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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 old

68.7years

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 old

15.7per 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 old

146per 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 old

16.1% 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 old

6.92% 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 old

2.52births 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 old

96.7% 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 old

93.7% 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 old

7.54% 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 old

5,148current 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 old

12,873international $

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 old

2.1% 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 old

40.9index, 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 old

3.0% 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 old

19.5% 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 old

1.37% 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 old

96.6% 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 old

79.7% 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 old

2.29t 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 old

12.6mpeople

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.

Bolivia — World Pulse