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Register of countriesNo. 21 of 195

Bolivia

System
Unitary presidential republic
Strongest axis
Multiculturalist 83%
Updated
2026-10-15

Bolivia is a unitary presidential republic whose constitution defines a plurinational state with regional autonomies. President Rodrigo Paz, in office since November 2025, ended two decades of Movement Toward Socialism rule and has pursued market reforms and fuel-subsidy cuts.

Plurinational Legislative Assembly, La Paz
Plurinational Legislative Assembly, La PazPhoto: soyelsanto, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized

In the 12 Axes register, Bolivia leans hardest on Assimilationist – Multiculturalist: Multiculturalist 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Bolivia sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary

Centrist

Constitution grants departmental autonomies

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

President Paz elected in 2025 runoff

SecurityFreedom

Centrist

Protest blockades met with policing

Diplomacy

InternationalismNationalism

Non-Interventionist

Shifted toward US ties after 2025

MilitaristPacifist

Neutral

No major military role abroad

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 83%

Multiculturalist

Plurinational state, 36 recognised nations

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize 68%

Economic Liberal

Paz ended fuel subsidies in December 2025

PlannedMarkets 68%

Markets

Cut ministries and subsidies, market reforms

IsolationismGlobalism

Moderate

Seeking new trade ties, Mercosur member

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Moderate

Secular state since 2009 constitution

ProgressiveTraditional

Moderate

Constitution recognises Indigenous worldviews

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

No distinct state stance

What stands out

Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Assimilationist – Multiculturalist

On Assimilationist – Multiculturalist, Bolivia is at Multiculturalist 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.

Most ordinary axis

Internationalism – Nationalism

On Internationalism – Nationalism, Bolivia is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.

Who is closest in the register

Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Figures in the register from Bolivia

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Sources and image credit

Map showing the location of Bolivia

Map: Connormah, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

Last updated: 2026-10-15

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].