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Bolivia holds a distinction no other nation wants: it is the only country in the entire Henley Passport Index to have actually lost ground over the past two decades. Since the mid-2000s the Bolivian passport has slid 32 places and shed five visa-free destinations, leaving it ranked 61st in 2026 with access to roughly 77 countries. While almost every passport on earth grew more powerful, Bolivia's quietly shrank, a rare reversal in the steady march of global mobility, and a reminder that travel freedom can move backwards as easily as forwards.

• Passport Bolivia is the only country on the Henley Passport Index to have suffered an overall decline in visa-free access over the past 20 years, falling 32 places and losing five destinations.
• Travel ID Bolivians can cross into nine Mercosur and associated countries using just their national ID card instead of a passport, provided the document is less than 10 years old.
• Documents Under Bolivia's 2009 constitution, citizens may have their indigenous identity formally inscribed alongside their nationality on their ID card, passport and other legal documents.
• Languages Bolivia recognises 37 official languages, Spanish plus 36 indigenous tongues like Quechua, Aymara and Guarani, one of the most linguistically plural states on the planet.
• Currency The boliviano you spend today replaced the old peso boliviano in 1987 at a brutal rate of one million to one, a redenomination that wiped six zeros off prices to tame hyperinflation.
• Two capitals Bolivia splits its capital in two: Sucre holds the constitutional title and the judiciary, while La Paz, the seat of government since 1898, is the world's highest administrative capital.
• Salt mirror Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat at over 10,500 square kilometres, turns into a giant mirror in the wet season and sits atop an estimated 23 million tonnes of lithium, about a fifth of the world's reserves.
• Milestone The 2024 census counted 11,312,620 people, the first time in Bolivia's history that its population crossed the 11 million mark.
• Independence Bolivia declared independence on 6 August 1825 and was named after liberator Simon Bolivar, signing its founding declaration in the city now honoured as the constitutional capital, Sucre.