Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Bolivia
Bolivia: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9934 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9934 index
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
119th
of 215 countries
All-time high
1 index
in 2022
All-time low
0.6999 index
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2024
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Bolivia, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Bolivia recorded 0.9934 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Bolivia peaked at 1 index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6999 index, in 1970.
That places Bolivia 119th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6999 index | — |
| 1971 | 0.7699 index | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 0.8036 index | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 0.8205 index | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.8357 index | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.8468 index | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.8616 index | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.8768 index | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.8792 index | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9112 index | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8825 index | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.9066 index | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.931 index | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 0.9263 index | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9224 index | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.9306 index | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.9357 index | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.9388 index | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.942 index | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.9558 index | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.9604 index | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.962 index | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.9636 index | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9654 index | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9704 index | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9762 index | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.983 index | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9848 index | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9867 index | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9939 index | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9973 index | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9993 index | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9998 index | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9989 index | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9948 index | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9895 index | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9975 index | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.995 index | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9891 index | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.981 index | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9788 index | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9815 index | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.985 index | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9879 index | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9909 index | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9952 index | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9988 index | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1 index | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1 index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9993 index | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9934 index | -0.6% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 0.9934 index is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 0.9934 index is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9945 index, 100% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8216 index | 0.6999 index | 0.8792 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9158 index | 0.8825 index | 0.931 index | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.957 index | 0.9357 index | 0.9762 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9928 index | 0.983 index | 0.9998 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9882 index | 0.9788 index | 0.9975 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9986 index | 0.9934 index | 1 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More health data for Bolivia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.04 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.3723 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,159 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,250 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.2082 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.049 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.2019 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Bolivia?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Bolivia was 0.9934 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 index in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6999 index in 1970.
- How does Bolivia rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Bolivia ranks 119th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.