Bolivia vs Paraguay
Bolivia vs Paraguay: Arms imports
Arms imports: 0 TIV in Bolivia in 2024 and 24 million TIV in Paraguay in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 32 million TIV, or 17 times that in Paraguay.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Bolivia has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Paraguay.
- The world as a whole: 26.9 billion TIV in 2019.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Bolivia | Paraguay | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 24 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 0 | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 5 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 26 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 34 million | 2 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 2 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 7 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 27 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 46 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1 million | 0 | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 12 million | 7 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 25 million | 8 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1 million | 3 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 6 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 3 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 9 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1 million | 1 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 1 million | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 5 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 6 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 19 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 9 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 2 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 9 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 16 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 25 million | 1 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 11 million | 3 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 6 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 66 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 56 million | 13 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 15 million | 6 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 18 million | 36 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 3 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 0 | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 2 million | 3 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | 5 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 40 million | 18 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 53 million | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 11 million | 9 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 16 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 17 million | 20 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 23 million | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 16 million | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 12 million | 12 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 2 million | 1 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 2 million | 0 | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 17 million | 9 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 14 million | 5 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 2 million | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 2 million | 8 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 4 million | 0 | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 2 million | 11 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 4 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 6 million | 9 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, 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 Paraguay
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Paraguay: 73.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Paraguay: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Paraguay: 14 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Paraguay: 2.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Paraguay: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Paraguay: 6.84 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Paraguay: 1.25% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Paraguay: 2.42 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Paraguay: 70.4% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Paraguay: 26.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Paraguay: 6.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Paraguay: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Paraguay: 0.88% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBolivia: $570M in 2025Paraguay: $406M in 2025
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Paraguay: $60 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025Paraguay: 4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Paraguay: 29,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Paraguay: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Paraguay: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020