Side by side
Bolivia and Paraguay 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.
- Shared indicators
- 41
- Domains
- 9
- Crossed events
- 2
- 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.
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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.
- 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 · Chaco War, History of Paraguay
- 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 · Chaco War, Bolivia: A Country Study