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Armed forces as a share of the population — Bolivia

Armed forces as a share of the population in Bolivia in 2022 — 0.282%. Ranked 84 in the world out of 189. Since 1848, the indicator has fallen by 1.321 pp.

2022 0.282% −0.003 pp vs 2021
World rank 84of 189
Period maximum 1.654%1935
Period minimum 0.059%1895

Trend over time

1848–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Bolivia, 1848–202200.511.52184818661884190219201938195619741992201020221848: 1.602%1851: 1.463%1854: 1.33%1857: 0.258%1860: 0.167%1863: 0.162%1866: 0.157%1869: 0.152%1872: 0.295%1875: 0.215%1878: 0.208%1881: 0.202%1884: 0.13%1887: 0.063%1890: 0.061%1893: 0.12%1896: 0.175%1899: 0.114%1902: 0.167%1905: 0.161%1908: 0.157%1911: 0.152%1914: 0.246%1917: 0.24%1920: 0.187%1923: 0.181%1926: 0.349%1929: 0.338%1932: 0.286%1935: 1.654%1938: 0.38%1941: 0.368%1945: 0.351%1948: 0.305%1951: 0.294%1954: 0.276%1957: 0.491%1960: 0.358%1963: 0.363%1966: 0.652%1969: 0.486%1972: 0.384%1975: 0.42%1978: 0.392%1981: 0.476%1984: 0.484%1987: 0.487%1990: 0.456%1993: 0.453%1996: 0.435%1999: 0.405%2002: 0.362%2005: 0.342%2008: 0.468%2011: 0.446%2014: 0.436%2017: 0.3%2020: 0.288%2022: 0.282%
Change over the period: −1.321 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bolivia

Bolivia 0.282%
World computed 0.259%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.23%
South America computed 0.252%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.207%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.282 −0.003 pp
2021 0.285 −0.003 pp
2020 0.288 −0.004 pp
2019 0.291 −0.004 pp
2018 0.295 −0.004 pp
2017 0.3 −0.013 pp
2016 0.312 −0.117 pp
2015 0.429 −0.007 pp
2014 0.436 −0.007 pp
2013 0.442 +0.004 pp
2012 0.438 −0.007 pp
2011 0.446 −0.007 pp
2010 0.453 −0.007 pp
2009 0.46 −0.007 pp
2008 0.468 −0.008 pp
2007 0.475 +0.129 pp
2006 0.347 +0.005 pp
2005 0.342 −0.006 pp
2004 0.348 −0.007 pp
2003 0.355 −0.007 pp
2002 0.362 −0.009 pp
2001 0.371 −0.013 pp
2000 0.384 −0.021 pp
1999 0.405 −0.009 pp
1998 0.415 −0.01 pp
1997 0.425 −0.01 pp
1996 0.435 +0.057 pp
1995 0.378 −0.009 pp
1994 0.387 −0.066 pp
1993 0.453 −0.011 pp
1992 0.464 −0.026 pp
1991 0.49 +0.034 pp
1990 0.456 −0.01 pp
1989 0.466 +0.022 pp
1988 0.445 −0.042 pp
1987 0.487 −0.011 pp
1986 0.498 +0.023 pp
1985 0.475 −0.009 pp
1984 0.484 +0.008 pp
1983 0.476 +0.009 pp
1982 0.467 −0.009 pp
1981 0.476 +0.028 pp
1980 0.448 +0.066 pp
1979 0.382 −0.009 pp
1978 0.392 −0.009 pp
1977 0.401 −0.051 pp
1976 0.451 +0.031 pp
1975 0.42 +0.033 pp
1974 0.388 −0.01 pp
1973 0.397 +0.013 pp
1972 0.384 −0.01 pp
1971 0.394 −0.01 pp
1970 0.404 −0.082 pp
1969 0.486 +0.063 pp
1968 0.423 −0.086 pp
1967 0.509 −0.142 pp
1966 0.652 +0.225 pp
1965 0.427 +0.072 pp
1964 0.355 −0.008 pp
1963 0.363 −0.151 pp
1962 0.514 −0.012 pp
1961 0.525 +0.167 pp
1960 0.358 +0.036 pp
1959 0.322 −0.017 pp
1958 0.339 −0.152 pp
1957 0.491 −0.01 pp
1956 0.501 +0.102 pp
1955 0.399 +0.123 pp
1954 0.276 −0.006 pp
1953 0.282 −0.006 pp
1952 0.288 −0.006 pp
1951 0.294 −0.038 pp
1950 0.332 +0.03 pp
1949 0.302 −0.003 pp
1948 0.305 −0.003 pp
1947 0.308 −0.004 pp
1946 0.313 −0.038 pp
1945 0.351 −0.004 pp
1944 0.355 —
1942 0.364 −0.004 pp
1941 0.368 −0.003 pp
1940 0.37 −0.006 pp
1939 0.376 −0.004 pp
1938 0.38 −0.004 pp
1937 0.385 −0.004 pp
1936 0.389 −1.264 pp
1935 1.654 +0.737 pp
1934 0.916 +0.11 pp
1933 0.806 +0.521 pp
1932 0.286 −0.002 pp
1931 0.288 −0.045 pp
1930 0.333 −0.004 pp
1929 0.338 −0.004 pp
1928 0.342 −0.003 pp
1927 0.345 −0.005 pp
1926 0.349 +0.172 pp
1925 0.177 −0.002 pp
1924 0.179 −0.002 pp
1923 0.181 −0.002 pp
1922 0.183 −0.003 pp
1921 0.185 −0.002 pp
1920 0.187 −0.002 pp
1919 0.189 −0.049 pp
1918 0.238 −0.002 pp
1917 0.24 −0.002 pp
1916 0.243 −0.002 pp
1915 0.245 −0.001 pp
1914 0.246 +0.097 pp
1913 0.149 −0.002 pp
1912 0.152 −0.001 pp
1911 0.152 −0.002 pp
1910 0.154 −0.002 pp
1909 0.155 −0.002 pp
1908 0.157 −0.001 pp
1907 0.158 +0.052 pp
1906 0.106 −0.055 pp
1905 0.161 −0.002 pp
1904 0.163 −0.002 pp
1903 0.165 −0.002 pp
1902 0.167 −0.001 pp
1901 0.168 −0.002 pp
1900 0.169 +0.056 pp
1899 0.114 −0.001 pp
1898 0.115 −0.001 pp
1897 0.116 −0.059 pp
1896 0.175 +0.116 pp
1895 0.059 −0 pp
1894 0.059 −0.06 pp
1893 0.12 −0.001 pp
1892 0.121 +0.06 pp
1891 0.061 −0 pp
1890 0.061 −0.001 pp
1889 0.062 −0.001 pp
1888 0.063 −0.001 pp
1887 0.063 −0.065 pp
1886 0.128 −0.001 pp
1885 0.129 −0.001 pp
1884 0.13 −0.067 pp
1883 0.198 −0.002 pp
1882 0.2 −0.002 pp
1881 0.202 −0.002 pp
1880 0.204 −0.277 pp
1879 0.481 +0.273 pp
1878 0.208 −0.002 pp
1877 0.21 −0.002 pp
1876 0.212 −0.002 pp
1875 0.215 −0.002 pp
1874 0.217 −0.075 pp
1873 0.292 −0.003 pp
1872 0.295 +0.146 pp
1871 0.149 −0.002 pp
1870 0.151 −0.001 pp
1869 0.152 −0.078 pp
1868 0.23 +0.075 pp
1867 0.155 −0.002 pp
1866 0.157 −0.002 pp
1865 0.158 −0.002 pp
1864 0.16 −0.002 pp
1863 0.162 −0.002 pp
1862 0.163 −0.002 pp
1861 0.165 −0.002 pp
1860 0.167 −0.002 pp
1859 0.168 −0.087 pp
1858 0.255 −0.003 pp
1857 0.258 −0.958 pp
1856 1.216 −0.099 pp
1855 1.316 −0.014 pp
1854 1.33 −0.013 pp
1853 1.343 −0.105 pp
1852 1.448 −0.015 pp
1851 1.463 −0.015 pp
1850 1.477 −0.108 pp
1849 1.586 −0.016 pp
1848 1.602 —

South America, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

UY Uruguay 0.619 CO Colombia 0.495 VE Venezuela 0.436 GY Guyana 0.365 CL Chile 0.353 SR Suriname 0.321 BO Bolivia 0.282 PE Peru 0.242 EC Ecuador 0.23 PY Paraguay 0.207 BR Brazil 0.175 AR Argentina 0.159
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

Military personnel on active duty as a percent of the entire population of the country. The indicator answers the question of how large the armed forces are relative to the size of the country — an army that is large in absolute numbers in a large country can come out smaller by this measure than the small army of a small state.

Important: A close indicator — the share of the labor force — answers a different question: what part of those able to work is occupied in the army instead of the economy. In countries with young populations the two diverge noticeably.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.

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Bolivia by year Defense Military expenditure in dollars

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