Bolivia vs Venezuela: Arms imports

Arms imports: 0 TIV in Bolivia in 2024 and 98 million TIV in Venezuela in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 53 million TIV, or 3.04 times that in Bolivia.

Watch it change on the map

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

BoliviaVenezuelaWorld

What the numbers say

Venezuela has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Bolivia.
The world as a whole: 23.4 billion TIV in 2020.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bolivia	Venezuela	World
2025	–	–	33.3 billion
2024	0	–	30.6 billion
2023	–	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	–	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	26 million	79 million	23.4 billion
2019	34 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	2 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	27 million	95 million	31.4 billion
2015	–	138 million	28.7 billion
2014	46 million	186 million	27 billion
2013	1 million	1.01 billion	27.4 billion
2012	12 million	692 million	27.9 billion
2011	25 million	600 million	29.9 billion
2010	1 million	211 million	25.8 billion
2009	6 million	366 million	24 billion
2008	3 million	741 million	24.1 billion
2007	2 million	770 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	380 million	24.4 billion
2005	1 million	21 million	21.3 billion
2004	1 million	9 million	21.3 billion
2003	5 million	15 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	44 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	106 million	18.3 billion
2000	19 million	108 million	20.5 billion
1999	9 million	85 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	8 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	39 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	37 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	5 million	22.9 billion
1994	9 million	1 million	22.8 billion
1993	16 million	37 million	25.8 billion
1992	25 million	72 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	318 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	189 million	28.6 billion
1989	66 million	120 million	31.7 billion
1988	56 million	105 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	73 million	36.2 billion
1986	15 million	92 million	35.5 billion
1985	18 million	517 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	234 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	241 million	39.1 billion
1982	2 million	698 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	908 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	361 million	37.4 billion
1979	53 million	14 million	33.3 billion
1978	11 million	59 million	39.2 billion
1977	1 million	216 million	37 billion
1976	16 million	170 million	33 billion
1975	17 million	230 million	34.2 billion
1974	23 million	252 million	32.9 billion
1973	16 million	395 million	32.6 billion
1972	12 million	165 million	28.7 billion
1971	2 million	130 million	29.3 billion
1970	2 million	15 million	22.1 billion
1969	1 million	8 million	24.7 billion
1968	17 million	20 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	205 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 million	69 million	22.4 billion
1965	2 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	6 million	24.2 billion
1963	4 million	34 million	18.1 billion
1962	2 million	32 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	32 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	64 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.
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 Venezuela: Arms imports

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Bolivia vs Venezuela

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment