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Bolivia vs Mexico
How Bolivia and Mexico compare on 36 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Mexico was higher: 75.1 years against 68.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Mexico was higher: $10,260 against $2,957
- Population · In 2023, Mexico was higher: 130 million people against 12.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Bolivia was higher: 1.22% of GDP against 0.74% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Mexico was higher: 3.64 tonnes against 2.29 tonnes
Every measure
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| Measure | Bolivia | Mexico | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 68.6 | 75.1 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 1.6 | 1.3 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 31.8 | 10.4 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.09 | 2.79 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 6.4 | 5.9 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 12.2 million | 130 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 1.38 | 0.88 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 2.55 | 1.91 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 71.6 | 80 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 24.7 | 28.9 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 5.6 | 8 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.2 | -0.8 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $2,957 | $10,260 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | -1.6 | 0.5 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 19.5 | 3.8 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 83.3 | 61.7 | |
| Education | |||
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2024 | 96.7 | 95.6 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 92.7 | 96.41998 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.61 | 0.47 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.74 | 0.63 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 2 | 14,210 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.22 | 0.74 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $570M | $13.8B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $55 | $104 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 3.2 | 2.5 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 71,000 | 341,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.1 | 1.14 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 1.21 | 0.64 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 02024 | 9 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 20.5 | 21.7 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 21.5 | 32.8 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 179.5 | 103.7 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 2.29 | 3.64 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 79.7 | 83.1 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 96.6 | 99.8 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 50.2 | 34.2 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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