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Bolivia
Bolivia's savings vs inflation is -15.60 %, the 3rd lowest of 70. 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.
Minimum wage
$1,078 PPP/mo
ranked 20th of 90
Bank spread
6.27 %
ranked 43rd of 62
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 70
- GDP growth-1.58 %122 of 127
- Inflation rate19.52 %117 of 126
- Unemployment rate2.97 %22 of 124
- Minimum wage$1,078 PPP/mo20 of 90
- Government debt83.30 %95 of 125
- GDP per capita$5,14893 of 127
- Bank spread6.27 %43 of 62
- Average monthly salary$1,182 PPP/mo64 of 93
- Debt per person$4,28848 of 124
- Price level40 % of US prices49 of 125
- Deposit rate3.92 %42 of 70
- Median salary$1,037 PPP/mo47 of 79
- Lending rate10.19 %39 of 67
- Money's value31.70 %67 of 116
- Public holidays12 days50 of 104
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Mexico
avg gap 16.8 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 12 days (Bolivia) vs 7 days
Moldova
avg gap 18.3 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 83.30 % (Bolivia) vs 39.20 %
Trinidad and Tobago
avg gap 20.1 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 19.52 % (Bolivia) vs 0.99 %
Mauritius
avg gap 20.4 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — -1.58 % (Bolivia) vs 3.15 %
| Average monthly salary | $1,182 PPP/mo | ranked 64th of 93 | |
| Debt per person | $4,288 | ranked 48th of 124 | |
| Price level | 40 % of US prices | ranked 49th of 125 | |
| Deposit rate | 3.92 % | ranked 42nd of 70 | |
| Median salary | $1,037 PPP/mo | ranked 47th of 79 | |
| Lending rate | 10.19 % | ranked 39th of 67 | |
| Money's value | 31.70 % | ranked 67th of 116 | |
| Public holidays | 12 days | ranked 50th 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
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Debt per person — 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
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 4365 → 4288 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 84.8 → 83.3 |
| 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 |