Military expenditures:
1.5% of GDP
(2018)
1.54% of GDP
(2017)
1.68% of GDP
(2016)
1.74% of GDP
(2015)
1.9% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
76
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Military forces:
Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano, EB), Bolivian Naval Force (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB, includes Marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB); Ministry of Interior: National Police (Policía Nacional de Bolivia, PNB; includes Anti-Narcotics Special Forces (Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico, FELCN) and other paramilitary units
(2019)
Military service age and obligation:
16-49 years of age for 12-month voluntary male and female military service; Bolivian citizenship required; minimum age for combat duty is 18; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service, provides exemption from further military service
(2017)
