Bolivia's net foreign assets (current LCU) was 25.97 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 75.55% from 106.23 billion in 2015 (13.14% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25.97 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 42.29 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 106.23 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 118.95 billion | 2014 |
| Lowest | -856.7 million | 1994 |
| Average since 2016 | 47.68 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -143.2 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Bolivia's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 6.65 billion on 2024 (from 19.32 billion to 25.97 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +672.57 million and a typical year strayed about 9.84 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above 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 15.71 billion in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.8 billion in 2016. 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 downward, about 8.18 billion a year. A straight line explains 90% 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 72nd highest value of the 106 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
- Botswana — 69th of 106: 60.03 billion
- Trinidad and Tobago — 70th of 106: 55.7 billion
- Kuwait — 71st of 106: 28.58 billion
- Azerbaijan — 73rd of 106: 25.43 billion
- Seychelles — 74th of 106: 25.3 billion
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 75th of 106: 23.03 billion
What this measures
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. 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 66 values
| Year | Net foreign assets (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 25,970,409,230 |
| 2024 | 19,320,471,383 |
| 2023 | 17,714,394,720 |
| 2022 | 32,689,422,548 |
| 2021 | 39,174,406,283 |
| 2020 | 42,293,087,246 |
| 2019 | 54,471,851,553 |
| 2018 | 73,777,652,067 |
| 2017 | 85,972,626,466 |
| 2016 | 85,424,140,110 |
Net foreign assets (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2.72 billion (2025)
- Argentina — 28.45 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 3.06 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 2.97 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 2.26 billion (2023)
- Belize — 1.64 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 1.26 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 29.13 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 241.28 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 8.46 trillion (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)
- 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)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 64.32 (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 net foreign assets (current LCU)?
- 25.97 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 18.14 billion% from -143.2 in 1960. The highest value was 118.95 billion in 2014 and the lowest -856.7 million in 1994.
- How does Bolivia rank?
- 72nd highest of 106 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net foreign assets (current LCU) unusual for Bolivia?
- In 2025, Bolivia's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 6.65 billion on 2024 (from 19.32 billion to 25.97 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +672.57 million and a typical year strayed about 9.84 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above 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 FM.AST.NFRG.CN, 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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