| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $21.01 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.5% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $2,400 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 15%
industry: 33.2%
services: 51.9% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
70% (1999 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 32% (1999) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3.3% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
4.1 million (2003) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.346 billion
expenditures: $2.957 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
3.9% (1998) |
| Electricity - Production : |
3.901 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 44.4%
hydro: 54%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.5% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
3.634 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
3 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
9 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber |
| Exports : |
$1.495 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood (2000) |
| Exports - Partners : |
Brazil 26.4%, Switzerland 16.3%, Venezuela 12.2%, Colombia 11.3%, US 10.9%, Peru 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.505 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
capital goods, raw materials and semi-manufactures, chemicals, petroleum, food |
| Imports - Partners : |
Brazil 27%, Argentina 21.3%, US 11.4%, Chile 8.9%, Peru 5.5% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$5.332 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$588 million (1997) |
| Currency : |
boliviano (BOB) |
| Currency Code : |
BOB |
| Exchange Rates : |
bolivianos per US dollar - 7.6592 (2003), 7.17 (2002), 6.6069 (2001), 6.1835 (2000), 5.8124 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
