Work & Labour in Bolivia

1,100 indicators covering work & labour for Bolivia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO) 77.89 2025 up 13.1% 8th
Average monthly earnings of STEM employees 4,475 2025 up 11.6% 29th
Average monthly earnings of STEM employees 4,475 2025 up 11.6% 29th
Average monthly earnings of employees 1,233 2002 up 106.5% 36th
Care employment 365.32 2001 up 149.5% 26th
Average monthly earnings of employees ages 25 to 54 3,797 2024 up 27.8% 20th
Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 32.03 2025 27th
Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 32.03 2025 27th
Informal employment in STEM occupations 130.91 2025 down 8.5% 11th
Informal employment rate in STEM occupations 48.96 2025 down 10.3% 5th
Children in employment 273.48 2025 up 38.2% 9th
Employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector 84.95 2025 up 39.0% 10th
Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector 31.77 2025 up 36.3% 4th
Children in child labour 48.64 2025 down 29.8% 17th
Share of children in child labour 8.65 2025 down 10.6% 13th
Share of children in child labour -- General Production Boundary 8.65 2025 down 10.6% 13th
Tourism sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 752.92 2025 up 215.4% 14th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in tourism sector 36.09 2025 30th
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in tourism sector 37.24 2025 28th
Population receiving All Social Insurance and Labor Market 0.0% 2021 25th
Population receiving All Social Insurance and Labor Market (%) -urban 0.0% 2021 25th
Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2021 19th
Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2021 17th
Population in the 1st quintile (poorest) receiving All Social 0.0% 2021 17th
Population in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) receiving All Social 0.0% 2021 11th
Coverage of social protection and labor programs 96.9% 2021 up 26.8% 1st
Coverage of social safety net programs 96.8% 2021 up 29.5% 1st
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 99.3% 2021 up 12.5% 1st
Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 99.2% 2021 up 19.0% 1st
Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 98.7% 2021 up 27.4% 1st
Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile 96.6% 2021 up 39.8% 1st
Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile 90.2% 2021 up 62.6% 1st
Coverage (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 96.3% 2021 up 30.4% 1st
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 99.4% 2021 up 8.9% 3rd
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 99.3% 2021 up 12.4% 1st
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social Protection and 99.0% 2021 up 13.7% 2nd
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 99.3% 2021 up 16.6% 2nd
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 99.3% 2021 up 17.6% 1st
Coverage in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 98.5% 2021 up 21.9% 1st
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 98.7% 2021 up 24.7% 1st
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 98.8% 2021 up 24.4% 1st
Coverage in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 98.4% 2021 up 28.3% 1st
Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 96.9% 2021 up 37.5% 1st
Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor 96.6% 2021 up 35.0% 1st
Coverage in 4th quintile (%) -All Social Protection and Labor -urban 95.9% 2021 up 41.8% 1st
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 90.4% 2021 up 60.4% 1st
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 90.7% 2021 up 54.7% 1st
Coverage in 5th quintile (richest) (%) -All Social Protection and 89.7% 2021 up 57.6% 1st
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection 99.7% 2021 up 7.9% 8th
Average monthly earnings of tourism sector employees 2,203 2025 up 2.4% 21st
Average monthly earnings of tourism sector employees 2,203 2025 up 2.4% 21st
Population in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) receiving All Social 0.0% 2021 5th
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) -All Social Protection 99.3% 2021 up 11.7% 4th
Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 9.4% 2021 down 28.9% 34th
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest 9.8% 2021 down 33.0% 20th
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social 23.3% 2021 down 37.6% 29th
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) -All Social 17.1% 2021 down 53.6% 27th
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 10.4% 2021 down 40.9% 31st
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 9.2% 2021 down 39.3% 32nd
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) -All Social Protection and 8.8% 2021 down 33.2% 31st