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

58 years are reported by both, from 1962 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 Uganda: Military spending as a share of GDP

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

1.5%

in 2019

Uganda

1.5%

in 2019

Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank

76th

Uganda rank

74th

Military spending as a share of GDP over time

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Uganda

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Bolivia, Plurinational State of ahead.

Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 76th and Uganda ranks 74th of 172 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bolivia, Plurinational State of averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.3%	1.1%	0.2%	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1970s	1.9%	3.4%	1.5%	Uganda
1980s	2.5%	1.9%	0.6%	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1990s	1.6%	1.3%	0.3%	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2000s	1.1%	1.1%	0.0%	Uganda
2010s	1.4%	1.1%	0.3%	Bolivia, Plurinational State of

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 Uganda?: Uganda, 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 Uganda?: 0.0%, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Uganda?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2019.
How do Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Uganda rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?: Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 76th and Uganda ranks 74th 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.

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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).