Foreign aidWestern HemisphereFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Bolivia
The US gave Bolivia $3.2 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.26 per person, 116th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $3.2 million in foreign assistance for Bolivia and disbursed $2.2 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Bolivia ranks 116th of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were up 54.7% from $2.1 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $9.8 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2015, at $56.0 million. In total, $101.6 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Bolivia in FY2025 was the Department of State ($2.5 million, 75.6% of the total). By sector, the largest was Peace and Security ($2.5 million, 75.7%). That sector includes: Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform; Counter-Terrorism; Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $0 (0.0%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, $129,726 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Bolivia itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Western Hemisphere page).
US aid to Bolivia by year
Bolivia: $3.2M in FY2025, against a peak of $56M in FY2015
Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.
- Other agencies
- Defense Department
- State Department
- USAID
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | USAID | State Department | Defense Department | Other agencies | Total obligated | Disbursed | Per person | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | -$248,274 | $55.9M | $0 | $431,599 | $56.0M | $58.7M | $5.09 | 69 |
| FY2016 | -$147,683 | $992,727 | $0 | $545,493 | $1.4M | $1.7M | $0.12 | 141 |
| FY2017 | -$153,359 | $1.8M | $0 | $609,447 | $2.3M | $2.9M | $0.20 | 130 |
| FY2018 | $38,687 | $957,832 | $0 | $864,461 | $1.9M | $1.1M | $0.16 | 133 |
| FY2019 | $1.5M | $892,350 | $0 | $823,808 | $3.2M | $1.3M | $0.27 | 136 |
| FY2020 | $10.1M | $4.5M | $0 | $691,758 | $15.3M | $2.7M | $1.30 | 114 |
| FY2021 | $6.3M | $1.2M | $0 | $1.3M | $8.8M | $15.4M | $0.74 | 119 |
| FY2022 | $2.3M | $635,150 | $0 | $1.5M | $4.5M | $7.0M | $0.37 | 133 |
| FY2023 | $600,000 | $921,761 | $0 | $1.3M | $2.8M | $5.2M | $0.23 | 141 |
| FY2024 | -$304,389 | $931,779 | $0 | $1.5M | $2.1M | $3.4M | $0.17 | 146 |
| FY2025 | $793,000 | $2.5M | $0 | $0 | $3.2M | $2.2M | $0.26 | 116 |
| FY2026* | $0 | $126,498 | $0 | $3,228 | $129,726 | $39,078 | $0.01 | 94 |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025
By managing agency
| Managing agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of State | $2.5 million | 75.6% |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | $793,000 | 24.4% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Peace and Security | $2.5 million | 75.7% |
| Health | $698,000 | 21.5% |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $95,000 | 2.9% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Transnational Crime | $2.5 million | 77.1% |
| HIV/AIDS | $698,000 | 21.5% |
| Protection, Assistance and Solutions | $95,000 | 2.9% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | $5.0M | $2.1M | $0 | -$404,389 | $698,000 |
| Peace and Security | $142,119 | $400,000 | $428,811 | $499,002 | $2.5M |
| Economic Development | $726,966 | $778,981 | $583,125 | $851,351 | $0 |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $1.4M | $275,800 | $670,000 | $233,362 | $0 |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $600,000 | $430,009 | $492,950 | $455,786 | $95,000 |
| Education and Social Services | $728,100 | $154,000 | $600,000 | $220,000 | $0 |
| Environment | $72,107 | $240,000 | $60,000 | $241,991 | $0 |
| Multi-sector | $148,765 | $37,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Program Support | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$6,023 |
Who carried out the work, FY2025
Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.
| Partner type | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprises | $3.1 million | 97.1% |
| NGO | $95,000 | 2.9% |
How Bolivia compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Belize | $3.5 million |
| Algeria | $3.3 million |
| Bolivia (this page) | $3.2 million |
| Guyana | $3.1 million |
| Turkmenistan | $2.9 million |
Other countries in the Western Hemisphere
- Colombia$390M
- Haiti$337M
- Honduras$142M
- El Salvador$139M
- Guatemala$101M
- Peru$82M
- Costa Rica$81M
- Mexico$64M
More on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Bolivia?
- $3.2 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $2.2 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $101.6 million.
- How much US aid does Bolivia get per person?
- About $0.26 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 12,581,843.
- How much USAID funding goes to Bolivia?
- USAID managed $793,000 of the FY2025 total (24.4%). The Department of State managed the most ($2.5 million).
- What is US aid to Bolivia spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $2.5 million (75.7%); Health $698,000 (21.5%); Humanitarian Assistance $95,000 (2.9%).
- Has US aid to Bolivia gone up or down?
- FY2025: $3.2 million; FY2024: $2.1 million (up 54.7%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2015 ($56.0 million).
- Does the US give military aid to Bolivia?
- In FY2025, $0 (0.0%) of obligations for Bolivia was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.
Sources and notes
- ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
- Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
- Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.