Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Bolivia
Bolivia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male was 55.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bolivia, 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bolivia stood at 55.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bolivia peaked at 63.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 1976.
Bolivia ranks 74th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15.6% | — |
| 1992 | 33.1% | +112.7% |
| 2000 | 33.8% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 44.0% | +30.2% |
| 2002 | 29.1% | -33.9% |
| 2004 | 30.7% | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 35.4% | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 36.8% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 42.2% | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 40.3% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 42.8% | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 44.1% | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 46.9% | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 50.9% | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 44.0% | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 52.9% | +20.2% |
| 2016 | 47.2% | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 48.0% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 49.2% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 63.8% | +29.8% |
| 2020 | 63.4% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 53.9% | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 53.8% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 56.8% | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 55.7% | -2.0% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 55.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32.8%, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 55.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46.9%, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +112.7% | 15.6% | 33.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.6% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 33.1% | 33.1% | 33.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 37.2% | 29.1% | 44.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 49.7% | 44.0% | 63.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 56.7% | 53.8% | 63.4% | 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 upper secondary education or in Bolivia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bolivia was 55.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 63.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 1976.
- How does Bolivia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Bolivia ranks 74th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. 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 upper secondary 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