Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Bolivia
Bolivia: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female was 31.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Bolivia, 1976–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bolivia recorded 31.3% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Bolivia peaked at 31.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1976.
That places Bolivia 44th out of 128 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3.3% | — |
| 1992 | 8.7% | +164.0% |
| 1999 | 7.2% | -16.4% |
| 2000 | 6.5% | -10.4% |
| 2001 | 11.9% | +83.8% |
| 2002 | 7.5% | -37.5% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +36.3% |
| 2006 | 19.2% | +88.9% |
| 2008 | 18.7% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 21.0% | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 22.8% | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 26.0% | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 18.2% | -30.1% |
| 2017 | 20.6% | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 29.6% | +34.2% |
| 2020 | 30.1% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 27.6% | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 30.1% | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 31.3% | +4.0% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 31.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.2%, 3.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 31.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.4%, 1.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female 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 | +164.0% | 3.3% | 8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 8.0% | 7.2% | 8.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 6.5% | 21.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 23.2% | 18.2% | 29.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 29.8% | 27.6% | 31.3% | 4 |
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Bolivia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Bolivia was 31.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 31.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1976.
- How does Bolivia rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Bolivia ranks 44th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release