Bolivia vs Peru
Bolivia vs Peru: National power
National power in 2022: 0.1% of world capability in Bolivia and 0.28% of world capability in Peru, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Peru, by 0.18 percentage points, or 2.92 times that in Bolivia.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Peru has been higher since 1936, when it overtook Bolivia.
- In 2022, Bolivia ranked 94 and Peru ranked 52 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Bolivia | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 0.28 |
| 2021 | 0.1 | 0.28 |
| 2020 | 0.1 | 0.27 |
| 2019 | 0.1 | 0.29 |
| 2018 | 0.1 | 0.29 |
| 2017 | 0.1 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 0.1 | 0.31 |
| 2015 | 0.11 | 0.33 |
| 2014 | 0.11 | 0.34 |
| 2013 | 0.11 | 0.34 |
| 2012 | 0.12 | 0.34 |
| 2011 | 0.11 | 0.33 |
| 2010 | 0.11 | 0.32 |
| 2009 | 0.11 | 0.33 |
| 2008 | 0.11 | 0.33 |
| 2007 | 0.11 | 0.3 |
| 2006 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2005 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2003 | 0.1 | 0.31 |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 0.32 |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0.31 |
| 2000 | 0.09 | 0.32 |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0.32 |
| 1998 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
| 1997 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
| 1996 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
| 1995 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
| 1994 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
| 1993 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
| 1992 | 0.09 | 0.34 |
| 1991 | 0.08 | 0.34 |
| 1990 | 0.08 | 0.32 |
| 1989 | 0.08 | 0.32 |
| 1988 | 0.08 | 0.32 |
| 1987 | 0.08 | 0.36 |
| 1986 | 0.07 | 0.32 |
| 1985 | 0.08 | 0.32 |
| 1984 | 0.08 | 0.33 |
| 1983 | 0.08 | 0.35 |
| 1982 | 0.08 | 0.35 |
| 1981 | 0.07 | 0.33 |
| 1980 | 0.07 | 0.34 |
| 1979 | 0.07 | 0.31 |
| 1978 | 0.07 | 0.31 |
| 1977 | 0.07 | 0.32 |
| 1976 | 0.07 | 0.29 |
| 1975 | 0.06 | 0.29 |
| 1974 | 0.06 | 0.28 |
| 1973 | 0.06 | 0.27 |
| 1972 | 0.06 | 0.26 |
| 1971 | 0.06 | 0.25 |
| 1970 | 0.06 | 0.24 |
| 1969 | 0.06 | 0.24 |
| 1968 | 0.05 | 0.23 |
| 1967 | 0.06 | 0.23 |
| 1966 | 0.06 | 0.22 |
| 1965 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
| 1964 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
| 1963 | 0.05 | 0.21 |
| 1962 | 0.05 | 0.19 |
| 1961 | 0.05 | 0.19 |
| 1960 | 0.05 | 0.18 |
| 1959 | 0.05 | 0.19 |
| 1958 | 0.05 | 0.19 |
| 1957 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| 1956 | 0.05 | 0.16 |
| 1955 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| 1953 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| 1952 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| 1951 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
| 1950 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
| 1949 | 0.07 | 0.17 |
| 1948 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
| 1947 | 0.06 | 0.18 |
| 1946 | 0.07 | 0.19 |
| 1945 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
| 1944 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
| 1943 | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| 1942 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| 1941 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| 1935 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| 1934 | 0.16 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| 1932 | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| 1931 | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| 1930 | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| 1929 | 0.07 | 0.16 |
| 1928 | 0.08 | 0.16 |
| 1927 | 0.08 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 0.08 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 0.07 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| 1921 | 0.05 | 0.14 |
| 1920 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 0.05 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 0.03 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 0.04 | 0.1 |
| 1916 | 0.03 | 0.1 |
| 1915 | 0.03 | 0.1 |
| 1914 | 0.04 | 0.1 |
| 1913 | 0.05 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 0.05 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 0.04 | 0.1 |
| 1899 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 0.05 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 0.04 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 1890 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 0.04 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 1886 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 0.04 | 0.18 |
| 1883 | 0.05 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 0.05 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 0.08 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 0.08 | 0.15 |
| 1879 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
| 1878 | 0.05 | 0.14 |
| 1877 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| 1876 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| 1875 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| 1874 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| 1873 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| 1872 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
| 1871 | 0.04 | 0.2 |
| 1870 | 0.04 | 0.19 |
| 1869 | 0.04 | 0.24 |
| 1868 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
| 1867 | 0.04 | 0.2 |
| 1866 | 0.04 | 0.24 |
| 1865 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 1864 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 1863 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
| 1862 | 0.04 | 0.24 |
| 1861 | 0.04 | 0.28 |
| 1860 | 0.04 | 0.34 |
| 1859 | 0.08 | 0.19 |
| 1858 | 0.08 | 0.2 |
| 1857 | 0.08 | 0.34 |
| 1856 | 0.12 | 0.17 |
| 1855 | 0.14 | 0.18 |
| 1854 | 0.16 | 0.19 |
| 1853 | 0.17 | 0.2 |
| 1852 | 0.18 | 0.2 |
| 1851 | 0.19 | 0.2 |
| 1850 | 0.17 | 0.36 |
| 1849 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| 1848 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 1847 | – | 0.2 |
| 1846 | – | 0.19 |
| 1845 | – | 0.19 |
| 1844 | – | 0.17 |
| 1843 | – | 0.17 |
| 1842 | – | 0.16 |
| 1841 | – | 0.16 |
| 1840 | – | 0.15 |
| 1839 | – | 0.14 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, 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 in US dollarsBolivia: $570M in 2025Peru: $2.43B 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
- 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