Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Bolivia
Bolivia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.4087 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Bolivia, 1997–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Bolivia is 0.4087, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Bolivia peaked at 0.6157 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4087, in 2024.
That places Bolivia 22nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5809 | 0.5804 | 0.5814 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5588 | 0.4922 | 0.6157 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4543 | 0.4164 | 0.4783 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.4174 | 0.4087 | 0.4364 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More poverty & inequality data for Bolivia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.55 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,209 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.419 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1505 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1505 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.177 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2691 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Bolivia?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Bolivia was 0.4087 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6157 in 2000.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4087 in 2024.
- How does Bolivia rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Bolivia ranks 22nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.