Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper female in Bolivia
Bolivia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper female was 50.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bolivia, 1976–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bolivia is 50.7%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bolivia peaked at 56.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 1976.
Bolivia ranks 79th of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper female in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8.9% | — |
| 1992 | 23.2% | +161.1% |
| 1999 | 23.7% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 26.0% | +9.6% |
| 2001 | 32.3% | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 22.6% | -30.1% |
| 2004 | 22.0% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 26.9% | +22.3% |
| 2006 | 30.5% | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 31.7% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 32.2% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 34.4% | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 37.1% | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 39.5% | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 42.3% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 38.0% | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 49.5% | +30.4% |
| 2016 | 39.4% | -20.5% |
| 2017 | 41.7% | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 41.5% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 56.5% | +36.1% |
| 2020 | 55.4% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 45.9% | -17.1% |
| 2022 | 47.8% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 50.9% | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 50.7% | -0.4% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 50.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.9%, 2.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 50.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 51.2%, 99% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper 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 | +161.1% | 8.9% | 23.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.9% | 8.9% | 8.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 23.5% | 23.2% | 23.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.7% | 22.0% | 34.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 42.8% | 37.1% | 56.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 50.1% | 45.9% | 55.4% | 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 50.7% 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 56.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 1976.
- How does Bolivia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Bolivia ranks 79th out of 141 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 33.5%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release