Bolivia vs Colombia
Bolivia vs Colombia: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2025: -1.6% a year in Bolivia and 2.6% a year in Colombia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 4.2 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Bolivia.
- In 2025, Bolivia ranked 142 and Colombia ranked 89 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bolivia at 2.7% a year and Colombia at 2.9% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Bolivia | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -1.6 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | -1.1 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10.8 |
| 2020 | -12.7 | -7.2 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 2.1 |
| 2015 | 4.9 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| 2013 | 7.1 | 5.1 |
| 2012 | 5.5 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | 5.5 | 6.9 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 6.7 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | 4.7 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2000 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 1999 | 0.5 | -4.2 |
| 1998 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | 5 | 3.4 |
| 1996 | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| 1995 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 1994 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 1993 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| 1992 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| 1991 | 5.1 | 2.4 |
| 1990 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 1989 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 1988 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| 1987 | 2.5 | 5.4 |
| 1986 | -2.6 | 5.8 |
| 1985 | -1.7 | 3.1 |
| 1984 | -0.2 | 3.4 |
| 1983 | -4 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | -3.9 | 0.9 |
| 1981 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 1980 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Bolivia | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3 | 2.2 |
| 2027 | -1.5 | 2.3 |
| 2028 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| 2029 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2030 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 2031 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- 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 143 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
Bolivia vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBolivia: $570M in 2025Colombia: $13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025