Bolivia vs Venezuela
Bolivia vs Venezuela: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $55 in Bolivia in 2025 and $69 in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by $18, or 1.35 times that in Bolivia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Bolivia.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Bolivia | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $55 | – |
| 2024 | $46 | – |
| 2023 | $48 | – |
| 2022 | $36 | – |
| 2021 | $45 | – |
| 2020 | $43 | – |
| 2019 | $51 | – |
| 2018 | $53 | – |
| 2017 | $51 | $69 |
| 2016 | $47 | $7 |
| 2015 | $53 | $11 |
| 2014 | $58 | $52 |
| 2013 | $53 | $209 |
| 2012 | $48 | $174 |
| 2011 | $39 | $123 |
| 2010 | $54 | $139 |
| 2009 | $31 | $144 |
| 2008 | $37 | $203 |
| 2007 | $20 | $159 |
| 2006 | $18 | $134 |
| 2005 | $18 | $100 |
| 2004 | $18 | $55 |
| 2003 | $19 | $38 |
| 2002 | $18 | $43 |
| 2001 | $22 | $77 |
| 2000 | $20 | $74 |
| 1999 | $21 | $59 |
| 1998 | $28 | $62 |
| 1997 | $22 | $67 |
| 1996 | $18 | $33 |
| 1995 | $18 | $55 |
| 1994 | $18 | $44 |
| 1993 | $15 | $61 |
| 1992 | $19 | $48 |
| 1991 | $20 | $49 |
| 1990 | $19 | $38 |
| 1989 | $15 | $63 |
| 1988 | $14 | $59 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 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
- 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