Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Background Information

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

World Bank income group

Lower middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

29% (UNFPA, 2020)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

1,408,980 (UIS, 2020)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

1,382,357 (UIS, 2020)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

20%

Source: UNSDG, 2016

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

65

Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15

No data available

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

75%

Source: DHS, 2008

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Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)

12

Source: UIS, 2019

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

No data available

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

No data available

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 98%

  • Male 97%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Lower secondary school age

  • Female 91%

  • Male 92%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Upper secondary school age

  • Female 77%

  • Male 75%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Out-of-school rate

Primary school

  • Female 1%

  • Male 1%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Lower secondary school

  • Female 3%

  • Male 2%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Upper secondary school

  • Female 8%

  • Male 7%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

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