Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Bolivia
Bolivia: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 7.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Bolivia, 2006–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bolivia is 7.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bolivia peaked at 8.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 2006.
That places Bolivia 12th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 6.4% | 7.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 7.5% | 6.5% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 7.5% | 8.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
- 9 Marshall Islands 7.7% compare
- 10 Vanuatu 7.6% compare
- 11 Mauritania 7.6% compare
- 13 Sweden 7.3% compare
- 14 Iceland 7.3% compare
- 15 Montserrat 7.2% compare
More education data for Bolivia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 76,710 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.52 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bolivia?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bolivia was 7.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 2006.
- How does Bolivia rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Bolivia ranks 12th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.