Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Bolivia
Bolivia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.7477 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia stood at 0.7477 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia peaked at 0.7477 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4 GPIA, in 2002.
Bolivia ranks 82nd of 100 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.4543 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.4576 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4922 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4 GPIA | -18.7% |
| 2004 | 0.424 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5211 GPIA | +22.9% |
| 2006 | 0.6802 GPIA | +30.5% |
| 2007 | 0.4741 GPIA | -30.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5254 GPIA | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 0.5707 GPIA | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 0.5778 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.598 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.625 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5531 GPIA | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6 GPIA | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 0.5721 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6106 GPIA | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5953 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6816 GPIA | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6128 GPIA | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 0.6922 GPIA | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7169 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7213 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.7477 GPIA | +3.7% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 0.7477 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7341 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 0.7477 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 75% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4543 GPIA | 0.4543 GPIA | 0.4543 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.505 GPIA | 0.4 GPIA | 0.6802 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6015 GPIA | 0.5531 GPIA | 0.6816 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6982 GPIA | 0.6128 GPIA | 0.7477 GPIA | 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 primary education or higher in Bolivia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia was 0.7477 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7477 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Bolivia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bolivia ranks 82nd out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release