Bolivia

Military spending in Bolivia

Military spending in Bolivia: 0.53% of GDP in 1953 and 1.22% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.22% of GDP
Since 1953
+0.69 percentage points
Rank, 2025
100 of 151
counting from the highest
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in BoliviaMilitary spending in Bolivia: 0.53% of GDP in 1953 and 1.22% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 3.9% of GDP in 1981, the lowest 0.32% of GDP in 1955.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 3.9% of GDP in 1981, the lowest 0.32% of GDP in 1955.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBolivia
20251.22
20241.22
20231.3
20220.97
20211.33
20201.39
20191.45
20181.5
20171.54
20161.53
20151.76
20141.9
20131.84
20121.85
20111.68
20102.79
20091.76
20082.19
20071.49
20061.47
20051.72
20041.9
20032.15
20021.99
20012.32
20002.06
19992.13
19982.69
19972.27
19961.99
19952.1
19942.25
19931.92
19922.51
19912.69
19902.82
19892.16
19882.02
19872.38
19862.35
19852.01
19842.17
19831.5
19821.98
19813.9
19803.17
19792.71
19782.6
19772.25
19762.37
19752.37
19741.84
19731.62
19721.6
19711.39
19701.61
19691.32
19681.35
19631.33
19621.16
19611.2
19570.82
19560.36
19550.32
19530.53
  • Estimate

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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