Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Bolivia
Bolivia: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 30.7% 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 30.7% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Bolivia peaked at 31.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1976.
That places Bolivia 42nd out of 129 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 9.6% | 8.3% | 10.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.4% | 8.5% | 22.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 25.6% | 20.7% | 31.1% | 4 |
| 2020s | 29.7% | 27.1% | 31.5% | 4 |
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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 short-cycle tertiary education in Bolivia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Bolivia was 30.7% 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 31.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1976.
- How does Bolivia rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Bolivia ranks 42nd out of 129 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 27.7%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release