Matchup file

Bolivia vs Brazil

116 shared metrics.

BoliviaLeads in 33

vs116 shared

BrazilLeads in 83

Turn the comparison into a round

Think you can spot the next winner?

Brazil leads by 50 metrics. Use the same instinct in a quick real-data brawl.

Play this matchup Biggest Gaps

Country briefing

What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Bolivia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Plurinational State of Bolivia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, and wet season can turn it into a mirror.

NASA

Brazil

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federative Republic of Brazil.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Brazil has the world's largest Japanese-descended community outside Japan.

CCIS

Analysis

Brazil leads in 83 of 116 shared metrics, while Bolivia leads in 33.

Bolivia's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 3.4x that of Brazil (481.29 gCO2/kWh vs 109.95 gCO2/kWh).

Bolivia's Official Languages Count is 3.0x that of Brazil (4.0 vs 1.0).

Bolivia's Capital Elevation is 2.1x that of Brazil (3.6K m vs 1.2K m).

Bolivia's Women in Parliament (%) is 1.6x that of Brazil (46.15% vs 17.54%).

Bolivia's Informal Employment Share is 1.4x that of Brazil (83.88% of employed people vs 35.62% of employed people).

Key Comparisons

Electricity Carbon IntensityBolivia leads

Bolivia

481.29 gCO2/kWh

Brazil

109.95 gCO2/kWh

Official Languages CountBolivia leads

Bolivia

4.0

Brazil

1.0

Capital ElevationBolivia leads

Bolivia

3.6K m

Brazil

1.2K m

Women in Parliament (%)Bolivia leads

Bolivia

46.15%

Brazil

17.54%

Informal Employment ShareBolivia leads

Bolivia

83.88% of employed people

Brazil

35.62% of employed people

Highest ElevationBolivia leads

Brazil

Bolivia

Brazil

888

94% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

Brazil

Bolivia

28.44 Mt CO2e

Brazil

491.47 Mt CO2e

94% lower

Tourism Revenue

Brazil

Bolivia

$243,000,000

Brazil

$3,099,000,000

92% lower

Comparison of Bolivia and Brazil across 116 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Carbon Intensity	481.29 gCO2/kWh	109.95 gCO2/kWh	338% higher	Bolivia
Official Languages Count	4.0	1.0	300% higher	Bolivia
Capital Elevation	3.6K m	1.2K m	211% higher	Bolivia
Women in Parliament (%)	46.15%	17.54%	163% higher	Bolivia
Informal Employment Share	83.88% of employed people	35.62% of employed people	136% higher	Bolivia
Highest Elevation	6.5K m	3.0K m	119% higher	Bolivia
Domestic Patents	5.0	4.7K	100% lower	Brazil
Scientific Publications	188.02	67.0K	100% lower	Brazil
Foreign Patents	227	19.6K	99% lower	Brazil
Water Withdrawal	0.36 B m³	67.94 B m³	99% lower	Brazil
Electric Generating Capacity	4.38M kW	240.25M kW	98% lower	Brazil
Electricity Generation	12.35 TWh	745.26 TWh	98% lower	Brazil
GDP (Nominal)	$54,881,327,452.97	$2,185,821,648,943.86	97% lower	Brazil
Irrigated Land	3.0K km²	91.8K km²	97% lower	Brazil
Airports	202	5.6K	96% lower	Brazil
Air Passengers	5.60M	95.40M	94% lower	Brazil
Population	12.44M	221.36M	94% lower	Brazil
Merchant Fleet Size	50	888	94% lower	Brazil
Total CO2 Emissions	28.44 Mt CO2e	491.47 Mt CO2e	94% lower	Brazil
Tourism Revenue	$243,000,000	$3,099,000,000	92% lower	Brazil
Armed Forces Personnel	71.0K	762.0K	91% lower	Brazil
Forest Area	502.1K km²	4.93M km²	90% lower	Brazil
Water Stress (%)	0.12%	1.2%	90% lower	Brazil
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	22.88 µg/m³	12.18 µg/m³	88% higher	Bolivia
Railway Length	4.0K km	29.8K km	87% lower	Brazil
Wind Electricity Share	2.0%	15.67%	87% lower	Brazil
Land Area	1.08M km²	8.36M km²	87% lower	Brazil
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.53% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	84% lower	Brazil
Political Corruption Index	0.76	0.42	80% higher	Bolivia
Spirits Consumption	0.46 L/person/yr	2.0 L/person/yr	77% lower	Brazil
Homicide Rate	4.4 per 100k	19.28 per 100k	77% lower	Brazil
Solar Electricity Share	2.9%	11.81%	75% lower	Brazil
Credit Card Ownership	11.32% of adults	43.53% of adults	74% lower	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	12.8%	46.5%	72% lower	Brazil
Nurses & Midwives	1.6 per 1k	5.5 per 1k	71% lower	Brazil
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	859.31 kWh/person	2.9K kWh/person	71% lower	Brazil
Milk Consumption per Person	46.04 kg/person/yr	149.28 kg/person/yr	69% lower	Brazil
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	8.0 sites	25 sites	68% lower	Brazil
Vehicles per 1,000 People	153.04 per 1k people	461.9 per 1k people	67% lower	Brazil
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.7 kg/person/yr	8.1 kg/person/yr	66% lower	Brazil
Mobile Money Accounts	19.98% of adults	58.17% of adults	66% lower	Brazil
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	40.13 per 100k	110.98 per 100k	64% lower	Brazil
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.0% of youth labor force	13.98% of youth labor force	64% lower	Brazil
Health Spending Per Capita	$307.14	$848.57	64% lower	Brazil
Child Mortality	23.1 per 1k births	14.4 per 1k births	60% higher	Bolivia
Unemployment Rate	3.1%	7.6%	60% lower	Brazil
Infant Mortality	20 per 1k births	12.5 per 1k births	60% higher	Bolivia
GNI Per Capita	$4,160	$9,930	58% lower	Brazil
Population Density	11.3 /km²	25.26 /km²	55% lower	Brazil
Land Border Length	7.3K km	16.1K km	55% lower	Brazil
Beer Consumption	1.9 L/person/yr	4.1 L/person/yr	53% lower	Brazil
Alcohol Consumption	3.6 L/adult/yr	7.7 L/adult/yr	53% lower	Brazil
Teen Birth Rate	64.85 per 1k	42.69 per 1k	52% higher	Bolivia
Broadband Access (%)	11 per 100 people	23 per 100 people	52% lower	Brazil
Youth Population (%)	29.79%	19.67%	51% higher	Bolivia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	10 days/yr	50% higher	Bolivia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.35	0.70	50% lower	Brazil
Border Neighbors	5.0	10	50% lower	Brazil
Elderly Population (%)	5.6%	11.05%	49% lower	Brazil
Education Spending (% GDP)	8.3% of GDP	5.6% of GDP	48% higher	Bolivia
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.3 per 1k	2.4 per 1k	46% lower	Brazil
Energy Use (Per Capita)	798.29 kg oil eq/person	1.5K kg oil eq/person	46% lower	Brazil
Imports (% GDP)	25.54% of GDP	17.65% of GDP	45% higher	Bolivia
Suicide Rate	4.2 per 100k	7.6 per 100k	45% lower	Brazil
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	2.5 per 1k	44% lower	Brazil
Digital Payments Used	43.64% of adults	77.36% of adults	44% lower	Brazil
Women in Senior Management	22.27% of managers	38.7% of managers	42% lower	Brazil
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$12,877.64	$22,338.48	42% lower	Brazil
Military Spending	1.4% of GDP	0.97% of GDP	41% higher	Bolivia
Government Debt (% GDP)	49% of GDP	81.86% of GDP	40% lower	Brazil
Insufficient Physical Activity	21.86% of adults	36.74% of adults	40% lower	Brazil
Hypertension Prevalence	27.9% of adults	45.1% of adults	38% lower	Brazil
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.10 per 100k people	0.15 per 100k people	34% lower	Brazil
Birth Rate	17.02 per 1k	13.04 per 1k	31% higher	Bolivia
Median Age	24.7 years	33.9 years	27% lower	Brazil
Agricultural Land (%)	35.83%	28.33%	26% higher	Bolivia
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	25% lower	Brazil
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.91	25% lower	Brazil
Dependency Ratio	54.87% of working-age pop.	44.33% of working-age pop.	24% higher	Bolivia
Sanitation Access (%)	71.58%	92.4%	23% lower	Brazil
Fertility Rate	2.1 children/woman	1.7 children/woman	23% higher	Bolivia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.60	0.78	23% lower	Brazil
Forest Coverage (%)	46.35%	58.98%	21% lower	Brazil
High-Tech Exports (%)	8.8%	11.11%	21% lower	Brazil
Corruption Perceptions Index	28 pts	35 pts	20% lower	Brazil
Exports (% GDP)	21.44% of GDP	17.94% of GDP	19% higher	Bolivia
Urban Population (%)	71.24%	87.9%	19% lower	Brazil
Inequality (Gini)	42.1	51.6	18% lower	Brazil
Internet Users (%)	70%	84.46%	17% lower	Brazil
Inflation Rate	5.1%	4.4%	16% higher	Bolivia
Death Rate	6.0 per 1k	7.1 per 1k	15% lower	Brazil
Life Evaluation Score	5.8 pts	6.6 pts	12% lower	Brazil
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.6 per 100k	15.7 per 100k	12% higher	Bolivia
Life Expectancy	68.6 years	75.8 years	10% lower	Brazil
Meat Consumption per Person	71.4 kg/person/yr	77.32 kg/person/yr	8% lower	Brazil
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.4% of GDP	9.1% of GDP	8% lower	Brazil
Human Development Index	0.73	0.79	7% lower	Brazil
Food Waste per Person	151.19 kg/person/yr	144.45 kg/person/yr	5% higher	Bolivia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	12% of adults	11.5% of adults	4% higher	Bolivia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	98 per 100 people	102 per 100 people	4% lower	Brazil
Obesity Rate	27.8%	28.76%	3% lower	Brazil
Women's Political Empowerment	0.84	0.82	3% higher	Bolivia
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.52 hrs/week	38.86 hrs/week	3% lower	Brazil
Can Raise Emergency Money	89.54% of adults	92.02% of adults	3% lower	Brazil
Smoking Rate	12.4%	12.2%	2% higher	Bolivia
CO2 Per Capita	2.3 t/person/yr	2.3 t/person/yr	2% higher	Bolivia
Protected Land (%)	30.9%	30.6%	1% higher	Bolivia
Adult Literacy Rate	95.55%	94.8%	1% higher	Bolivia
Coastline Length	0 km	7.5K km	ranked lower	Brazil
Coal Electricity Share	0%	2.3%	ranked lower	Brazil
Electricity Access (%)	99.8%	99.8%	equal	Bolivia
GDP Growth Rate	-1.12%	3.4%	ranked lower	Brazil
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Brazil
Lowest Elevation	90 m	0 m	ranked higher	Bolivia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-1.9% of GDP	-3% of GDP	ranked higher	Bolivia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	3.6 per 1M people	ranked lower	Brazil

Build a Matchup

Country A

Country B

Next move

Pick the next country or jump back in.

Play this matchup

Bolivia Brazil

Analysis

Brazil leads in 83 of 116 shared metrics, while Bolivia leads in 33.

Bolivia's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 3.4x that of Brazil (481.29 gCO2/kWh vs 109.95 gCO2/kWh).

Bolivia's Official Languages Count is 3.0x that of Brazil (4.0 vs 1.0).

Bolivia's Capital Elevation is 2.1x that of Brazil (3.6K m vs 1.2K m).

Bolivia's Women in Parliament (%) is 1.6x that of Brazil (46.15% vs 17.54%).

Bolivia's Informal Employment Share is 1.4x that of Brazil (83.88% of employed people vs 35.62% of employed people).

Key Comparisons

Electricity Carbon IntensityBolivia leads

Bolivia

481.29 gCO2/kWh

Brazil

109.95 gCO2/kWh

Official Languages CountBolivia leads

Bolivia

4.0

Brazil

1.0

Capital ElevationBolivia leads

Bolivia

3.6K m

Brazil

1.2K m

Women in Parliament (%)Bolivia leads

Bolivia

46.15%

Brazil

17.54%

Informal Employment ShareBolivia leads

Bolivia

83.88% of employed people

Brazil

35.62% of employed people

Highest ElevationBolivia leads

Bolivia

6.5K m

Brazil

3.0K m

Electricity Carbon Intensity

481.29 gCO2/kWh

109.95 gCO2/kWh

Official Languages Count

4.0

1.0

Capital Elevation

3.6K m

1.2K m

Women in Parliament (%)

46.15%

17.54%

Informal Employment Share

83.88% of employed people

35.62% of employed people

Highest Elevation

6.5K m

3.0K m

Domestic Patents

5.0

4.7K

Scientific Publications

188.02

67.0K

Foreign Patents

227

19.6K

Water Withdrawal

0.36 B m³

67.94 B m³

Electric Generating Capacity

4.38M kW

240.25M kW

Electricity Generation

12.35 TWh

745.26 TWh

GDP (Nominal)

$54,881,327,452.97

$2,185,821,648,943.86

Irrigated Land

3.0K km²

91.8K km²

Airports

202

5.6K

Air Passengers

5.60M

95.40M

Population

12.44M

221.36M

Merchant Fleet Size

888

Total CO2 Emissions

28.44 Mt CO2e

491.47 Mt CO2e

Tourism Revenue

$243,000,000

$3,099,000,000

Bolivia vs Brazil

Think you can spot the next winner?

What matters for both sides

Bolivia

Brazil

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Official Languages Count

Capital Elevation

Women in Parliament (%)

Informal Employment Share

Highest Elevation

Domestic Patents

Scientific Publications

Foreign Patents

Water Withdrawal

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

GDP (Nominal)

Irrigated Land

Airports

Air Passengers

Population

Merchant Fleet Size

Total CO2 Emissions

Tourism Revenue

Armed Forces Personnel

Forest Area

Water Stress (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Railway Length

Wind Electricity Share

Land Area

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Political Corruption Index

Spirits Consumption

Homicide Rate

Solar Electricity Share

Credit Card Ownership

Renewable Energy (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Milk Consumption per Person

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Seafood Consumption per Person

Mobile Money Accounts

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Youth Unemployment Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Child Mortality

Unemployment Rate

Infant Mortality

GNI Per Capita

Population Density

Land Border Length

Beer Consumption

Alcohol Consumption

Teen Birth Rate

Broadband Access (%)

Youth Population (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Liberal Democracy Index

Border Neighbors

Elderly Population (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Imports (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Digital Payments Used

Women in Senior Management

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Military Spending

Government Debt (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Hypertension Prevalence