How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Lesotho?

54 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bolivia, Plurinational State of vs Lesotho: Military spending as a share of GDP

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

1.5%

in 2019

Lesotho

1.5%

in 2019

Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank

76th

Lesotho rank

75th

Military spending as a share of GDP over time

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1.5% against 1.5% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Lesotho ahead.

Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 76th and Lesotho ranks 75th of 172 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bolivia, Plurinational State of averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.4%	2.2%	0.8%	Lesotho
1970s	1.9%	1.2%	0.7%	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1980s	2.5%	3.2%	0.7%	Lesotho
1990s	1.6%	2.4%	0.8%	Lesotho
2000s	1.1%	1.7%	0.6%	Lesotho
2010s	1.4%	1.7%	0.3%	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Bolivia, Plurinational State of or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 1.5% against 1.5% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of as of 2019.
What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Lesotho?: 0.0%, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Lesotho?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2019.
How do Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Lesotho rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?: Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 76th and Lesotho ranks 75th of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bolivia, Plurinational State of vs Lesotho: Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-as-a-share-of-gdp-gmsd/bolivia/lesotho/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/military-spending-as-a-share-of-gdp-gmsd/bolivia/lesotho/">Bolivia, Plurinational State of vs Lesotho: Military spending as a share of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Military spending as a share of GDP
Unit: % of GDP
Source: Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 172 places, 14,793 data points, 1816–2019
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).