School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Bolivia
Bolivia: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 7.62 years in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Bolivia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Bolivia is 7.62 years, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Bolivia peaked at 9.16 years in 2002 and was at its lowest, 7.62 years, in 2024.
Bolivia ranks 169th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 8.47 years | — |
| 1999 | 8.72 years | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 9.04 years | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 9.05 years | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 9.16 years | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 9.08 years | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 9.07 years | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 9.01 years | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 8.88 years | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 8.81 years | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 8.76 years | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 8.44 years | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 8.4 years | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 8.11 years | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 8.03 years | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 7.99 years | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 7.89 years | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 7.79 years | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 7.75 years | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 7.76 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.81 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 7.9 years | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 7.94 years | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 7.88 years | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 7.94 years | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 7.97 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 7.62 years | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.6 years | 8.47 years | 8.72 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.93 years | 8.44 years | 9.16 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.94 years | 7.75 years | 8.4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.87 years | 7.62 years | 7.97 years | 5 |
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More education data for Bolivia
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 50,309 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 26,401 (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Bolivia?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in Bolivia was 7.62 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.16 years in 2002.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.62 years in 2024.
- How does Bolivia rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- Bolivia ranks 169th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release