Life expectancy vs. health spending in Bolivia
Bolivia: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 68.58 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. health spending in Bolivia, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy vs. health spending in Bolivia is 68.58 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Bolivia peaked at 68.58 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 40.7 years, in 1950.
That places Bolivia 181st out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.81 years | 40.7 years | 43.01 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 44.95 years | 43.34 years | 46.7 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 49.13 years | 47.1 years | 51.35 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.74 years | 51.83 years | 56.15 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 59.38 years | 56.8 years | 61.66 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 63.95 years | 62.06 years | 65.66 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.03 years | 66 years | 67.82 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.09 years | 61.43 years | 68.58 years | 4 |
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More health data for Bolivia
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 124,859 (2025)
- Population, male 50.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 121,224 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 125,531 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 120,889 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 4.06 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 3.70 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 125,145 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 120,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 124,180 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Bolivia?
- Life expectancy vs. health spending in Bolivia was 68.58 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 68.58 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.7 years in 1950.
- How does Bolivia rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?
- Bolivia ranks 181st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth.