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Bolivia
Latin America & Caribbean · Lower middle income · capital La Paz
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old68.7years
Ranks 163 of 217 in 2024
8% below world median · 9% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old15.7per 1,000 live births
Ranks 102 of 196 in 2024
5% above world median · 20% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old146per 100,000 live births
Ranks 144 of 194 in 2023
2.1× above world median · 1.7× above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2016 · 10 years old16.1% of under-5s
Ranks 16 of 37 in 2016
7% below world median · 49% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 37 countries reporting in 2016 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old6.92% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
9% above world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old2.52births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
33% above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2024 · 2 years old96.7% of adults 15+
Ranks 8 of 29 in 2024
3% above world median · 2% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 29 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old93.7% gross
Ranks 105 of 134 in 2024
6% below world median · 4% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2024 · 2 years old7.54% of GDP
Ranks 5 of 40 in 2024
77% above world median · 86% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old5,148current US$
Ranks 116 of 186 in 2025
35% below world median · 53% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old12,873international $
Ranks 118 of 185 in 2025
36% below world median · 44% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2024 · 2 years old2.1% of population
Ranks 10 of 25 in 2024
22% below world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2024 · 2 years old40.9index, 0–100
Ranks 14 of 25 in 2024
about the same world median · 6% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old3.0% of labour force
Ranks 38 of 182 in 2025
42% below world median · 50% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old19.5% per year
Not ranked — no better end
5.4× above world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old1.37% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
14% below world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old96.6% of population
Ranks 146 of 215 in 2024
3% below world median · 3% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old79.7% of population
Ranks 100 of 182 in 2024
3% below world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old2.29t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
10% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old12.6mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
92% above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Bolivia has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.