BoliviaandParaguay

6 August 1825 · 15 May 1811

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 1825 — Bolivia declares its independence from Spain

Dossier →Chronicle →

Paraguay

15 May 1811 — Paraguay declares its independence from Spain

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
41
Domains
9
Crossed events
2
Data through
2026-08-14

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.

Economy

BOLPRY
  • GDP
    $65 B2025$49 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $5,1482025$7,0272025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    -1.6%20256.6%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    19.5%20254.0%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    47.0%202476.5%2025
    Observed 2024 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

BOLPRY
  • Population
    13 m20257.0 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    68.7 yrs202474.0 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    71.6%202570.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    2.520242.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

BOLPRY

Health

BOLPRY
  • Health spending
    6.9%20238.4%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    1.2820213.892022
    Observed 2021 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    15.7202416.32024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    67.0%202490.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    —64.4%2024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

BOLPRY
  • Adult literacy
    96.7%202494.9%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    7.5%20243.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    93.7%202489.4%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    90.5%202479.1%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    —37.6%2010
    Observed — / 2010 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

BOLPRY
  • R&D spending
    0.1%20210.1%2023
    Observed 2021 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    6320211392023
    Observed 2021 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    79.7%202481.6%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    9820241272023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    8.8%202410.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

BOLPRY
  • Land area
    1,083,300 km²2023396,012 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    46.3%202338.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    35.8%202354.1%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    2.320241.22024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    12.8%202158.8%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

BOLPRY
  • Resource rents
    9.5%20211.3%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    1.3%20210.1%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    5.9%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.4%20211.3%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    96.6%202499.8%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Zinc (mined)
    500 kt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded

Military

BOLPRY
  • Military burden
    1.4%20240.9%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $655 M2024$414 M2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    71,000202029,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

2 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. 1932-1935

    The Chaco War

    Paraguay and Bolivia fight a costly war over the Gran Chaco; about 100,000 men die before a 1935 truce, with most of the region awarded to Paraguay by the 1938 treaty.

    War & Rupture · from the Paraguay chronicle · Rebuilding and the Chaco War · REFS 2 — Chaco War, History of Paraguay

  2. 1932-1935

    The Chaco War with Paraguay

    Bolivia is defeated by Paraguay in a brutal war over the Gran Chaco, losing most of the disputed land and discrediting the old governing order.

    War & Rupture · from the Bolivia chronicle · Lost Wars, the Sea, and the Tin Republic · REFS 2 — Chaco War, Bolivia: A Country Study