🇧🇴 Bolivia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇴 Bolivia BO / BOL #27

Nomad Score 53.0

Cities 15

Region Union of South American Nations, Latin America, Andean States, Amazon Basin, Hispanophone, Affordable Nomad Destinations, South America, Americas, South America, Developing Countries

Currency BOB

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 28/100

Press Freedom (2025) 54.1/100 #93

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.605

HDI 0.733

Regional Blocs USAN

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 35th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 12th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 22th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 29th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 12th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 39th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 4.4/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 21.1/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.4% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Bolivia	Rodrigo Paz
Vice President of Bolivia	Edmand Lara

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 28 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 54.1 / 100

Global Rank #93 / 180

Rank Change +31 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #131 34.9

Economic #111 37.3

Legal #87 62.4

Social #78 63.1

Safety #99 72.8

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.605

Liberal 0.352

Participatory 0.414

Deliberative 0.238

Egalitarian 0.394

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	54.1	93	34.9	37.3	62.4	63.1	72.8
2024	48.9	124	31.2	38.1	57.6	59.8	57.7
2023	51.1	117	46.5	45.7	60.1	56.4	46.7
2022	47.6	126	44.6	33.7	58.8	45.0	55.9
2021	64.5	110	-	-	-	-	72.3
2020	64.6	114	-	-	-	-	83.9
2019	64.6	113	-	-	-	-	60.3
2018	67.6	110	-	-	-	-	82.1
2017	66.1	107	-	-	-	-	69.1
2016	68.2	97	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	68.7	94	-	-	-	-	64.5
2014	69.0	94	-	-	-	-	-
2013	67.2	109	-	-	-	-	-
2012	40.0	108	-	-	-	-	-
2010	28.1	103	-	-	-	-	-
2009	24.2	95	-	-	-	-	-
2008	28.2	115	-	-	-	-	-
2007	21.5	68	-	-	-	-	-
2006	4.5	17	-	-	-	-	-
2005	9.7	45	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index