Bolivia vs Venezuela
Bolivia vs Venezuela: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2025: -1.6% a year in Bolivia and 9% a year in Venezuela, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 10.6 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Bolivia.
- In 2025, Bolivia ranked 142 and Venezuela ranked 5 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bolivia at 2.7% a year in 2031.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Venezuela at 7% a year in 2027.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Bolivia | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -1.6 | 9 |
| 2024 | -1.1 | 8.9 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 5.7 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 15.1 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | -12.7 | -33.2 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | -29 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | -21.4 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | -14.4 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | -17 |
| 2015 | 4.9 | -3.9 |
| 2014 | 5.8 | -2.3 |
| 2013 | 7.1 | 0.1 |
| 2012 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 5.5 | 2.7 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | -0.7 |
| 2009 | 3 | -4.1 |
| 2008 | 6.7 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 5 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 4.7 | 9.9 |
| 2005 | 4.2 | 10.3 |
| 2004 | 4.1 | 18.3 |
| 2003 | 1.8 | -7.8 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | -8.9 |
| 2001 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 0.5 | -6 |
| 1998 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | 5 | 6.4 |
| 1996 | 4.6 | -0.2 |
| 1995 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 1994 | 4.7 | -2.3 |
| 1993 | 4.3 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | 1.9 | 6.1 |
| 1991 | 5.1 | 9.7 |
| 1990 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| 1989 | 3.8 | -13.9 |
| 1988 | 2.9 | 6.5 |
| 1987 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | -2.6 | 6.1 |
| 1985 | -1.7 | 0.9 |
| 1984 | -0.2 | 5.2 |
| 1983 | -4 | -9.9 |
| 1982 | -3.9 | 2.6 |
| 1981 | 0.3 | -1.3 |
| 1980 | 0.6 | -4.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Bolivia | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3 | 5 |
| 2027 | -1.5 | 7 |
| 2028 | 0.5 | – |
| 2029 | 2.5 | – |
| 2030 | 2.9 | – |
| 2031 | 2.7 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 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 Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023