Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural male in Bolivia
Bolivia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural male was 53.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bolivia recorded 53.8% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia peaked at 64.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2006.
That places Bolivia 83rd out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 male in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 40.5% | — |
| 2000 | 27.1% | -33.1% |
| 2001 | 43.6% | +61.0% |
| 2002 | 30.0% | -31.3% |
| 2004 | 37.5% | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 33.2% | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | -56.4% |
| 2007 | 36.7% | +153.3% |
| 2008 | 27.6% | -24.9% |
| 2009 | 28.9% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 40.5% | +40.4% |
| 2012 | 40.9% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 40.8% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 41.4% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 44.0% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 42.3% | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 41.6% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 46.7% | +12.3% |
| 2019 | 51.2% | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 58.3% | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 53.6% | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 64.0% | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 56.3% | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 53.8% | -4.3% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 53.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58.8%, 92% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 53.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 70.5%, 76% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural male 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +153.3% | 14.5% | 36.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.5% | 40.5% | 40.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 31.0% | 14.5% | 43.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 43.3% | 40.5% | 51.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 57.2% | 53.6% | 64.0% | 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 53.8% 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 64.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2006.
- How does Bolivia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bolivia ranks 83rd 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 30.0%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release