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Bolivia

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  • Bolivia has a population of about 12.6M; its total GDP of $64.8B ranks #87 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 1,088,822 km² is about 5.7× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Population density stands out most against the median: 11.6/km² — rank #154 of 169 countries with data.

Bolivia: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 12.6M (2025) #78 / 169 median 11.5M · 1.1×
Population growth 1.3% (2025) #69 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.2×
Urban population share 71.6% (2025) #59 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.1×
Population aged 65+ 5.7% (2025) #98 / 169 median 7.4% · 78%
Fertility rate 2.5 (2024) #65 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.2×
Birth rate 21.0‰ (2024) #57 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.3×
Death rate 7.2‰ (2024) #84 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.0×
Net migration -3.2K (2025) #83 / 169 N/A
Surface area 1,088,822 km² #29 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 5.7×
Population density derived 11.6/km² (2025) #154 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 16%
Economy
GDP (total) $64.8B (2025) #87 / 168 median $80.7B · 80%
GDP per capita $5,148 (2025) #96 / 168 median $6,834 · 75%
GNI per capita $4,420 (2025) #101 / 168 median $6,350 · 70%
GDP growth (annual) -1.6% (2025) #160 / 168 N/A
Inflation rate 19.5% (2025) #13 / 162 median 3.3% · 5.9×
Unemployment rate 3.0% (2025) #137 / 168 median 5.1% · 58%
Gini index 40.9 (2024) #36 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.2×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 2.1% (2024) #83 / 153 median 2.5% · 84%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 21.4% (2024) #124 / 163 median 35.0% · 61%
Imports share of GDP 25.5% (2024) #130 / 163 median 40.2% · 63%
Agriculture share of GDP 8.8% (2024) #72 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.2×
Manufacturing share of GDP 13.1% (2024) #62 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.2×
International tourist arrivals 323.3K (2020) #128 / 162 median 1.1M · 29%
Tourism receipts $243M (2020) #107 / 165 median $705M · 34%
Health & education
Life expectancy 68.7 years (2024) #121 / 169 median 73.8 years · 93%
Infant mortality 14.2‰ (2024) #81 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.1×
Under-five mortality 15.7‰ (2024) #84 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 100%
DPT immunization 59.0% (2024) #160 / 166 median 90.5% · 65%
Hospital beds 1.5 per 1,000 (2023) #105 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 74%
Health spending share of GDP 6.9% (2023) #76 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.1×
Secondary school enrollment 90.5% (2024) #84 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Education spending share of GDP 7.5% (2024) #8 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.8×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.733 (2023) #89 / 165 median 0.754 · 97%
Internet users 79.7% (2024) #89 / 169 median 81.5% · 98%
Mobile subscriptions 98.0 per 100 (2024) #116 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 84%
Fixed broadband 12.1 per 100 (2024) #84 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1.0×
Electricity access 96.6% (2024) #104 / 169 median 99.9% · 97%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 2.3 t (2024) #91 / 165 median 2.6 t · 87%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 28.4 Mt (2024) #72 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.3×
Renewable electricity share 38.2% (2021) #77 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.1×
Renewable energy consumption 12.8% (2021) #121 / 169 median 26.9% · 48%
Forest area 46.3% (2023) #45 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.4×
Agricultural land 35.8% (2023) #99 / 169 median 41.7% · 86%
Arable land 5.1% (2023) #117 / 168 median 11.0% · 47%
PM2.5 exposure 28.1 µg/m³ (2023) #53 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.4×
Military spending 1.4% (2024) #96 / 157 median 1.8% · 76%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Bolivia's true-shape outline

Bolivia's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 1,088,822 km².

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Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).