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2024
global knowledge index
Bulgaria
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):214.061
- Population:6,795,803
- HDI:0.799
38/141
Gki
Score
56.1
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Bulgaria is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 38th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 1st out of the 35 countries with high human development.
Areas of Strength
- ISO 14001 environmental certificates (per billion GDP)
- ISO 9001 quality certificates (per billion GDP)
- Mobile upload and download speeds
- International Internet bandwidth per user
- Completion rate in upper secondary education, gender parity
Areas of Improvement
- Firms that spend on R&D (%)
- Firms with products and services new to the market (%)
- Entrepreneurial employee activity rate
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
- Citations per document
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
53
71.45
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
27
60.29
Higher
Education
29
55.5
Research, Development
and Innovation
41
35.42
Information and
Communications Technology
41
59.87
Economy
45
58.04
Enabling
Environment
48
61.5
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GKI Pillars
