Bolivia vs Peru
Bolivia vs Peru: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $570M in Bolivia and $2.43B in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Peru, by $1.86B, or 4.26 times that in Bolivia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Peru has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1953.
- In 2025, Bolivia ranked 97 and Peru ranked 60 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bolivia | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $570M | $2.43B |
| 2024 | $571M | $2.54B |
| 2023 | $614M | $3.37B |
| 2022 | $458M | $3.11B |
| 2021 | $583M | $3.21B |
| 2020 | $559M | $3.03B |
| 2019 | $657M | $3.06B |
| 2018 | $680M | $2.97B |
| 2017 | $664M | $3.01B |
| 2016 | $616M | $3.05B |
| 2015 | $713M | $3.89B |
| 2014 | $800M | $3.49B |
| 2013 | $763M | $3.53B |
| 2012 | $714M | $3.06B |
| 2011 | $605M | $2.73B |
| 2010 | $912M | $2.67B |
| 2009 | $522M | $2.46B |
| 2008 | $666M | $2B |
| 2007 | $440M | $2B |
| 2006 | $420M | $2.07B |
| 2005 | $430M | $1.98B |
| 2004 | $453M | $1.6B |
| 2003 | $475M | $1.63B |
| 2002 | $417M | $1.59B |
| 2001 | $466M | $1.71B |
| 2000 | $406M | $1.75B |
| 1999 | $408M | $1.91B |
| 1998 | $511M | $1.97B |
| 1997 | $413M | $1.98B |
| 1996 | $341M | $2.35B |
| 1995 | $347M | $2.44B |
| 1994 | $352M | $2.07B |
| 1993 | $286M | $2B |
| 1992 | $366M | $1.76B |
| 1991 | $382M | $1.46B |
| 1990 | $392M | $2.02B |
| 1989 | $289M | $2.41B |
| 1988 | $266M | $3.48B |
| 1987 | $300M | $6.89B |
| 1986 | $289M | $6.32B |
| 1985 | $351M | $6.81B |
| 1984 | $327M | $5.66B |
| 1983 | $208M | $7.77B |
| 1982 | $297M | $9.62B |
| 1981 | $490M | $7.51B |
| 1980 | $431M | $8.59B |
| 1979 | $398M | $5.84B |
| 1978 | $381M | $8.65B |
| 1977 | $315M | $11.4B |
| 1976 | $311M | $7.87B |
| 1975 | $283M | $6.95B |
| 1974 | $209M | $5.27B |
| 1973 | $181M | $4.93B |
| 1972 | $155M | $4.1B |
| 1971 | $113M | $3.93B |
| 1970 | $124M | $3.7B |
| 1969 | $93.8M | $2.3B |
| 1968 | $90.7M | $2.14B |
| 1967 | – | $4.3B |
| 1966 | – | $2.49B |
| 1965 | – | $2.48B |
| 1964 | – | $2.62B |
| 1963 | $71.3M | $2.32B |
| 1962 | $57.4M | $1.68B |
| 1961 | $57.7M | $1.7B |
| 1960 | – | $1.43B |
| 1959 | – | $1.37B |
| 1958 | – | $1.4B |
| 1957 | $35.5M | $1.39B |
| 1956 | $30.9M | $1.43B |
| 1955 | $41.8M | $1.26B |
| 1954 | – | $1.13B |
| 1953 | $61.2M | $1.11B |
| 1952 | – | $1.07B |
| 1951 | – | $1.12B |
| 1950 | – | $974M |
| 1949 | – | $897M |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bolivia vs Peru
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Peru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025Peru: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Peru: 158,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Peru: 90 million TIV in 2025