National Debt (% of GDP): Bolivia

Analysis# Bolivia National Debt (% of GDP) Bolivia's national debt stood at 93.7% of GDP in 2025, down slightly from an all-time peak of 98% in 2024. Since 2000, the debt-to-GDP ratio has increased by 26.1 percentage points, rising from a low of 35.3% in 2011. The country's debt burden remains substantially elevated compared to early-2000s levels, reflecting decades of accumulating fiscal pressures. A dramatic acceleration occurred between 2016 and 2020, when debt surged from 46.5% to 78% of GDP—a 31.5-percentage-point jump in just four years. The 2020 spike coincided with pandemic-related economic disruptions and increased government spending. While the ratio plateaued around 80-81% in 2021–2022, it resumed climbing through 2024 before the modest 4.3-percentage-point decline in 2025 suggests a potential turning point in Bolivia's fiscal trajectory.