Bolivia
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Access & Parity is strongest, but Innovation and Governance remain constraints
Bolivia demonstrates early-stage readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (45th percentile worldwide). Investments are generating initial gains, yet substantial gaps persist in several dimensions.
- Global percentile
- 45th
- Global rank
- #99
- Regional rank
- #16
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Country profile
Bolivia remains in the emerging-readiness range, with progress visible but major gaps still limiting future readiness. Its weakest results are in Innovation (35, 29th percentile) and Governance (31, 25th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Wide gaps between dimensions reveal structural weaknesses that slow coordinated progress. Limited tertiary enrollment narrows future talent pipelines and innovation capacity.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Gender parity across secondary pathways reflects sustained commitment to equitable participation.
GEFRI Composite presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Governance lags peers the most, signalling where investment could have the highest impact.
Most indicators are observed rather than imputed, so estimation uncertainty is limited.
Key insights
Places 99th worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 16th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Access & Parity (78.4) to Governance (31.1), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Governance.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score