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Bolivia
Bolivia's savings vs inflation is -15.60 %, the 2nd lowest of 69. And its GDP growth is -1.58 %, ranked 122nd of 127.
Of 16 fields published for Bolivia, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
40 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,182 PPP/mo
The average employee in Bolivia earns about $1,182 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
31.70 %
100 saved in Bolivia in 2000 buys what 32 buys today — 68 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,182 PPP/mo
The average employee in Bolivia earns about $1,182 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$1,078 PPP/mo
The law in Bolivia sets the floor at about $1,078 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-15.60 %
A bank account in Bolivia loses about 15.6 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
3.92 %
Inflation rate
19.52 %
At 19.5 % a year, prices double in about 4 years if it holds.
Inflation rate
19.52 %
ranked 115th of 123
Minimum wage
$1,078 PPP/mo
ranked 16th of 85
Where Bolivia sits, field by field
Each dot is Bolivia’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Savings vs inflation-15.60 %68 of 69
- GDP growth-1.58 %122 of 127
- Inflation rate19.52 %115 of 123
- Unemployment rate2.97 %22 of 124
- Minimum wage$1,078 PPP/mo16 of 85
- Government debt84.80 %99 of 124
- GDP per capita$5,14893 of 127
- Average monthly salary$1,182 PPP/mo64 of 92
- Bank spread6.27 %43 of 62
- Price level40 % of US prices48 of 125
- Median salary$1,037 PPP/mo47 of 78
- Deposit rate3.92 %42 of 70
- Lending rate10.19 %39 of 67
- Money's value31.70 %67 of 116
- Debt per person$4,36557 of 123
- Public holidays12 days49 of 104
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Mexico
avg gap 17.2 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 12 days (Bolivia) vs 7 days
Trinidad and Tobago
avg gap 18.7 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 19.52 % (Bolivia) vs 0.99 %
Moldova
avg gap 18.7 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 84.80 % (Bolivia) vs 36.60 %
Mauritius
avg gap 19.8 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — -1.58 % (Bolivia) vs 3.15 %
| Bank spread | 6.27 % | ranked 43rd of 62 | |
| Price level | 40 % of US prices | ranked 48th of 125 | |
| Median salary | $1,037 PPP/mo | ranked 47th of 78 | |
| Deposit rate | 3.92 % | ranked 42nd of 70 | |
| Lending rate | 10.19 % | ranked 39th of 67 | |
| Money's value | 31.70 % | ranked 67th of 116 | |
| Debt per person | $4,365 | ranked 57th of 123 | |
| Public holidays | 12 days | ranked 49th of 104 |
✓ 16 fields published for Bolivia, every one dated and sourced · 19 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Bolivia: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 16 figures
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 3518 → 4365 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 68.3398527645303 → 84.8 |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Median monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 1164.1 → 1037.33 |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Mean monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 1392.27 → 1181.68 |