War Balance

Is Bolivia helping Ukraine or Russia? Leaning toward Ukraine

Bolivia's support for Ukraine since 2022: −€1m (<0.01% of one year's GDP: its aid, refugee hosting, private donations and its other parts of support, net of money flowing back). Russia kept €218m (0.44% of GDP) less than without the war. The net is 0.44% of a year's GDP toward Ukraine (likely from 0.31% toward Russia to 3.0% toward Ukraine; likely toward Ukraine · 82%).

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Leaning toward Ukraine by

0.44% of a year's GDP since 2022

likely toward Ukraine · 82%

likely from 0.31% toward Russia to 3.0% toward Ukraine · €217m · ≈ 0.09%/yr

Bought less from Ukraine than without the war + cut Russia's earnings from trade = 0.44% of GDP toward Ukraine. Mostly less kept by Russia from trade.

Chance toward Ukraine: 82%; 100% of the other method choices agree.

Support for Ukraine

Bought less from Ukraine than without the war; below zero by

<0.01%

€1m

about 0 essentially zero

Russia's earnings from trade

Probably cut Russia's earnings from trade by

0.44%

€218m

likely from 0.31% toward Russia to 3.0% toward Ukraine likely toward Ukraine · 82%

Russia kept €218m (0.44% of GDP) less than without the war.

The two lines add up to Russia's earnings from trade; their ranges do not.

Its story in short

What decides this number

Chance toward Ukraine: 82%; 100% of the other method choices agree. Not certain, mostly because of how much it would have bought from Russia without the war. What decides it: if Russia kept less from fuel and goods sold here were 93% smaller, the direction would flip.

What makes up the number

Bought less from Ukraine than without the war; below zero by <0.01% · €1m

Ukraine kept less from sales hereC−<0.01%€1m

Probably cut Russia's earnings from trade by 0.44% · €218m

Russia kept less from fuel and goods sold hereC+0.48%€236m
Russia kept more from war-time fuel pricesC−0.04%€18m

+ toward Ukraine, − toward Russia (in support for Ukraine, − is money it earned back or bought less from Ukraine than without the war). Letters: A reported, B measured estimate, C modelled estimate, D rough indication.

By year

The year with the largest net amount was 2024: +€58m. The yearly amounts are small against the range of the total, so their side from one year to the next is not a finding.

YearSupport for UkraineTrade: toward Ukraine (+) / toward Russia (−)NetNet since 2022
2022−<€1m+€39m+€38m+0.08%
2023−<€1m+€50m+€50m+0.18%
2024−<€1m+€58m+€58m+0.30%
2025−<€1m−€2m−€3m+0.29%
2026*−<€1m+€74m+€74m+0.44%

Each year's amount: + toward Ukraine, − toward Russia. *2026: to August.

Support for Ukraine by type

Bolivia's support for Ukraine, 2022 to August 2026, split by type. The parts add up to the map's figure.

Military aid–
Private donations and purchases−€1m
Support for Ukraine (the map's figure)−€1m

Quality of the split: D No military aid on record outside Kiel's tracker; this does not mean that no military aid was given.

Military aid to Ukraine, every country →

Trade with Russia before and after

It bought €53m from Russia in 2021 and €0.18bn in 2025 (+235%). It sold €11m to Russia in 2021 and €1m in 2025 (−87%). For Bolivia: €18m paid above no-war prices, most of it in 2022, 71% of it on gas contracts. These are sales values at each year's prices; the totals count what the seller kept on them.

Sanctions on Russia

We found no sanctions of Bolivia's own against Russia (checked 27 October 2026). This says nothing about whether firms there follow other countries' sanctions. Russia's list of “unfriendly” states does not name Bolivia. Checked 27 October 2026.

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The cost of switching away from Russian energy

Russian oil bought at a war-time discount saved it about €10m. This is not in the totals: shown for information.

Compared with its neighbours and groups

Its direction is leaning toward Ukraine, so the map's ranking gives it no number.

Neighbours by land

CountryNet, % of GDP
Bolivia+0.44%+€0.22bnlikely toward Ukraine · 82%
Peru+0.07%+€0.19bnessentially zero
Argentina+0.05%+€0.31bnessentially zero
Chile+0.04%+€0.11bnvery likely · 99%
Paraguay−0.12%−€50mtoo close to call · 55% toward Russia
Brazil−0.51%−€10.1bnvery likely · >99%

In its region, with the same chance and direction: the nearest net shares of GDP

CountryNet, % of GDP
Cuba+0.37%+€78mlikely toward Ukraine · 65%
Ecuador+0.37%+€0.41bnlikely toward Ukraine · 89%
Honduras+0.24%+€76mlikely toward Ukraine · 74%
Colombia+0.15%+€0.52bnlikely toward Ukraine · 95%

How the number is backed

13 sources back its parts: 1 official statistics, 1 research reports, 0 press reports and 3 of this project's own estimates, plus 8 method inputs. By size, 0% of its parts are reported or measured (A–B), 100% modelled (C) and 0% rough indications (D).

Data coverage

Sources, by part

Russia kept less from fuel and goods sold here C

Russia kept more from war-time fuel prices C

Ukraine kept less from sales here C

Every source of its parts (13)

Questions

What decides Bolivia's number?

Chance toward Ukraine: 82%; 100% of the other method choices agree. Not certain, mostly because of how much it would have bought from Russia without the war. What decides it: if Russia kept less from fuel and goods sold here were 93% smaller, the direction would flip.

Is Bolivia helping Russia?

In money terms the net is +0.44% of one year's GDP (likely from 0.31% toward Russia to 3.0% toward Ukraine; likely toward Ukraine · 82%). Chance toward Ukraine: 82%; 100% of the other method choices agree. Russia kept €218m (0.44% of GDP) less than without the war. The number counts money: weapons at their money value; votes, diplomacy and intent are not in it.

Does Bolivia trade with Russia?

It bought €0.18bn from Russia in 2025 (€53m in 2021), and sold €1m to Russia. What counts here is the change in what Russia kept from that trade (taxes and profit, not sales) against a world without the war: Russia kept €218m (0.44% of GDP) less than without the war.

How does Bolivia compare with its neighbours?

The net as a share of one year's GDP: Bolivia +0.44%, Peru +0.07%, Argentina +0.05%, Chile +0.04%, Paraguay −0.12%, Brazil −0.51%.

Where do the numbers for Bolivia come from?

13 sources back its parts, 1 of them official statistics. By part: Russia kept less from fuel and goods sold here: UN Comtrade, IMF trade statistics and Eurostat: goods trade with Russia and Ukraine; Russia kept more from war-time fuel prices: War-time price windfall on Russian fuel: payments minus the same volume at the prices a no-war market expected (pre-invasion forecasts and futures: IMF, World Bank, EIA, ECB, ICE); Ukraine kept less from sales here: UN Comtrade, IMF trade statistics and Eurostat: goods trade with Russia and Ukraine. The map's panel lists every one, with its documents.

Does Bolivia have sanctions on Russia?

We found no sanctions of Bolivia's own against Russia (checked 27 October 2026). This says nothing about whether firms there follow other countries' sanctions. Russia's list of “unfriendly” states does not name Bolivia.

Nearby in the ranking

Leaning toward Ukraine

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina+0.56%Leaning toward Ukraine · +€142m · 85%
  2. Rwanda+0.55%Leaning toward Ukraine · +€74m · 90%
  3. Austria+0.45%Leaning toward Ukraine · +€2.1bn · 68%
  4. Bolivia+0.44%Leaning toward Ukraine · +€217m · 82%
  5. Cuba+0.37%Leaning toward Ukraine · +€78m · 65%
  6. Ecuador+0.37%Leaning toward Ukraine · +€411m · 89%
  7. Montenegro+0.37%Leaning toward Ukraine · +€25m · 91%

More about Bolivia

Its parts, ranked against other countries

Every country, by year

13 sources in all; the map's panel lists every one, with its documents. Open in the map · How this is measured

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Cite as: War Balance, figures to August 2026, https://warbalance.org/country/bolivia/