Bolivia
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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.
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Bolivia vs Paraguay
120 shared metrics.
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Paraguay
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Identity
Formal name: Republic of Paraguay.
CIA 2026
Curated stat
Paraguay is officially bilingual: Spanish and Guarani both belong on the national language map.
Analysis
Bolivia and Paraguay are closely matched, each leading in 60 metrics.
Bolivia's Railway Length is 131.0x that of Paraguay (4.0K km vs 30 km).
Bolivia's Capital Elevation is 83.7x that of Paraguay (3.6K m vs 43 m).
Bolivia's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 18.5x that of Paraguay (481.29 gCO2/kWh vs 24.7 gCO2/kWh).
Bolivia's Air Passengers is 12.7x that of Paraguay (5.60M vs 407.9K).
Bolivia's Highest Elevation is 6.8x that of Paraguay (6.5K m vs 842 m).
Key Comparisons
Railway LengthBolivia leads
Bolivia
4.0K km
Paraguay
30 km
Capital ElevationBolivia leads
Bolivia
3.6K m
Paraguay
43 m
Electricity Carbon IntensityBolivia leads
Bolivia
481.29 gCO2/kWh
Paraguay
24.7 gCO2/kWh
Air PassengersBolivia leads
Bolivia
5.60M
Paraguay
407.9K
Highest ElevationBolivia leads
Bolivia
6.5K m
Paraguay
842 m
UNESCO World Heritage SitesBolivia leads
Bolivia
8.0 sites
Paraguay
2.0 sites
All Metrics
Railway Length
BoliviaBolivia
4.0K km
Paraguay
30 km
13100% higher
Capital Elevation
BoliviaBolivia
3.6K m
Paraguay
43 m
8365% higher
Electricity Carbon Intensity
BoliviaBolivia
481.29 gCO2/kWh
Paraguay
24.7 gCO2/kWh
1849% higher
Air Passengers
BoliviaBolivia
5.60M
Paraguay
407.9K
1273% higher
Highest Elevation
BoliviaBolivia
6.5K m
Paraguay
842 m
677% higher
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
BoliviaBolivia
8.0 sites
Paraguay
2.0 sites
300% higher
Total CO2 Emissions
BoliviaBolivia
28.44 Mt CO2e
Paraguay
8.0 Mt CO2e
254% higher
Forest Area
BoliviaBolivia
502.1K km²
Paraguay
152.6K km²
229% higher
Land Area
BoliviaBolivia
1.08M km²
Paraguay
396.0K km²
174% higher
Government Debt (% GDP)
BoliviaBolivia
49% of GDP
Paraguay
18.9% of GDP
159% higher
Armed Forces Personnel
BoliviaBolivia
71.0K
Paraguay
29.0K
145% higher
Education Spending (% GDP)
BoliviaBolivia
8.3% of GDP
Paraguay
3.4% of GDP
144% higher
Airports
BoliviaBolivia
202
Paraguay
85
138% higher
Tourism Revenue
BoliviaBolivia
$243,000,000
Paraguay
$104,000,000
134% higher
Air Pollution (PM2.5)
BoliviaBolivia
22.88 µg/m³
Paraguay
10.09 µg/m³
127% higher
Irrigated Land
BoliviaBolivia
3.0K km²
Paraguay
1.4K km²
118% higher
Protected Land (%)
BoliviaBolivia
30.9%
Paraguay
14.9%
107% higher
CO2 Per Capita
BoliviaBolivia
2.3 t/person/yr
Paraguay
1.1 t/person/yr
102% higher
Tobacco Use Prevalence
BoliviaBolivia
12% of adults
Paraguay
6.0% of adults
100% higher
Official Languages Count
BoliviaBolivia
4.0
Paraguay
2.0
100% higher
Lowest Elevation
BoliviaBolivia
90 m
Paraguay
46 m
96% higher
Water Stress (%)
ParaguayBolivia
0.12%
Paraguay
2.1%
94% lower
Women in Parliament (%)
BoliviaBolivia
46.15%
Paraguay
23.75%
94% higher
Water Withdrawal
ParaguayBolivia
0.36 B m³
Paraguay
2.4 B m³
85% lower
Firms Making Informal Payments
BoliviaBolivia
22.45% of firms
Paraguay
12.54% of firms
79% higher
Renewable Energy (%)
ParaguayBolivia
12.8%
Paraguay
58.8%
78% lower
Spirits Consumption
ParaguayBolivia
0.46 L/person/yr
Paraguay
1.8 L/person/yr
75% lower
Electricity Generation
ParaguayBolivia
12.35 TWh
Paraguay
44.24 TWh
72% lower
Tourist Arrivals
ParaguayBolivia
323.3K
Paraguay
1.08M
70% lower
Doctors (per 1,000)
ParaguayBolivia
1.3 per 1k
Paraguay
3.9 per 1k
67% lower
Border Neighbors
BoliviaBolivia
5.0
Paraguay
3.0
67% higher
Population
BoliviaBolivia
12.44M
Paraguay
7.60M
64% higher
Electricity Use (Per Capita)
ParaguayBolivia
859.31 kWh/person
Paraguay
2.4K kWh/person
64% lower
Firms with Female Top Manager
BoliviaBolivia
31.1% of firms
Paraguay
19.06% of firms
63% higher
Youth Unemployment Rate
ParaguayBolivia
5.0% of youth labor force
Paraguay
11.69% of youth labor force
57% lower
Firms Hit by Power Outages
ParaguayBolivia
32.43% of firms
Paraguay
75.65% of firms
57% lower
Land Border Length
BoliviaBolivia
7.3K km
Paraguay
4.7K km
56% higher
Merchant Fleet Size
ParaguayBolivia
50
Paraguay
108
54% lower
EV Chargers per 100,000 People
ParaguayBolivia
0.10 per 100k people
Paraguay
0.21 per 100k people
54% lower
Researchers
ParaguayBolivia
63.06 per 1M
Paraguay
133.2 per 1M
53% lower
Hypertension Prevalence
ParaguayBolivia
27.9% of adults
Paraguay
56.6% of adults
51% lower
Electric Generating Capacity
ParaguayBolivia
4.38M kW
Paraguay
8.93M kW
51% lower
Minimum Paid Vacation Days
BoliviaBolivia
15 days/yr
Paraguay
10 days/yr
50% higher
Domestic Patents
ParaguayBolivia
5.0
Paraguay
10
50% lower
Unemployment Rate
ParaguayBolivia
3.1%
Paraguay
6.1%
49% lower
Vehicles per 1,000 People
ParaguayBolivia
153.04 per 1k people
Paraguay
299.55 per 1k people
49% lower
Military Spending
BoliviaBolivia
1.4% of GDP
Paraguay
0.93% of GDP
47% higher
Mobile Money Accounts
ParaguayBolivia
19.98% of adults
Paraguay
35.95% of adults
44% lower
Exports (% GDP)
ParaguayBolivia
21.44% of GDP
Paraguay
37.2% of GDP
42% lower
FDI Inflows (% GDP)
ParaguayBolivia
0.53% of GDP
Paraguay
0.90% of GDP
41% lower
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)
BoliviaBolivia
1.4 per 1k
Paraguay
1.0 per 1k
40% higher
Milk Consumption per Person
ParaguayBolivia
46.04 kg/person/yr
Paraguay
75.72 kg/person/yr
39% lower
ATMs per 100,000 Adults
BoliviaBolivia
40.13 per 100k
Paraguay
28.78 per 100k
39% higher
Insufficient Physical Activity
ParaguayBolivia
21.86% of adults
Paraguay
35.96% of adults
39% lower
Seafood Consumption per Person
ParaguayBolivia
2.7 kg/person/yr
Paraguay
4.3 kg/person/yr
37% lower
Foreign Patents
ParaguayBolivia
227
Paraguay
354
36% lower
Child Mortality
BoliviaBolivia
23.1 per 1k births
Paraguay
17 per 1k births
36% higher
Imports (% GDP)
ParaguayBolivia
25.54% of GDP
Paraguay
39.63% of GDP
36% lower
Alcohol Consumption
ParaguayBolivia
3.6 L/adult/yr
Paraguay
5.6 L/adult/yr
36% lower
Health Spending Per Capita
ParaguayBolivia
$307.14
Paraguay
$480.19
36% lower
Population Density
ParaguayBolivia
11.3 /km²
Paraguay
17.28 /km²
35% lower
Homicide Rate
ParaguayBolivia
4.4 per 100k
Paraguay
6.8 per 100k
35% lower
Agricultural Land (%)
ParaguayBolivia
35.83%
Paraguay
54.11%
34% lower
Inflation Rate
BoliviaBolivia
5.1%
Paraguay
3.8%
34% higher
GNI Per Capita
ParaguayBolivia
$4,160
Paraguay
$6,300
34% lower
Suicide Rate
ParaguayBolivia
4.2 per 100k
Paraguay
6.4 per 100k
34% lower
Beer Consumption
ParaguayBolivia
1.9 L/person/yr
Paraguay
2.8 L/person/yr
32% lower
Meat Consumption per Person
BoliviaBolivia
71.4 kg/person/yr
Paraguay
54.07 kg/person/yr
32% higher
Infant Mortality
BoliviaBolivia
20 per 1k births
Paraguay
15.1 per 1k births
32% higher
GDP Per Capita (PPP)
ParaguayBolivia
$12,877.64
Paraguay
$18,523.68
30% lower
Informal Employment Share
BoliviaBolivia
83.88% of employed people
Paraguay
64.46% of employed people
30% higher
Women's Political Empowerment
BoliviaBolivia
0.84
Paraguay
0.67
26% higher
Sanitation Access (%)
ParaguayBolivia
71.58%
Paraguay
95.93%
25% lower
Energy Use (Per Capita)
ParaguayBolivia
798.29 kg oil eq/person
Paraguay
1.0K kg oil eq/person
24% lower
Mobile Subscriptions (%)
ParaguayBolivia
98 per 100 people
Paraguay
127 per 100 people
23% lower
GDP (Nominal)
BoliviaBolivia
$54,881,327,452.97
Paraguay
$44,458,118,397.44
23% higher
Death Rate
BoliviaBolivia
6.0 per 1k
Paraguay
5.0 per 1k
21% higher
Digital Payments Used
ParaguayBolivia
43.64% of adults
Paraguay
55.47% of adults
21% lower
Forest Coverage (%)
BoliviaBolivia
46.35%
Paraguay
38.54%
20% higher
Corruption Perceptions Index
BoliviaBolivia
28 pts
Paraguay
24 pts
17% higher
Smoking Rate
BoliviaBolivia
12.4%
Paraguay
10.7%
16% higher
High-Tech Exports (%)
ParaguayBolivia
8.8%
Paraguay
10.5%
16% lower
Road Traffic Death Rate
ParaguayBolivia
17.6 per 100k
Paraguay
21 per 100k
16% lower
Broadband Access (%)
ParaguayBolivia
11 per 100 people
Paraguay
13 per 100 people
15% lower
Internet Users (%)
ParaguayBolivia
70%
Paraguay
81.58%
14% lower
Elderly Population (%)
ParaguayBolivia
5.6%
Paraguay
6.5%
14% lower
Credit Card Ownership
BoliviaBolivia
11.32% of adults
Paraguay
9.9% of adults
14% higher
Obesity Rate
ParaguayBolivia
27.8%
Paraguay
32.08%
13% lower
Fertility Rate
BoliviaBolivia
2.1 children/woman
Paraguay
1.9 children/woman
13% higher
Can Raise Emergency Money
BoliviaBolivia
89.54% of adults
Paraguay
80.26% of adults
12% higher
Average Weekly Work Hours
ParaguayBolivia
37.52 hrs/week
Paraguay
41.79 hrs/week
10% lower
Scientific Publications
ParaguayBolivia
188.02
Paraguay
208.68
10% lower
Birth Rate
BoliviaBolivia
17.02 per 1k
Paraguay
15.66 per 1k
9% higher
Firms Asked for Bribes
ParaguayBolivia
14.56% of firms
Paraguay
16.08% of firms
9% lower
Health Spending (% GDP)
BoliviaBolivia
8.4% of GDP
Paraguay
7.7% of GDP
9% higher
Freedom of Expression Index
ParaguayBolivia
0.68
Paraguay
0.75
9% lower
Teen Birth Rate
ParaguayBolivia
64.85 per 1k
Paraguay
70.33 per 1k
8% lower
Life Expectancy
ParaguayBolivia
68.6 years
Paraguay
73.8 years
7% lower
Liberal Democracy Index
ParaguayBolivia
0.35
Paraguay
0.38
6% lower
Median Age
ParaguayBolivia
24.7 years
Paraguay
26.3 years
6% lower
Life Evaluation Score
ParaguayBolivia
5.8 pts
Paraguay
6.2 pts
6% lower
Political Corruption Index
ParaguayBolivia
0.76
Paraguay
0.80
5% lower
Inequality (Gini)
ParaguayBolivia
42.1
Paraguay
44.2
5% lower
Electoral Democracy Index
BoliviaBolivia
0.60
Paraguay
0.58
4% higher
Youth Population (%)
BoliviaBolivia
29.79%
Paraguay
28.59%
4% higher
Food Waste per Person
ParaguayBolivia
151.19 kg/person/yr
Paraguay
157.87 kg/person/yr
4% lower
Human Development Index
ParaguayBolivia
0.73
Paraguay
0.76
3% lower
Urban Population (%)
BoliviaBolivia
71.24%
Paraguay
69.86%
2% higher
Dependency Ratio
BoliviaBolivia
54.87% of working-age pop.
Paraguay
54.14% of working-age pop.
1% higher
Adult Literacy Rate
BoliviaBolivia
95.55%
Paraguay
94.86%
1% higher
Time Zones Count
BoliviaBolivia
3.0 time zones
Paraguay
3.0 time zones
equal
Coastline Length
BoliviaBolivia
0 km
Paraguay
0 km
ranked higher
Coal Electricity Share
BoliviaBolivia
0%
Paraguay
0%
ranked higher
Wind Electricity Share
BoliviaBolivia
2.0%
Paraguay
0%
ranked higher
Solar Electricity Share
BoliviaBolivia
2.9%
Paraguay
0%
ranked higher
Electricity Access (%)
BoliviaBolivia
99.8%
Paraguay
99.8%
equal
GDP Growth Rate
ParaguayBolivia
-1.12%
Paraguay
4.3%
ranked lower
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People
BoliviaBolivia
0 per 1M people
Paraguay
0 per 1M people
ranked higher
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)
BoliviaBolivia
-1.9% of GDP
Paraguay
-3.5% of GDP
ranked higher
McDonald's Outlets per Million People
ParaguayBolivia
0 per 1M people
Paraguay
2.0 per 1M people
ranked lower
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