educational and scientific degree) provide data on the number of PhD students enrolled, newly enrolled and graduates at doctoral level. The main breakdowns of characteristics for the collected data on PhD students are sex, age, mode of attendance, specialty, citizenship and country of prior education. Their number is determined as of a given date of observation – December 31. From the 2023/2024 academic year, an administrative register of the Ministry of Education and Science was used as a data source for the PhD students enrolled, new entrants and graduates due to which there is a break in the time series.
Classification system	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011); Until 2020/2021 academic year - Classification of the specialties for acquiring a doctor’s educational and scientific degree, complemented with the new doctoral programmes accredited by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency since 2012; Until 2016/2017 academic year - Eurostat Fields of Education and Training, 1999 (FOET); Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013).
Sector coverage	The survey covers all authorized higher schools and scientific organisations.
Statistical concepts and definitions	A PhD student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes educational programmes implemented in legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. Ph.D. students in scientific organisations are also included, irrespective of the mode of attendance. Foreign students are those students who are not citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria as well as those who have dual citizenship and have been enrolled under the regulations for foreign citizens. Graduates are those students who have received a document for a completed level from a legitimate educational institution, containing all necessary records and stamps according to the law. An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs education services for persons and organizations and is created according to the regulations of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager), i.e. this is an independent educational institution. Dependent educational institutions are branches or units known under other names which are typically subordinate to an independent institution.
Statistical unit	PhD students.
Statistical population	Participants in formal education.
Reference area	Whole country.
Time coverage	2001 - 2023
Base period	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	Higher schools and scientific organisations.
Frequency of data collection	Annual
Data collection	Until 2022 incl.: Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire Report on PhD students. Since 2023: An administrative register - A register of all students enrolled, students interrupted their studies and graduates, which is maintained as an electronic database by the Ministry of Education and Science through the National Information and Documentation Centre.
Data validation	Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by Eurostat.
Data compilation	Not applicable.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Quality management
Quality assurance	A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Quality assessment	The national quality report provides users with basic information about quality at national level.
Relevance
User needs	State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.
User satisfaction	Information is not available.
Completeness	Information is not available.
Data completeness - rate	Not applicable.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	Not applicable.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Sampling errors - indicators	Not applicable.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Coverage error	Not applicable.
Over-coverage - rate	Not applicable.
Common units - proportion	Not applicable.
Measurement error	Not applicable.
Non response error	Not applicable.
Unit non-response - rate	Not applicable.
Item non-response - rate	Not applicable.
Processing error	Not applicable.
Imputation - rate	Not applicable.
Model assumption error	Not applicable.
Seasonal adjustment	Not applicable.
Data revision - policy	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - practice	In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Data revision - average size	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	· Reference date: December 31; · Data collection: January - February (until 2022 incl.); · Data processing: March - April; · Dissemination of national results: April; · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.
Time lag - first results	16 weeks.
Time lag - final results	Not applicable.
Punctuality	Data are published at national level and provided to Eurostat in time.
Punctuality - delivery and publication	Not applicable.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	Fully comparable with all EU member states.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient	Not applicable.
Comparability - over time	Partially comparable due to the changes in the national legislation.
Length of comparable time series	23 years.
Coherence - cross domain	Data are coherent with Adult education survey.
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics	Not applicable.
Coherence - National Accounts	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release on the NSI's web page.
Publications	· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure).
On-line database	Data for tertiary education (doctor’s educational and scientific degree) are available to all users on the NSI's website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4912 and via Information System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=164
Data tables - consultations	Not avaliable.
Micro-data access	In accordance to the Rules for Provision of Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Other	Information request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Metadata - consultations	Not avaliable.
Documentation on methodology	· Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf
Metadata completeness – rate	Not avaliable.
Quality documentation	Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.
Cost and burden
Information is not available.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality – data treatment	In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
Comment

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Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2023/2024 School Year

Friday, 26 April 2024 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In 2023/2024 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 216.9 thousand children.
In 2023, the number of basic education graduates was 63.4 thousand students and the number of upper-secondary education graduates from general and vocational programmes was respectively 24.2 and 15.4 thousand students.
In 2023/2024 academic year, there w...

Education2023_en_08NKATC.pdf

Main results from the Adult Education Survey 2022 (preliminary data)

Thursday, 14 September 2023 - 11:00

Adult Education Survey is conducted every 5 years in all EU member states through a common methodology and a harmonized questionnaire in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) № 2019/1700 of 10 October 2019.

According to the survey, 637.9 thousand persons (18.9%) aged 25 - 64 participated in at least one non-formal training in the last 12 months. Compared with the previous survey wave, there was a decrease of 3.6 percentage points. While almost every third person (31.1%) with a tertiary education has participated in at least one non-formal training, this share is 4.7% for thos...

AES2022_en_H7E93CU.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2022/2023 School Year

Wednesday, 26 April 2023 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In 2022/2023 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 216.5 thousand children.
In 2022, the number of basic education graduates was 61.1 thousand students and the number of upper-secondary education graduates from general and vocational programmes were respectively 23.2 and 13.2 thousand students.
In 2022/2023 academic year, there ...

Education2022_en_4UPGZS4.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2021/2022 School Year

Tuesday, 26 April 2022 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In 2021/2022 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 214.8 thousand children.
In 2021, the number of basic education graduates was 58.3 thousand students and graduates from general and vocational schools were respectively 25.2 and 17.8 thousand students.
In 2021/2022 academic year, there were 220.4 thousand students enrolled at th...

Education2021_en_OCQ5H5R.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2020/2021 School Year

Monday, 26 April 2021 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In 2020/2021 school year in pre-primary education (kindergartens and preparatory groups at schools) were enrolled 215.7 thousand children.
In 2020, the number of basic education graduates was 59.9 thousand students and graduates from general and vocational schools were respectively 25.5 and 19.6 thousand students.
In 2020/2021 academic year, there were 219.8 thousand students enrolled in the diff...

Education2020_en_8POU0B1.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2019/2020 School Year

Friday, 24 April 2020 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In the 2019/2020 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 217.9 thousand children or with 0.4% less in comparison with the previous year.
In 2019, high school graduates from general and vocational schools are respectively 25.8 and 21.6 thousand students.
In 2019/2020 academic year, 220.2 thousand persons were enrolled in the different tertiary education levels.
As of 31.1...

Education2019_en_G60QZG9.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2018/2019 School Year

Thursday, 25 April 2019 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In the 2018/2019 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 218.8 thousand children or with 1.0% less in comparison with the previous year.
In 2018, high school graduates from general and vocational schools are respectively 26.5 and 23.0 thousand students.
Enrolled in the varying degrees of higher education in 2018/2019 academic year are 229.5 thousand persons.
As of 31.12.2018 for acquiring ed...

Education2018_en_SJ291X2.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2017/2018 School Year

Friday, 27 April 2018 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute annual comprehensive surveys characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

In the 2017/2018 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 220.9 thousand children or with 1.6% less in comparison with the previous year.
In 2017, upper-secondary graduates in general and vocational schools are respectively 26.6 thousand and 21.7 thousand students.
Enrolled in the varying degrees of higher education in 2017/2018 academic year are 236.3 thousand.
As of 31.12.2017 for acquiring educa...

Education2017_en_854DBUN.pdf

Main results from the Adult Education Survey (third wave, 2016)

Friday, 15 September 2017 - 11:10

Adult Education Survey is conducted once every five years in all EU Member States through a common methodology and a harmonized toolkit that provides comparable data for assessment on lifelong learning.

The National Statistical Institute presents final results from the survey conducted in the end of 2016.

...

AES2016_en_UVASRDP.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2016/2017 School Year

Thursday, 27 April 2017 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive studies characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

• In the 2016/2017 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 224.4 thousand children or with 3.3% less in comparison with the previous year.

Education2016_en_DCRPGL6.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2015/2016 School Year

Thursday, 28 April 2016 - 11:00

The main results from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) annual comprehensive studies characterizing the activity of educational institutions are as follows:

• In the 2015/2016 academic year in kindergartens are enrolled 232.0 thousand children or with 3.8% less in comparison with the previous year.

Education2015_en_733T907.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2014/2015 School Year

Tuesday, 28 April 2015 - 11:00

The main results of the yearly exhaustive surveys that characterize the activity of the educational institutions, conducted by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), are:

• The number of children in kindergartens for 2014/2015 was 241.1 thousand as an increase of 0.2% is observed in comparison with the previous school year.

Education2014_en_BYR0D7B.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2013/2014 School Year

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 - 11:00

The main results of the yearly exhaustive surveys that characterize the activity of the educational institutions, conducted by the National Statistical Institute, are:

The number of children in kindergartens for 2013/2014 was 240.6 thousand as an increase of 2.4% is observed in comparison with the previous school year.
In 2013, 28.9 and 27.4 thousand students graduated secondary education in respectively general and vocational schools.
For the 2013/2014 academic year, the number of enrollments in higher education remained almost unchange...

Education2013_en_LPN9VVX.pdf

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2012/2013 School Year

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 - 11:00

The main results of the yearly exhaustive surveys that characterize the activity of the educational institutions, conducted by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), are: • The number of children in kindergartens for 2012/2013 was 235.0 thousand as an increase of 3.1% is observed in comparison with the previous school year. • In 2012, 30.3 and 29.4 thousand students graduated secondary education in respectively general and vocational schools. • For the 2012/2013 academic year, the number of enrollments in higher education remained almost unchanged in comparison with the previous academ...

Participation of the Population Aged 25 - 64 in Lifelong Learning (Analysis of the Main Results of the Adult Education Survey 2011)

Wednesday, 26 September 2012 - 11:00

Adult Education Survey covers broad range of topics, connected to the education and training of adults, like participation in different forms of Lifelong Learning (formal, non-formal and informal), reasons for non-participation, access to information on possibilities for education and training, use of computers, language skills, participation in cultural and social events....

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2011/2012 School Year

Wednesday, 2 May 2012 - 11:00

The educational structure of population aged 7 and more improves considerably, following the clearly expressed tendency of increase of the number and share of population with tertiary and upper secondary education and decrease the number of people with lower secondary or lower education. As of 1.02.2011 the Population census results shows 1 348.7 thousand persons with tertiary education, or each fifth person (19.6%). With upper secondary education are 2 990.4 thousand persons (43.4%). The proportion of persons with primary or lower education is 13.9% (or every seventh in 100). ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria for 2010/2011 School Year

Friday, 29 April 2011 - 11:00

During the 2006 - 2010 period the educational attainment of the population aged 25 - 64 continues to improve following the clear-cut tendency towards an increase of the number and share of the population with tertiary and secondary education together with the decrease of the number and share of people with primary and lower education. The relative share of the population with tertiary education (college and university) increased from 21.9% in 2006 to 23.2% in 2010 or by 1.3 points and the share of the population with secondary education increased from 52.5 to 56.2% or by 3.7 points. Parallel t...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2024

Friday, 27 September 2024 - 10:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to the attention of users interested in social statistics the newest annual bilingual (Bulgarian and English) electronic publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2024.

The publication contains main data from the annual comprehensive statistical observations characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria in the period 2019 - 2023.

The publication includes data on kindergartens, educational institutions, students in different types of schools, teachers, students - Bulgarian and forei...

Statistical Reference Book 2024

Monday, 24 June 2024 - 11:30

Тhe National Statistical Institute presents to the users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2024 in English.

The Statistical Reference Book presents up-to-date information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2019 - 2023 period.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic acti...

Statistical Reference Book 2024 (Bulgarian version)

Friday, 14 June 2024 - 12:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2024 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry,...

Statistical Yearbook 2023

Monday, 3 June 2024 - 10:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 91-st edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2017 - 2022 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National Statistical Sys...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2023

Monday, 4 September 2023 - 15:20

The publication contains main data from the five carried out annual comprehensive statistical surveys, which characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria for the period from 2018/2019 to 2022/2023 school (academic) years.

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils b...

Statistical Reference Book 2023 (Bulgarian version)

Wednesday, 5 July 2023 - 09:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2023 in Bulgarian.

The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2018 - 2022 period.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings ...

Statistical Reference Book 2023

Wednesday, 5 July 2023 - 09:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2023 in English.

Statistical Yearbook 2022

Wednesday, 7 June 2023 - 09:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 90th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2016 - 2021 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National Statistical ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2022

Tuesday, 6 December 2022 - 14:25

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, ...

Statistical Reference Book 2022

Wednesday, 10 August 2022 - 11:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2022 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, ...

Statistical Reference Book 2022 (Bulgarian version)

Monday, 4 July 2022 - 12:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2022 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2021

Thursday, 2 June 2022 - 11:30

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 89^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2015 - 2020 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2021

Wednesday, 1 September 2021 - 10:07

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils b...

Statistical Reference Book 2021

Thursday, 8 July 2021 - 14:45

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2021 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2021 (Bulgarian version)

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 - 13:50

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2021 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agri...

Statistical Yearbook 2020

Wednesday, 9 June 2021 - 11:40

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 88^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2014 - 2019 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...

Statistical Yearbook 2012

Friday, 22 January 2021 - 14:18

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 80^t^h edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2007 - 2011 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

Accor...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2020

Friday, 28 August 2020 - 13:40

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di...

Statistical Reference Book 2020

Friday, 26 June 2020 - 12:18

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2020 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2020 (Bulgarian version)

Thursday, 18 June 2020 - 12:07

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2020 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture,...

Statistical Yearbook 2019

Friday, 29 May 2020 - 16:10

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 87^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2013 - 2018 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2019

Friday, 30 August 2019 - 14:15

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di...

Statistical Yearbook 2018 in infographics

Tuesday, 25 June 2019 - 14:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to your attention the 86^th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria in infographics.

In 2018, for the first time, we presented the results of the statistical surveys through graphics, images and other visualization tools, which resulted in a positive response among a wide range of users. We believe that this modern way of presenting statistical information will trigger the interest in those who for the first time encounter the meaning of numbers revealing important aspects of socio-economic life.

...

Statistical Reference Book 2019

Monday, 24 June 2019 - 15:10

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2019 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f...

Statistical Reference Book 2019 (Bulgarian version)

Thursday, 13 June 2019 - 15:25

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2019 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2018

Tuesday, 21 May 2019 - 09:50

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 86^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2012 - 2017 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2018

Monday, 13 August 2018 - 14:15

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di...

Statistical Reference Book 2018

Friday, 29 June 2018 - 12:55

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2018 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f...

Statistical Yearbook 2017 in infographics

Monday, 25 June 2018 - 10:00

The National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria offers a different view of the statistical information included in the 85th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The publication is intended for a wider audience as statistical data are presented in a plain and easy understandable way.

The current state and changes in the socio-economic and cultural life in the country are presented not in the traditional way in tables and text, but through infographics - images, graphics and other visualization tools.

We belie...

Statistical Reference Book 2018 (Bulgarian version)

Wednesday, 13 June 2018 - 16:30

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2018 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2017

Tuesday, 29 May 2018 - 16:37

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 84^th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2012 - 2016 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2017

Thursday, 31 August 2017 - 15:25

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di...

Statistical Reference Book 2017

Tuesday, 27 June 2017 - 11:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2017 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f...

Statistical Reference Book 2017 (Bulgarian version)

Monday, 12 June 2017 - 16:12

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2017 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2016

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - 10:40

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2011 - 2015 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2016

Monday, 22 August 2016 - 16:50

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by di...

Statistical Reference Book 2016

Monday, 13 June 2016 - 16:54

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2016 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2016 (Bulgarian version)

Monday, 6 June 2016 - 12:25

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2016 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2015

Friday, 20 May 2016 - 14:10

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 83^rd edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2010 - 2014 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2015

Wednesday, 26 August 2015 - 16:38

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils by differ...

Statistical Reference Book 2015

Wednesday, 10 June 2015 - 16:58

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2015 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2015 (Bulgarian version)

Tuesday, 2 June 2015 - 16:42

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2015 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2014

Wednesday, 13 May 2015 - 16:19

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 82^nd edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2009 - 2013 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the Nati...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 - 15:51

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, educa...

Statistical Reference Book 2014

Wednesday, 18 June 2014 - 10:01

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2014 in English.

Statistical Reference Book 2014 (Bulgarian version)

Monday, 9 June 2014 - 16:59

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2014 in Bulgarian.

Statistical Yearbook 2013

Friday, 23 May 2014 - 18:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 81^st edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2008 - 2012 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the Nati...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2013

Tuesday, 3 December 2013 - 16:53

The National Statistical Institute presents to the attention of users interested in social statistics the newest annual bilingual (Bulgarian&English) electronic publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2013.

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education institutions, pupils b...

Statistical Reference Book 2013

Thursday, 4 July 2013 - 14:22

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2013 in English.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agric...

Statistical Reference Book 2013 (Bulgarian version)

Wednesday, 26 June 2013 - 14:18

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2013 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agr...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2012

Friday, 14 December 2012 - 10:39

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, education ...

Statistical Reference Book 2012

Monday, 27 August 2012 - 17:19

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2012 in English.

The Statistical Reference Book represents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2007 - 2011 period.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agr...

Statistical Reference Book 2012 (Bulgarian version)

Tuesday, 24 July 2012 - 17:01

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2012 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings&...

Statistical Yearbook 2011

Friday, 22 June 2012 - 10:53

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 79^t^h edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2005 - 2010 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2011

Thursday, 1 September 2011 - 10:38

The National Statistical Institute presents the issued annual bilingual (Bulgarian-English) electronic publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2011 to the attention of users interested in statistical editions containing information in the field of social statistics.

The publication contains general data from the carried out five annual comprehensive statistical surveys, which characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria for the 2006 - 2010 period.

The issue presents a broad range of data about kindergartens, e...

Statistical Reference Book 2011

Tuesday, 26 July 2011 - 17:30

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2011 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments...

Statistical Yearbook 2010

Monday, 20 June 2011 - 14:41

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 78^t^h edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2004 - 2009 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

Accor...

Statistical Yearbook 2009

Thursday, 30 December 2010 - 14:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 77th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format. The issue is published in 2010, which marks 130 years since the establishment of a statistical institution in Bulgaria and 100 years since publishing of the first ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Bulgarian Kingdom’ in 1910.

This issue has new design and layout. It provides current statistical information about ...

Statistical Reference Book 2010

Friday, 1 October 2010 - 15:09

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2010 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments...

Adult Education and Training

Wednesday, 7 July 2010 - 12:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to the users of statistical information the publication Adult Education and Training.

The publication is bilingual (Bulgarian/English) and contains general results from the carried out by NSI inquiry statistical survey (interview) in the households conducted during the period November-December of the year 2007. The survey main target is to determinate the participation rate for persons aged 25 - 64 years in the different forms of the lifelong learning. It is conducted in all member states in the EU by common me...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2010

Tuesday, 6 July 2010 - 16:01

The National Statistical Institute presents the issued annual bilingual (Bulgarian-English) publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2010 to the attention of users interested in statistical editions containing information in the field of social statistics.

The publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2010 contains general data from the carried out four annual comprehensive statistical surveys, which characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria for the 2005 - 2009 period.

The issue presents ...

Bulgaria 2009 - Statistical Panorama

Friday, 2 July 2010 - 17:48

The National Statistical Institute annual publication Bulgaria 2009 - Statistical Panorama (in Bulgarian and summary in English) is available to users of statistical information. In the issue are analyzed the demographic, social and economic development of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2009. Comparisons with the previuous 2008, the basic 2000 and the year 1995 are also made. The publication considers trends and structural changes occurring in the country. Results from pilot Eurostat projects and one-time surveys in the respective fields are being used.

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Statistical Reference Book 2009

Friday, 4 December 2009 - 00:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2009 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The issue is with a new design and enrich contents. For the first time are included methodological and analytic notes towards all chapters. The information is illustrated with a rich graphic materials.

The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural ...

Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2009

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 - 11:08

The National Statistical Institute presents the issued annual bilingual (Bulgarian-English) publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2009 to the attention of users interested in statistical editions containing information in the field of social statistics.

The publication Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2009 contains general data from the carried out four annual comprehensive statistical surveys, which characterizing the activity of educational institutions in Bulgaria for the 2004 - 2008 period.

The issue presents ...

Bulgaria 2008 - Statistical Panorama

Friday, 4 September 2009 - 14:55

The National Statistical Institute annual publication Bulgaria 2008 - Statistical Panorama (in Bulgarian and summary in English) is available to users of statistical information. In the issue are analyzed the demographic, social and economic development of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2008. Comparisons with the preceding years are made and the tendencies of the development and the current structural changes are considered.

The publication is formed topically by sections, as each section contains short analytical text with charts and tables. The mai...

Statistical Yearbook 2008

Wednesday, 13 May 2009 - 11:03

The National Statistical Institute has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 76th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008. It provides topical statistical information on the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2002 - 2007 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National Statistical System, wh...

Statistical Reference Book of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008

Friday, 27 June 2008 - 16:08

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information one of its main publications - Statistical Reference Book of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross dom...

Continuing Vocational Training in Еnterprises in 2005

Tuesday, 22 January 2008 - 11:39

The National Statistical Institute informs its customers that the publication Continuing Vocational Training in Еnterprises in 2005 is already available.

The main results from the carried out in 2006 sample survey on vocational training (initial and continuing) organized by the enterprises in 2005 for their employed are presented in the publication.

The publication contains four sections:

- Methodological notes, in which the main goal and tasks, the definitions and used classifications, the object and the scope of the survey, the ...

Classification of Fields of Education and Training 2008

Monday, 14 January 2008 - 10:12

The National Statistical Institute informs the users of statistical information that the publication 'Classification of Fields of Education and Training 2008' is already available (in Bulgarian only). This classification is used for the purpose of classifying programmes according to fields of education and training.

The publication contains an introduction, structure and explanatory notes. The classifications' structure has three hierarchical levels - first level for 'broad fields', second level 'narrow fields' and third level 'detailed fields'. There are 9 b...