Bolivia vs Chile
Bolivia vs Chile: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 96.6% in Bolivia and 99% in Chile, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Chile, by 2.4 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Bolivia.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Bolivia | Chile | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.6 | 99 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 99.8 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 99.9 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 98.6 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 97.2 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 95.1 | 100 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 92.8 | 100 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 91.8 | 99.7 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 91.8 | 100 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 91.5 | 99.7 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 90 | 100 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 89.5 | 99.6 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 90.4 | 100 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 88.3 | 99.6 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 88 | 99.5 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 86.8 | 99.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 84.7 | 98.2 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 80.2 | 98 | 82 |
| 2006 | 76.2 | 99.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 68.3 | 97.7 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 75.9 | 97.5 | 80 |
| 2003 | 72.3 | 98.8 | 80 |
| 2002 | 64 | 97.3 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 69.3 | 97.1 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 70 | 97.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 70.9 | 96.7 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 71.2 | 97.2 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 67.3 | 96.2 | – |
| 1996 | 71 | 95.6 | – |
| 1995 | 64.1 | 95.8 | – |
| 1994 | 64.1 | 95.5 | – |
| 1993 | 61.4 | 95.3 | – |
| 1992 | 60 | 94.6 | – |
| 1991 | – | 94.8 | – |
| 1990 | – | 92.3 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bolivia vs Chile
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Chile: 81.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Chile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Chile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Chile: 4.06% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Chile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Chile: 19.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Chile: 0.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Chile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Chile: 89.2% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Chile: 36 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Chile: 13.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Chile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Chile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBolivia: $570M in 2025Chile: $5.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Chile: $269 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025Chile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Chile: 114,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Chile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Chile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Chile: 14 million TIV in 2025