Is there a war in Bolivia?

Yes. UCDP lists 1 active armed conflict with fighting recorded in Bolivia.

None at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Bonde dos 13, PCC - Comando Vermelho (mainly in Brazil), 35 deaths in 2025.

Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →

The conflict

Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change. UCDP does not record who started each clash.

Armed conflictNon-state conflict (between armed groups) · UCDP start year 2016

Bonde dos 13, PCC - Comando Vermelho

35deaths in 2025UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset 26.1

786total 2016–2025sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (10 years listed)

Who is fighting: Bonde dos 13, PCC vs Comando Vermelho

2016highest: 1752025

Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).

Latest recorded fighting: December 2025

Conflict-wide figures (not only Bolivia). Also recorded in: Brazil.

Figures by year

Year	Deaths (best estimate)
2025	35
2024	56
2023	66
2022	97
2021	42
2020	105
2019	55
2018	125
2017	175
2016	30

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Military personnel

71,000own armed forces (2020)World Bank / IISS · active + paramilitary

Foreign military personnel in Bolivia

United States10

assigned · 31 Aug 2026 · DoD DMDC

Other countries may have forces here; only official, reusable figures are shown.

Other countries with active armed conflicts in Americas

Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Mexico Venezuela

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Sources and licences

Conflicts and deaths: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), ucdp.uu.se/downloads, CC BY 4.0. Data through 30 September 2026.
Military personnel: World Bank, Armed forces personnel, total (MS.MIL.TOTL.P1); original source IISS, The Military Balance; CC BY 4.0.
Foreign military personnel: UN Department of Peace Operations, uniformed personnel contributions (UN Peace and Security Data Hub, via HDX) (as of 31 Jul 2026, CC BY-IGO 3.0); UK Ministry of Defence, Annual Location Statistics, table 1.1b (as of 1 Apr 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0); Ministère des Armées, Les chiffres clés de la Défense 2026, p.20 (État-major des armées, April 2026) (as of Apr 2026, Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0); DoD Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), Location Report (as of 31 Aug 2026, US government work, public domain).
Protests: The GDELT Project, GDELT 2.0 Event Database; automated, unverified.
Links only (nothing copied): CrisisWatch (© International Crisis Group), GOV.UK travel advice (OGL v3.0), U.S. Department of State (public domain), War WATCH (Geneva Academy), ReliefWeb (UN OCHA).

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