Bolivia's gross national expenditure (current LCU) was 394.81 billion in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 75.48% from 224.99 billion in 2014 (5.78% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 394.81 billion | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 358.39 billion | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 224.99 billion | 2014 |
| Highest | 394.81 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | 12,055 | 1970 |
| Average since 2015 | 331.47 billion | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 12,055 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Bolivia's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 4.2% on 2023 (from 379.04 billion to 394.81 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 8.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12,325% in 1985 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.3% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 13.61 billion a year. A straight line explains 65% 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 2024, Bolivia had the 18th highest value of the 38 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 2024 ranking
- Zimbabwe — 14th of 38: 867.29 billion
- Zambia — 15th of 38: 559.46 billion
- New Zealand — 16th of 38: 436.87 billion
- Bhutan — 18th of 38: 325.85 billion
- Tajikistan — 19th of 38: 212.47 billion
- Vanuatu — 20th of 38: 189.76 billion
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 55 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 394,807,779,600 |
| 2023 | 379,040,818,300 |
| 2022 | 358,947,787,300 |
| 2021 | 332,695,711,700 |
| 2020 | 303,419,845,800 |
| 2019 | 358,391,799,200 |
| 2018 | 355,336,336,700 |
| 2017 | 337,981,772,700 |
| 2016 | 251,947,325,800 |
| 2015 | 242,160,770,800 |
Gross national expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 856.3 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 6.92 billion (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 16.47 billion (2024)
- Belize — 6.41 billion (2024)
- Brazil — 12.69 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 325.89 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 1,954.07 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 48.6 trillion (2025)
- Cuba — 1.52 trillion (2024)
- Curaçao — 7.02 billion (2018)
More economic policy & debt data for Bolivia
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$579.91 million (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$579.91 million (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$64.77 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 447.55 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$37.21 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 329.37 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$5,148 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 35,571 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$2,957 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 26,178 (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bolivia's gross national expenditure (current LCU)?
- 394.81 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 3.28 billion% from 12,055 in 1970 (37.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 394.81 billion in 2024 and the lowest 12,055 in 1970.
- How does Bolivia rank?
- 18th highest of 38 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (current LCU) unusual for Bolivia?
- In 2024, Bolivia's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 4.2% on 2023 (from 379.04 billion to 394.81 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 8.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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