Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia
Bolivia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 76.0% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia, 1992β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia stood at 76.0%.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bolivia peaked at 81.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 51.0%, in 2006.
Bolivia ranks 106th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.0% | 61.0% | 61.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 59.1% | 51.0% | 66.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 69.4% | 64.5% | 74.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 78.1% | 75.2% | 81.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
- 103 Brazil 79.0% compare
- 104 Dominican Republic 77.4% compare
- 105 India 77.1% compare
- 107 Ghana 75.9% compare
- 108 Egypt, Arab Republic of 74.9% compare
- 109 Tanzania, United Republic of 72.6% compare
More education data for Bolivia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 76,710 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (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, per capita 0.0062 units per person (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 76.0% 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 81.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.0% in 2006.
- How does Bolivia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bolivia ranks 106th out of 134 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 12.3%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release