Net attendance rate of primary school in Bolivia
Bolivia: Net attendance rate of primary school was 98.8% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Net attendance rate of primary school in Bolivia, 2000–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, net attendance rate of primary school in Bolivia stood at 98.8%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 30.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net attendance rate of primary school in Bolivia peaked at 98.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 75.8%, in 2020.
That places Bolivia 8th out of 36 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.9% | 83.2% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.5% | 95.8% | 98.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 87.3% | 75.8% | 98.8% | 2 |
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More education data for Bolivia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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 76,710 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.52 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net attendance rate of primary school in Bolivia?
- Net attendance rate of primary school in Bolivia was 98.8% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest net attendance rate of primary school recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.8% in 2020.
- How does Bolivia rank for net attendance rate of primary school?
- Bolivia ranks 8th out of 36 countries with data for 2021.
- Is net attendance rate of primary school rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net attendance rate of primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are attending school at any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.