Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower both in Bolivia
Bolivia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower both was 65.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bolivia, 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bolivia recorded 65.6% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bolivia peaked at 65.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22.9%, in 1976.
That places Bolivia 78th out of 135 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower both in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 22.9% | — |
| 1992 | 44.7% | +95.3% |
| 2000 | 43.2% | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 45.1% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 40.0% | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 40.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 44.6% | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 42.1% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 49.9% | +18.4% |
| 2008 | 44.6% | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 46.9% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 54.0% | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 51.9% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 58.6% | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 54.7% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 56.4% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 57.4% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 57.6% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 59.0% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 62.5% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 64.7% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 63.7% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 61.3% | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 65.6% | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 65.6% | +0.1% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 65.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 42.3%, 1.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 65.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 63.0%, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower both in Bolivia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +95.3% | 22.9% | 44.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.9% | 22.9% | 22.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 44.7% | 44.7% | 44.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 44.1% | 40.0% | 49.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 56.9% | 51.9% | 62.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 64.2% | 61.3% | 65.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More education data for Bolivia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 90.73 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 90.75 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 72,283 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 39,642 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 169,575 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 164,013 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.38 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8594 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bolivia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bolivia was 65.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 65.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.9% in 1976.
- How does Bolivia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Bolivia ranks 78th out of 135 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release