Bolivia's broad money to total reserves ratio was 64.32 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2,560% from 2.42 in 2015 (38.83% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 64.32 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4.75 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.42 | 2015 |
| Highest | 64.32 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 0.83 | 1986 |
| Average since 2016 | 13.16 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 5.45 | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Bolivia's broad money to total reserves ratio rose 47.73 on 2024 (from 16.59 to 64.32).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.44 and a typical year strayed about 1.67 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 28.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 47.73 in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.61 in 1963. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.32 a year. A straight line explains 49% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Bolivia had the 2nd highest value of the 64 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Bolivia in the 2025 ranking
- Australia — 2nd of 64: 32.96
- United States — 3rd of 64: 22.15
- New Zealand — 4th of 64: 9.34
What this measures
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a ratio (a÷b).
All 66 values
| Year | Broad money to total reserves ratio |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.32 |
| 2024 | 16.59 |
| 2023 | 16.3 |
| 2022 | 7.73 |
| 2021 | 5.84 |
| 2020 | 4.75 |
| 2019 | 5.51 |
| 2018 | 4.05 |
| 2017 | 3.39 |
| 2016 | 3.14 |
| 2015 |
Broad money to total reserves ratio in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 4.7 (2025)
- Argentina — 4.38 (2025)
- Aruba — 2.13 (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 3.66 (2022)
- Barbados — 4.39 (2023)
- Belize — 4.61 (2025)
- Brazil — 7.54 (2025)
- Chile — 5.02 (2025)
- Colombia — 2.99 (2025)
- Costa Rica — 3.03 (2025)
- Dominica
More financial sector data for Bolivia
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 51.75% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 414.59 billion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 25.97 billion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 51.75% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 257.74 billion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 57.59% (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 197.72 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 19.52% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 29.84% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bolivia's broad money to total reserves ratio?
- 64.32 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 1,081% from 5.45 in 1960 (3.87% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 64.32 in 2025 and the lowest 0.83 in 1986.
- How does Bolivia rank?
- 2nd highest of 64 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in broad money to total reserves ratio unusual for Bolivia?
- In 2025, Bolivia's broad money to total reserves ratio rose 47.73 on 2024 (from 16.59 to 64.32). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.44 and a typical year strayed about 1.67 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 28.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.LBL.BMNY.IR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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