Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Bolivia
Bolivia: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 88.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Bolivia, 1973–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, total in Bolivia is 88.5%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Bolivia peaked at 96.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 35.1%, in 1973.
That places Bolivia 95th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 35.1% | — |
| 1990 | 48.4% | +37.8% |
| 1991 | 51.2% | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 49.6% | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 59.7% | +20.4% |
| 1994 | 61.3% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 63.5% | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 65.4% | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 68.9% | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 64.9% | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 75.1% | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 80.5% | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 85.3% | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 90.3% | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 91.8% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 96.4% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 96.8% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 94.3% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 90.3% | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 93.3% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 88.3% | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 87.1% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 84.8% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 86.1% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 89.1% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 93.7% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 89.9% | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 86.7% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 83.0% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 83.1% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 85.5% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 88.4% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 82.5% | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 88.4% | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 88.5% | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +37.8% | 35.1% | 48.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35.1% | 35.1% | 35.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 60.8% | 48.4% | 75.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 90.7% | 80.5% | 96.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.9% | 83.0% | 93.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.0% | 82.5% | 88.5% | 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 lower secondary completion rate, total in Bolivia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Bolivia was 88.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.1% in 1973.
- How does Bolivia rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Bolivia ranks 95th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.