Side by side

Bolivia and Chile compared

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

🇧🇴Bolivia

6 August 1825Bolivia declares its independence from Spain

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🇨🇱Chile

12 February 1818The Chilean Declaration of Independence is sworn at Talca

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Shared indicators
41
Domains
9
Crossed events
3
Data through
2026-08-10

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 1879-1883

    The War of the Pacific

    A dispute over nitrate taxes leads Chile to war with Peru and Bolivia; Chilean victories win the nitrate-rich Atacama and leave Bolivia landlocked.

    War & Rupture · from the Chile chronicle · The Nitrate Age and the Twentieth Century · War of the Pacific, History of Chile

  2. 1879-1883

    War of the Pacific

    Chile defeats Bolivia and its ally Peru and annexes Bolivia's coast; Bolivia loses its Pacific province of Antofagasta and becomes landlocked.

    War & Rupture · from the Bolivia chronicle · Lost Wars, the Sea, and the Tin Republic · War of the Pacific, Bolivia: A Country Study

  3. 1904 CE

    Treaty confirms the loss of the coast

    A treaty between Bolivia and Chile formally cedes the Pacific coast to Chile, fixing Bolivia's landlocked status and a lasting national grievance.

    Politics & Power · from the Bolivia chronicle · Lost Wars, the Sea, and the Tin Republic · War of the Pacific, Bolivia, Bolivia: A Country Study