Argentina vs Bolivia
Argentina vs Bolivia: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 41.9% a year in Argentina and 19.5% a year in Bolivia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 22.4 percentage points, or 2.15 times that in Bolivia.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Argentina has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Bolivia.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 6 and Bolivia ranked 14 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Argentina at 7.5% a year and Bolivia at 5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Argentina | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41.9 | 19.5 |
| 2024 | 219.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 133.5 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 72.4 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 48.4 | 0.7 |
| 2020 | 42 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 53.6 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 34.3 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | 25.7 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | – | 3.6 |
| 2015 | – | 4.1 |
| 2014 | – | 5.8 |
| 2013 | 10.6 | 5.7 |
| 2012 | 10 | 4.5 |
| 2011 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 2010 | 10.5 | 2.5 |
| 2009 | 6.3 | 3.3 |
| 2008 | 8.6 | 14 |
| 2007 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
| 2006 | 10.9 | 4.3 |
| 2005 | 9.6 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| 2003 | 13.4 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 25.9 | 0.9 |
| 2001 | -1.1 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | -0.9 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | -1.2 | 2.2 |
| 1998 | 0.9 | 7.7 |
| 1997 | – | 4.7 |
| 1996 | – | 12.4 |
| 1995 | – | 10.2 |
| 1994 | – | 7.9 |
| 1993 | – | 8.5 |
| 1992 | – | 13 |
| 1991 | – | 21.4 |
| 1990 | – | 17.1 |
| 1989 | – | 15.2 |
| 1988 | – | 16 |
| 1987 | – | 14.6 |
| 1986 | – | 273.4 |
| 1985 | – | 11,750 |
| 1984 | – | 1,281 |
| 1983 | – | 275.6 |
| 1982 | – | 123.6 |
| 1981 | – | 32.1 |
| 1980 | – | 47.1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Argentina | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32.5 | 12.7 |
| 2027 | 21.2 | 15.8 |
| 2028 | 14.8 | 8.2 |
| 2029 | 9.6 | 7.3 |
| 2030 | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| 2031 | 7.5 | 5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Bolivia
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Bolivia: 68.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Bolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Bolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Bolivia: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Bolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Bolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Bolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Bolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Bolivia: 71.6% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Bolivia: 24.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Bolivia: 5.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Bolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Bolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Bolivia: $570M in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Bolivia: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Bolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Bolivia: 71,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Bolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Bolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Bolivia: 0 TIV in 2024