Bolivia vs Ecuador

Bolivia vs Ecuador: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.22% of GDP in Bolivia and 2.1% of GDP in Ecuador, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 0.88 percentage points, or 1.73 times that in Bolivia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Bolivia vs Ecuador: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.22% of GDP in Bolivia and 2.1% of GDP in Ecuador, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 0.88 percentage points, or 1.73 times that in Bolivia.
BoliviaEcuadorSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Ecuador has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Bolivia.
  • In 2025, Bolivia ranked 100 and Ecuador ranked 53 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBoliviaEcuador
20251.222.1
20241.222.31
20231.32.22
20220.972.23
20211.332.25
20201.392.46
20191.452.18
20181.52.37
20171.542.36
20161.532.57
20151.762.67
20141.92.71
20131.842.83
20121.852.95
20111.683.11
20102.793.07
20091.763.24
20082.192.69
20071.492.63
20061.472.08
20051.722.37
20041.92.02
20032.152.39
20021.991.87
20012.321.66
20002.061.52
19992.131.56
19982.692.02
19972.271.81
19961.991.69
19952.11.99
19942.251.32
19931.921.51
19922.511.21
19912.691.27
19902.821.35
19892.161.43
19882.021.62
19872.381.97
19862.351.84
19852.011.78
19842.171.49
19831.51.58
19821.981.65
19813.91.68
19803.171.78
19792.711.99
19782.62.14
19772.253.08
19762.372.2
19752.372.37
19741.842.02
19731.621.98
19721.61.99
19711.391.85
19701.611.83
19691.322.37
19681.351.92
1967–1.8
1966–1.82
1965–2.07
1964–1.91
19631.331.77
19621.162.05
19611.22.05
1960–2.38
1959–1.9
1958–2.28
19570.822.41
19560.36–
19550.32–
19530.531.94
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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