- Total
- Not available
- Range
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- Status
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South America · estimated above-ground silver
Bolivia silver per capita
Bolivia's estimated above-ground silver holdings equal 0.593 fine troy ounces per resident, based on 232 t and a UN 2025 population estimate of 12.6M. It appears at position #140 among 195 countries. This is a research estimate, not an official reserve figure or a survey of household ownership.
Based on regional and peer-country estimates · data reference date Dec 31, 2025
Bolivia0.593 fine oz per residentBase estimate · #140 of 195
South America median0.864 fine oz per residentMedian of 12 eligible country ratios
Global median1.02 fine oz per residentMedian of 195 eligible country ratios
These medians compare country ratios in the same broad-estimate scope. They are not population-weighted world amounts. Bolivia's low–high model scenarios span 0.228–1.54 fine oz per resident.
Other silver measures for Bolivia
Investable silver is a subset of the broad estimate, not another amount to add. Mine production and underground reserves use separate definitions.
2025 USGS estimates
Silver production and underground reserves
Mine production is one year's output. Underground reserves estimate silver that could be economically recovered. Neither measures how much silver residents own.
- Total source quantity
- 1,500 t
- Status
- USGS estimate
- Total source quantity
- 22,000 t
- Status
- USGS reserves estimate
What is sourced and estimated
No country-specific investment anchor or comparable official silver reserve observation is published in this release.
Broad components use a population, income-group and regional peer allocation reconciled to the release calibration.
What this figure does not tell us
This is an experimental peer estimate. It is useful for directional comparison, not as an audited country balance.
Per-capita values are comparison ratios and are not investment advice or estimates of what a typical resident personally owns.
Sources
Sources and data status
See the organizations, dates and assumptions used for this country comparison.
- UN M49 country and area standardCanonical geography identifiers
- UN World Population Prospects 2024Annual mid-year population denominator
- World Bank country and lending groupsIncome-group covariate for the peer model
- Metal Per Capita global peer modelCountry anchors, peer allocation, uncertainty and residual reconciliation
- U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 - SilverUSGS MCS 2026 Silver, page 2, Bolivia row
Release IDsilver-beta-2025.12-global-v1
Methodology version2.0.0
Evidence statusBased on regional and peer-country estimates
Last updatedDec 31, 2025
How to calculate and compare this estimate
Fine-metal tonnes × 32,150.7465686 ÷ 12,581,842 residents = fine troy ounces per resident. Display rounding does not change the rank. Total tonnes answer a different question from the per-person ratio.
Country-specific evidence is used where available; regional and peer-country estimates extend coverage to 195 countries. Compare dates, evidence and model scenarios as well as base values. An overlapping range does not establish a clear ranking difference.
Investment holdings, mine production and underground reserves have different coverage and definitions. Missing values in those views do not mean zero.
Population and country codes
UN 2025 population: 12,581,842 (UN World Population Prospects 2024). ISO3: BOL. UN M49: 068.
Cite this country record
Silver Per Capita. Bolivia country record. silver-beta-2025.12-global-v1. https://silverpercapita.com/countries/bolivia