Considering the main health indicators, Bolivia has made improvements over the last decades. Since 1950, life expectancy at birth (Figure 1) has considerably improved from 40.7 years to 68.6 years in 2023, falling a little behind the world trend (73.2 years).[1] Child mortality rate (Figure 2) has greatly decreased since 1950, from 39.2% to 2.95% in 2019, being slighly lower than the world's rate (3.71%).[2] Maternal health although has improved considerably, maternal mortality ratio (Figure 3) continues to be higher (205.49 deaths per 100,000 live births) than the world's ratio (158.84 deaths per 100,000 live births) in 2021.[3]
According to data from the United Nations Development Programme, Bolivia has a human development index (HDI) value of 0.698 for 2022, positioning in the medium human development category at position 120 out of 193.[4] Since the 90s, HDI value increased from 0.546 to 0.698.[4]
However, according to the Human Rights Measurement Initiative, Bolivia falls into the category in the very bad in ensuring the exercise of right to health, with 74.7% of the HMRI value[5] for 2021, for which, better management of its income is required for improvement.