Education in Bolivia

146 indicators covering education for Bolivia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 64.8% 2025 up 4.9% 98th
Population ages 0-14 29.4% 2025 down 9.7% 74th
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
School enrollment, primary 93.7% 2024 down 1.9% 159th
Primary education, teachers 76,710 2024 down 4.3% 69th
School enrollment, primary, female 93.3% 2024 down 0.8% 160th
School enrollment, primary, male 94.0% 2024 down 2.9% 159th
Labor force, total 6.98 million 2025 up 39.3% 70th
Labor force, female 46.6% 2025 up 10.6% 77th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9983 GPI 2020 up 0.4% 72nd
School enrollment, secondary 90.5% 2024 up 1.2% 105th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.8 per 1,000 2024 down 9.4% 100th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 82nd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.8% 80th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 28.0% 77th
Secondary education, teachers 72,283 2024 up 23.1% 73rd
School enrollment, secondary, female 90.2% 2024 up 1.2% 116th
School enrollment, secondary, male 90.8% 2024 up 1.2% 97th
School enrollment, primary, private 10.1% 2024 up 6.6% 114th
School enrollment, preprimary 78.5% 2020 up 65.3% 78th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9896 GPI 2020 down 0.6% 130th
Secondary education, teachers, female 37,689 2024 up 24.8% 73rd
Primary completion rate, female 90.9% 2024 down 1.0% 118th
Primary completion rate, male 91.0% 2024 down 0.6% 114th
Government expenditure on education, total 7.5% 2024 up 0.8% 12th
Secondary education, general pupils 445,168 2018 up 5.4% 100th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 88.5% 2024 down 5.5% 95th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 79.1% 2020 up 65.8% 77th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 77.9% 2020 up 64.8% 76th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 96.8% 2023 up 2.2% 53rd
Government expenditure on education, total 20.2% 2024 up 11.2% 18th
Secondary education, general pupils 47.5% 2018 down 1.7% 176th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 89.6% 2024 down 4.4% 98th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 87.5% 2024 down 6.6% 95th
Children out of school 9.3% 2024 down 16.9% 54th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 1.38 million 2024 up 3.2% 78th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Secondary education, pupils 1.30 million 2024 up 9.1% 62nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 96.4% 2023 up 2.6% 52nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 97.1% 2023 up 1.6% 53rd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 788,570 2018 up 23.7% 17th
Number of under-five deaths, male 2,279 2024 down 44.6% 74th
Number of under-five deaths, female 1,801 2024 down 44.9% 74th
Number of infant deaths, male 2,073 2024 down 42.7% 72nd
Number of infant deaths, female 1,625 2024 down 42.9% 72nd
Children out of school, female 9.3% 2024 down 19.5% 63rd
Children out of school, male 9.2% 2024 down 14.1% 58th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 49.0% 2018 up 0.5% 38th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 99.0% 2018 down 14.5% 120th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.0% 2025 down 4.6% 149th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.7% 2025 up 1.9% 151st
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 12.7% 146th
Primary education, teachers 65.6% 2024 up 1.3% 141st
Repeaters, primary, total 2.3% 2018 down 60.8% 94th
Persistence to grade 5, total 97.5% 2023 up 1.1% 43rd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 928 2024 down 19.3% 74th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,086 2024 down 2.5% 78th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 433 2024 down 27.0% 73rd