Travel Risk Atlas

Bolivia

South America · Capital Sucre

Each opens that government's own advisory for Bolivia — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

43.6 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 146th safest of 220
dry soil under white clouds and blue sky at daytime
Photo: Samuel Scrimshaw / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Each region is coloured by the advice that applies to most of it, drawn by hand from the wording of all five government advisories. Numbered markers flag localised warnings — usually a border strip or remote interior — that cover only a small part of an otherwise lower-risk region.

Chuquisaca — Travel with cautionCochabamba — Travel with cautionEl Beni — Travel with cautionLa Paz — Travel with cautionOruro — Travel with cautionPando — Travel with cautionPotosí — Travel with cautionSanta Cruz — Travel with cautionTarija — Travel with cautionLago TiticacaLago ConcepciónLaguna HuaitunasLaguna RagaguadoLago Poopó1. Chapare region — Essential travel only1
What governments advise Travel with caution Localised warning — see the notes below

What the warnings actually cover

  • 1
    Chapare regionEssential travel only. Essential-travel-only to the Chapare region of Cochabamba including Villa Tunari and highway routes 4 and 24 — coca production and roadblocks. La Paz, Uyuni, Sucre and Lake Titicaca are unaffected, though a national state of emergency gives police extra powers everywhere.

A numbered marker warns about the small area described in its note — the rest of that region carries the base advice. Mapped by hand from the official wording in July 2026; always check the current advisory before you book.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Health & medical
15% of score
54/100
161st of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
54/100
156th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
52/100
168th of 220
Crime
15% of score
49/100
166th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly earthquakes, drought, flooding
47/100
163rd of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
36/100
138th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
30/100
149th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
77/100

Biggest factor here: health & medical. Disease environment plus how good the care is if you need it.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
110
Police 110 · Ambulance 118
Currency
BOB Bs.
Languages
Aymara
Guaraní, Quechua, Spanish
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: Visa on arrival · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
12.6m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Sucre
Driving
On the right
21.1 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type A, C
220-240V
Basic water access
93%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+591
GDP per capita
$5k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
1.2m
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
6.7/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Sucre, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around All year.

Daytime high warm
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain. Bolivia is big. These numbers describe Sucre only — elsewhere in the country can be nothing like it.

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Bolivia:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.