Millennium Development Goals

Bulgaria

Human Development Indicators	Death Rate (per 1000 population)	Life Expectancy	Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	Mean years of schooling	Gross National Income per captita $US
2015 Statistics	140	73.55	11	10.57	15,401.58

Bulgaria has been working on meeting the Millennium development goals, specifically the goals ‘Eradicate Poverty’ and ‘Improve Education Bulgaria’s level of poverty has dropped from 15.6% in 2001 to 14.1% in 2007 and the current goal for 2015 is 13%.  Although this may not seem like a lot, the average monthly income (euros) has grown from 88 in 2001 to 165 in 2007 and the goal of 280 in 2015.  Bulgaria has been working on improving enrollment rates in education, especially the higher education grades.  The completion rate in secondary education in 2002 was 51.3%, 74% in 2006 and the goal for 2015 is 90%.  More students have completed higher education levels, which has dramatically improved the goals of improving education.