Bolivia vs Venezuela

Bolivia vs Venezuela: Military spending

Military spending: 1.22% of GDP in Bolivia in 2025 and 2.23% of GDP in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.45 times that in Bolivia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Bolivia vs Venezuela: Military spendingMilitary spending: 1.22% of GDP in Bolivia in 2025 and 2.23% of GDP in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.45 times that in Bolivia.
BoliviaVenezuelaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Venezuela has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Bolivia.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBoliviaVenezuela
20251.22–
20241.22–
20231.3–
20220.97–
20211.33–
20201.39–
20191.45–
20181.5–
20171.542.23
20161.530.45
20151.760.94
20141.91.16
20131.841.67
20121.851.34
20111.681.13
20102.791.01
20091.761.23
20082.191.79
20071.491.89
20061.471.98
20051.721.83
20041.91.29
20032.151.18
20021.991.15
20012.321.56
20002.061.53
19992.131.44
19982.691.59
19972.271.8
19961.991.04
19952.11.55
19942.251.59
19931.922.15
19922.511.64
19912.691.84
19902.821.52
19892.162.79
19882.021.82
19872.381.63
19862.351.65
19852.011.37
19842.172.29
19831.52.97
19821.982.25
19813.91.52
19803.171.7
19792.711.92
19782.62.11
19772.252.07
19762.371.89
19752.372.59
19741.842.31
19731.622.47
19721.62.83
19711.392.7
19701.612.29
19691.322.5
19681.352.68
1967–2.86
1966–2.66
1965–2.64
1964–2.45
19631.332.55
19621.162.31
19611.21.42
1960–3.06
1959–2.96
1958–3.43
19570.823.22
19560.362.76
19550.322.58
19530.53–
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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