Bolivia
Military spending in US dollars in Bolivia
Military spending in US dollars in Bolivia: $61.2M in 1953 and $570M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $570M
- Since 1953
- +$508M
- Rank, 2025
- 97 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $912M in 2010, the lowest $30.9M in 1956.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bolivia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $570M |
| 2024 | $571M |
| 2023 | $614M |
| 2022 | $458M |
| 2021 | $583M |
| 2020 | $559M |
| 2019 | $657M |
| 2018 | $680M |
| 2017 | $664M |
| 2016 | $616M |
| 2015 | $713M |
| 2014 | $800M |
| 2013 | $763M |
| 2012 | $714M |
| 2011 | $605M |
| 2010 | $912M |
| 2009 | $522M |
| 2008 | $666M |
| 2007 | $440M |
| 2006 | $420M |
| 2005 | $430M |
| 2004 | $453M |
| 2003 | $475M |
| 2002 | $417M |
| 2001 | $466M |
| 2000 | $406M |
| 1999 | $408M |
| 1998 | $511M |
| 1997 | $413M |
| 1996 | $341M |
| 1995 | $347M |
| 1994 | $352M |
| 1993 | $286M |
| 1992 | $366M |
| 1991 | $382M |
| 1990 | $392M |
| 1989 | $289M |
| 1988 | $266M |
| 1987 | $300M |
| 1986 | $289M |
| 1985 | $351M |
| 1984 | $327M |
| 1983 | $208M |
| 1982 | $297M |
| 1981 | $490M |
| 1980 | $431M |
| 1979 | $398M |
| 1978 | $381M |
| 1977 | $315M |
| 1976 | $311M |
| 1975 | $283M |
| 1974 | $209M |
| 1973 | $181M |
| 1972 | $155M |
| 1971 | $113M |
| 1970 | $124M |
| 1969 | $93.8M |
| 1968 | $90.7M |
| 1963 | $71.3M |
| 1962 | $57.4M |
| 1961 | $57.7M |
| 1957 | $35.5M |
| 1956 | $30.9M |
| 1955 | $41.8M |
| 1953 | $61.2M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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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- Military spending1.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$55 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel71,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.21% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2024