Bolivia
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 12.6M (2025). World rank 78 of 216; in Americas, 12 of 46. Area: 1,098,581 km². World rank 29 of 249; in Americas, 9 of 56. Life expectancy: 68.7 years (2024). World rank 162 of 216 (1 = best); in Americas, 45 of 46. From 2015 to 2025: population 11M → 12.6M, GDP $33B → $64.8B, and GDP per person $2,996 → $5,148. Worse than all its neighbours (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Plurinational State of Bolivia
- Local name
- Wuliwya
- Capital
- Sucre
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Rodrigo Paz
- Head of government
- Rodrigo Paz
- Independence
- August 6, 1825
- Women in parliament
- 50.8% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 12,581,843 2025
- Area
- 1,098,581 km²
- GDP
- $64.8B 2025
- GDP per person
- $5,148 2025
- Life expectancy
- 68.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Aymara, Guarani, Quechua, Spanish
- Currency
- Bolivian Boliviano (BOB)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +591
- Emergency numbers
- 110, 119, 160, 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, C
- Mains voltage
- 115 / 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru
- Agricultural land
- 36.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Nevado Sajama, 6,542 m
- Lowest point
- Rio Paraguay, 90 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,192
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 14
- Warmest month in the capital
- November, 16°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,146 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 11.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 71.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -3.2K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 29.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 5.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 71.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 66.3 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 21 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 65%, Protestant 39.2%, no religion 8.4%, and other 5.7% (2023)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 36.4 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 24.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 39.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 34.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 54.5 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $12,873 2025
- GDP growth per year
- -1.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $4,420 2025
- Inflation
- +19.5% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 40 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 8.8% 2024
- Industry, share of GDP
- 31.3% 2024
- Services, share of GDP
- 53.4% 2024
- Unemployment
- 3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 72.9% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 21.4% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 25.5% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -0.7% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 1.9% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 17% 2007
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 40.9 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 2.1% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 96.7% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 93.7% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 90.5% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 7.5% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.9% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $255 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 27.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.3 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1.6 2021
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.5 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 67% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 14.2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 15.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 146 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.4% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 3.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 65.1% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 12.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 93.4% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 71.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 91% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.4 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 21.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.2 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 62.7 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes and floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 28.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 50.2% 2024
- Protected areas
- 30.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 25,130 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 0.2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 79.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 98 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 12.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .bo
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 96.6% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 911 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 12.8% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 38.2% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 66.7% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 5,601,302 2023
- Airports
- 201 2025
- Railways, km
- 3,960 2019
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2021
- Researchers per million people
- 63 2021
- Scientific articles per year
- 197 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 10 2022
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 8.8% 2024