Statistical information Bolivia 2017

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Bolivia - Introduction 2017

Bolivia named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of coups and countercoups with the last coup occurring in 1978. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982 but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty social unrest and illegal drug production.
In December 2005 Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor indigenous majority. In December 2009 and October 2014 President MORALES easily won reelection. His party maintained control of the legislative branch of the government which has allowed him to continue his process of change. In February 2016 MORALES narrowly lost a referendum to approve a constitutional amendment that would have allowed him to compete in the 2019 presidential election. Despite the loss MORALES has already been chosen by his party to run again in 2019 via a still-undetermined method for him to appear on the ballot.

Bolivia - Geography 2017

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Location: Central South America southwest of Brazil

Geographic coordinates: 17 00 S 65 00 W

Map reference: South America

Area
Total: 1,098,581 km²
Land: 1,083,301 km²
Water: 15,280 km²
Rank: 29
Comparative: slightly less than three times the size of Montana

Land boundaries
Total: 7,252 km
Border countries: (5) Argentina 942 km; Brazil 3,403 km; Chile 942 km; Paraguay 753 km; Peru 1212 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Climate: varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid

Terrain: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano) hills lowland plains of the Amazon Basin

Elevation
Mean elevation: 1192 m
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m: highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m

Natural resources: tin natural gas petroleum zinc tungsten antimony silver iron lead gold timber hydropower

Land use

Land use
Agricultural land: 34.3%

arable land: 3.6%
permanent crops: 0.2%
permanent pasture: 30.5%

Forest: 52.5%
Other: 13.2%

Irrigated land: 3,000 km² (2012)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards: flooding in the northeast (March to April)
Volcanism: volcanic activity in Andes Mountains on the border with Chile; historically active volcanoes in this region are Irruputuncu which last erupted in 1995 and the Olca-Paruma volcanic complex (5,762 m to 5,167 m)

Geography
Note: landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m) with Peru

Bolivia - People 2017

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Population
Distribution: a high altitude plain in the west between two cordillera of the Andes known as the Altiplano is the focal area for most of the population; a dense settlement pattern is also found in and around the city of Santa Cruz located on the eastern side of the Andes: 11,138,234 (July 2017 est.)
Rank: 81
Growth rate: 1.51% (2017 est.)
Growth rate rank: 77
Below poverty line: 38.6%
Below poverty line note: based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day

Nationality
Noun: Bolivian
Adjective: Bolivian

Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 68% indigenous 20% white 5% cholo/chola 2% black 1% other 1% unspecified 3% ; 44% of respondents indicated feeling part of some indigenous group predominantly Quechua or Aymara
Note: results among surveys vary based on the wording of the ethnicity question and the available response choices; the 2001 national census did not provide 'mestizo' as a response choice resulting in a much higher proportion of respondents identifying themselves as belonging to one of the available indigenous ethnicity choices; the use of 'mestizo' and 'cholo' varies among response choices in surveys with surveys using the terms interchangeably providing one or the other as a response choice or providing the two as separate response choices

Languages: Spanish (official) 60.7% Quechua (official) 21.2% Aymara (official) 14.6% foreign languages 2.4% Guarani (official) 0.6% other native languages 0.4% none 0.1%
Note: Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official; 36 indigenous languages are specified including some that are extinct

Religions: Roman Catholic 76.8% Evangelical and Pentecostal 8.1% Protestant 7.9% other 1.7% none 5.5% (2012 est.)

Demographic profile:

Bolivia ranks at or near the bottom among Latin American countries in several areas of health and development including poverty education fertility malnutrition mortality and life expectancy. On the positive side more children are being vaccinated and more pregnant women are getting prenatal care and having skilled health practitioners attend their births. Bolivia's income inequality is the highest in Latin America and one of the highest in the world. Public education is of poor quality and educational opportunities are among the most unevenly distributed in Latin America with girls and indigenous and rural children less likely to be literate or to complete primary school. The lack of access to education and family planning services helps to sustain Bolivia's high fertility rate - approximately three children per woman. Bolivia's lack of clean water and basic sanitation especially in rural areas contributes to health problems.
Almost 7% of Bolivia's population lives abroad primarily to work in Argentina Brazil Spain and the United States. In recent years more restrictive immigration policies in Europe and the United States have increased the flow of Bolivian emigrants to neighboring Argentina and Brazil.

Age structure

Age structure
0-14 years: 31.85%
15-24 years: 19.46%
25-54 years: 37.48%
55-64 years: 5.9%
65 years and over: 5.3% (2017 est.)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 63.7
Youth dependency ratio: 53.1
Elderly dependency ratio: 10.6
Potential support ratio: 9.4

Median age
Total: 24.3 years
Male: 23.6 years
Female: 25 years
Rank: 162

Population growth rate: 1.51% (2017 est.)
Rank: 77

Birth rate: 22 births/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 73

Death rate: 6.4 deaths/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 147

Net migration rate: -0.5 migrant(s)/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 126

Population distribution: a high altitude plain in the west between two cordillera of the Andes known as the Altiplano is the focal area for most of the population; a dense settlement pattern is also found in and around the city of Santa Cruz located on the eastern side of the Andes

Urbanization
Urban population: 69.3% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 2.11% annual rate of change

Major urban areas
Population: Santa Cruz 2.107 million; LA PAZ (capital) 1.816 million; Cochabamba 1.24 million; Sucre (constitutional capital) 372,000 (2015)

Environment
Current issues: the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation
International agreements party to: Biodiversity Climate Change Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification Endangered Species Hazardous Wastes Law of the Sea Marine Dumping Ozone Layer Protection Ship Pollution Tropical Timber 83 Tropical Timber 94 Wetlands
International agreements signed but not ratified: Environmental Modification Marine Life Conservation

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.05 male/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male/female
15-24 years: 1.03 male/female
25-54 years: 0.95 male/female
55-64 years: 0.86 male/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male/female
Total population: 0.98 male/female

Mothers mean age at first birth: 21.2 years
Note: median age at first birth among women 25-29

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 35.3 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 38.7 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 31.7 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 52

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 69.5 years
Male: 66.7 years
Female: 72.4 years
Rank: 161

Total fertility rate: 2.63 children born/woman (2017 est.)
Rank: 73

Contraceptive prevalence rate: 60.5% (2008)

Drinking water source:

urban: 96.7% of population
rural: 75.6% of population
total: 90% of population
urban: 3.3% of population
rural: 24.4% of population
total: 10% of population (2015 est.)

Current health expenditure

Physicians density: 0.47 physicians/1000 population (2011)

Hospital bed density: 1.1 beds/1000 population (2012)

Sanitation facility access:

urban: 60.8% of population
rural: 27.5% of population
total: 50.3% of population
urban: 39.2% of population
rural: 72.5% of population
total: 49.7% of population (2015 est.)

Hiv/Aids
Adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2016 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 82
People living with hivaids: 19,000 (2016 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 78
Deaths: 1000 (2016 est.)

Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk: very high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever malaria and yellow fever
Note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country ; it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex via blood transfusion or during pregnancy in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016)

Obesity adult prevalence rate: 20.2% (2016)
Rank: 104

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 3.6% (2012)
Rank: 95

Education expenditures: 7.3% of GDP (2014)
Rank: 24

Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 92.5%
Male: 96.5%
Female: 88.6%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 14 years
Male: 14 years
Female: 14 years

Youth unemployment

Bolivia - Government 2017

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Country name
Conventional long form: Plurinational State of Bolivia
Conventional short form: Bolivia
Local long form: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
Local short form: Bolivia
Etymology: the country is named after Simon BOLIVAR a 19th-century leader in the South American wars for independence

Government type: presidential republic

Capital
Name: La Paz ; Sucre (constitutional [legislative and judicial] capital)
Geographic coordinates: 16 30 S 68 09 W
Time difference: UTC-4

Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos singular - departamento); Beni Chuquisaca Cochabamba La Paz Oruro Pando Potosi Santa Cruz Tarija

Dependent areas

Independence: 6 August 1825 (from Spain)

National holiday: Independence Day 6 August (1825)

Constitution: many previous; latest drafted 6 August 2006 - 9 December 2008 approved by referendum 25 January 2009 effective 7 February 2009; amended 2013 (2015)

Legal system: civil law system with influences from Roman Spanish canon (religious) French and indigenous law

International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: yes
Citizenship by descent: yes
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: 3 years

Suffrage: 18 years of age universal and compulsory

Executive branch
Chief of state: President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma ; Vice President Alvaro GARCIA Linera (since 22 January 2006); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
Head of government: President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma ; Vice President Alvaro GARCIA Linera (since 22 January 2006)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
Electionsappointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term ; election last held on 12 October 2014 (next to be held in 2019); note - a presidential candidate wins an election one of 3 ways
Election results: Juan Evo MORALES Ayma reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma 61%; Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana (UN) 24.5%; Jorge QUIROGA Ramirez (POC) 9.1%; other 5.4%

Legislative branch
Description: bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional consists of the Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats; 70 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote 53 indirectly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 7 - apportioned to non-contiguous rural areas in 7 of the 9 states - directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)
Elections: Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies - last held on 12 October 2014
Election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 25 UD 9 PDC 2; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 88 UD 32 PDC 10

Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo de Justicia ; Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (consists of 7 primary and 7 alternate magistrates); Plurinational Electoral Organ (consists of 7 members and 6 alternates); National Agro-Environment Court (consists of 5 primary and 5 alternate judges; Council of the Judiciary (consists of 3 primary and 3 alternate judges)
Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal National Agro-Environmental Court and Council of the Judiciary candidates pre-selected by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly and elected by direct popular vote; judges elected for 6-year terms; Plurinational Electoral Organ judges appointed - 6 by the Legislative Assembly and 1 by the president of the republic; members serve single 6-year terms
Subordinate courts: National Electoral Court; District Courts ; Agro-Environmental lower courts

Political parties and leaders:

Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Jorge Fernando QUIROGA Ramirez]
Movement Toward Socialism or MAS [Juan Evo MORALES Ayma]
National Unity or UN [Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana]

International organization participation: CAN CD CELAC FAO G-77 IADB IAEA IBRD ICAO ICC (national committees) ICCt ICRM IDA IFAD IFC IFRCS ILO IMF IMO Interpol IOC IOM IPU ISO (correspondent) ITSO ITU LAES LAIA Mercosur (associate) MIGA MINUSTAH MONUSCO NAM OAS OPANAL OPCW PCA UN UN Security Council (temporary) UNAMID UNASUR UNCTAD UNESCO UNIDO Union Latina UNMIL UNMISS UNOCI UNWTO UPU WCO WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO

Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador ; Charge d'Affaires Rafael Pablo CANEDO Daroca (since July 2017)
In the us chancery: 3,014 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] 328-4,155
In the us FAX: [1] 328-3,712
In the us consulate general: Houston Los Angeles Miami New York Washington DC
In the us note: in September 2008 the US expelled the Bolivian ambassador to the US in reciprocity for Bolivia expelling the US ambassador to Bolivia
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador ; Charge d'Affaires Peter BRENNAN (since June 2014)
From the us embassy: Avenida Arce 2,780 Casilla 425 La Paz
From the us mailing address: 3,220 La Paz Place Dulles VA 20,189-3,220
From the us telephone: [591] 216-8,000
From the us FAX: [591] 216-8,111
From the us note: in September 2008 the Bolivian Government expelled the US Ambassador to Bolivia Philip GOLDBERG and both countries have yet to reinstate their ambassadors

Flag description

: three equal horizontal bands of red (top) yellow and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band; red stands for bravery and the blood of national heroes yellow for the nation's mineral resources and green for the fertility of the land
Note: similar to the flag of Ghana which has a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; in 2009 a presidential decree made it mandatory for a so-called wiphala - a square multi-colored flag representing the country's indigenous peoples - to be used alongside the traditional flag

National symbols: llama Andean condor; national colors: red yellow green

National anthem
Name: 'Cancion Patriotica'
Lyrics and music: Jose Ignacio de SANJINES/Leopoldo Benedetto VINCENTI
Note: adopted 1852

National heritage

Bolivia - Economy 2017

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Economy overview:

Bolivia is a resource rich country with strong growth attributed to captive markets for natural gas exports to Brazil and Argentina. However the country remains one of the least developed countries in Latin America because of state-oriented policies that deter investment and growth.
Following a disastrous economic crisis during the early 1980s reforms spurred private investment stimulated economic growth and cut poverty rates in the 1990s. The period 2003-05 was characterized by political instability racial tensions and violent protests against plans - subsequently abandoned - to export Bolivia's newly discovered natural gas reserves to large Northern Hemisphere markets. In 2005 the government passed a controversial hydrocarbons law that imposed significantly higher royalties and required foreign firms then operating under risk-sharing contracts to surrender all production to the state energy company in exchange for a predetermined service fee. High commodity prices between 2010 and 2014 sustained rapid growth and large trade surpluses with GDP growing 6.8% in 2013 and 5.4% in 2014. The global decline in oil prices that began in late 2014 exerted downward pressure on the price Bolivia receives for exported gas and resulted in lower GDP growth rates - 4.9% in 2015 and 4.3% in 2016 - and losses in government revenue as well as fiscal and trade deficits.
A lack of foreign investment in the key sectors of mining and hydrocarbons along with conflict among social groups pose challenges for the Bolivian economy. In 2015 President Evo MORALES expanded efforts to court international investment and boost Bolivia’s energy production capacity. MORALES passed an investment law and promised not to nationalize additional industries in an effort to improve the investment climate. In early 2016 the Government of Bolivia approved the 2016-20 National Economic and Social Development Plan aimed at maintaining growth of 5% and reducing poverty.

Real gdp purchasing power parity:

$78.77 billion (2016 est.)
$74.59 billion (2015 est.)
$70.37 billion (2014 est.)

Note: data are in 2016 dollars
Rank: 93

Real gdp growth rate:

4.3% (2016 est.)
4.9% (2015 est.)
5.5% (2014 est.)

Rank: 58

Real gdp per capita:

$7,200 (2016 est.)
$7,000 (2015 est.)
$6,800 (2014 est.)

Note: data are in 2016 dollars
Rank: 155

Gross national saving:

15.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
14.2% of GDP (2015 est.)
20.8% of GDP (2014 est.)

Rank: 127

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 69.1%
Government consumption: 17.5%
Investment in fixed capital: 20.8%
Investment in inventories: 0%
Exports of goods and services: 24.6%
Imports of goods and services: -32%

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 13.4%
Industry: 38.5%
Services: 53.8%

Agriculture products: soybeans quinoa Brazil nuts sugarcane coffee corn rice potatoes chia coca

Industries: mining smelting petroleum food and beverages tobacco handicrafts clothing jewelry

Industrial production growth rate: 4% (2016 est.)
Rank: 61

Labor force: 4.992 million (2016 est.)
Rank: 83
By occupation agriculture: 29.4%
By occupation industry: 22%
By occupation services: 48.6%

Labor force

Unemployment rate:

4% (2016 est.)
7.4% (2015 est.)

Note: data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
Rank: 95

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: 38.6%
Note: based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: 0.9%
Highest 10: 36.1%

Distribution of family income gini index:

47 (2016 est.)
57.9 (1999)

Rank: 28

Budget
Revenues: $14.58 billion
Expenditures: $16.81 billion
Surplus or deficit: -6.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 175

Taxes and other revenues: 41.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Rank: 32

Public debt:

44.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
39.1% of GDP (2015 est.)

Note: data cover general government debt and includes debt instruments issued by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities
Rank: 116

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices:

3.6% (2016 est.)
4.1% (2015 est.)

Rank: 153

Central bank discount rate:

1.5% (31 December 2016 est.)
2.5% (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 121

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

7.95% (31 December 2016 est.)
8.07% (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 106

Stock of narrow money:

$9.09 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$8.946 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 86

Stock of broad money:

$14.85 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$15.45 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 94

Stock of domestic credit:

$22.39 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$18.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 84

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$12.3 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$11.11 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$9.833 billion (31 December 2014 est.)

Rank: 72

Current account balance:

$-1.928 billion (2016 est.)
$-1.879 billion (2015 est.)

Rank: 151

Exports:

$7 billion (2016 est.)
$8.673 billion (2015 est.)

Rank: 99
Commodities: natural gas silver zinc lead tin gold quinoa soybeans and soy products
Partners: Brazil 19.3% US 13.6% Argentina 11.4% Colombia 8.8% China 6.8% Japan 5.9% South Korea 5.4% Peru 4.8% Belgium 4.6% (2016)

Imports:

$7.888 billion (2016 est.)
$9.004 billion (2015 est.)

Rank: 106
Commodities: machinery petroleum products vehicles iron and steel plastics
Partners: China 19.9% Brazil 17.5% Argentina 10.5% US 9.8% Peru 6.9% Japan 4.9% Chile 4.1% (2016)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$10.08 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$13.06 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 74

Debt external:

$11.65 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$9.849 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 106

Stock of direct foreign investment at home:

$1.059 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$1.084 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 118

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad:

$0 (31 December 2016 est.)
$0 (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 113

Exchange rates:

bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar -
6.91 (2016 est.)
6.91 (2015 est.)
6.91 (2014 est.)
6.91 (2013 est.)
6.94 (2012 est.)

Bolivia - Energy 2017

Bolivia - Communication 2017

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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 867,302
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8
Fixed lines rank: 83
Mobile cellular total: 10,165,308
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 93
Mobile cellular rank: 84

Telephone system
General assessment: Bolivian National Telecommunications Company was privatized in 1995 but re-nationalized in 2007; the primary trunk system is being expanded and employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; system operations reliability and coverage have steadily improved
Domestic: most telephones are concentrated in La Paz Santa Cruz and other capital cities; mobile-cellular telephone use expanding rapidly and in 2016 teledensity stood at 93 per 100 persons
International: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (2016)

Broadcast media: large number of radio and TV stations broadcasting with private media outlets dominating; state-owned and private radio and TV stations generally operating freely although both pro-government and anti-government groups have attacked media outlets in response to their reporting (2010)

Internet
Country code: .bo
Users total: 4,354,678
Users percent of population: 39.7%
Users rank: 78

Broadband fixed subscriptions

Bolivia - Military 2017

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Military expenditures:

1.68% of GDP (2016)
1.74% of GDP (2015)
1.9% of GDP (2014)
1.84% of GDP (2013)
1.85% of GDP (2012)

Rank: 64

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation: 16-49 years of age for 12-month voluntary male and female military service; Bolivian citizenship required; minimum age of combat is 18; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal compulsory recruitment is effected including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service provides exemption from further military service (2017)

Space program

Terrorist groups

Bolivia - Transportation 2017

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National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 7
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 39
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,578,959
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 9,456,548 mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: CP (2016)

Airports: 855 (2013)
Rank: 7
With paved runways total: 21
With paved runways over 3047 m: 5
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 4
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 6
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 6
With unpaved runways total: 834
With unpaved runways over 3047 m: 1
With unpaved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 4
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 47
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 151
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 631

Heliports

Pipelines: gas 5,457 km; liquid petroleum gas 51 km; oil 2,511 km; refined products 1627 km (2013)

Railways
Total: 3,504 km
Narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge
Rank: 51

Roadways
Total: 90,568 km
Paved: 9,792 km
Unpaved: 80,776 km
Rank: 61

Waterways: 10,000 km (commercially navigable almost exclusively in the northern and eastern parts of the country) (2012)
Rank: 13

Merchant marine
Total: 18
By type: bulk carrier 1 cargo 14 petroleum tanker 1 roll on/roll off 2
Foreign owned: 5
Rank: 98

Ports and terminals
River port: Puerto Aguirre
Note: Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina Brazil Chile and Paraguay

Bolivia - Transnational issues 2017

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Disputes international: Chile and Peru rebuff Bolivia's reactivated claim to restore the Atacama corridor ceded to Chile in 1884 but Chile offers instead unrestricted but not sovereign maritime access through Chile for Bolivian products; contraband smuggling human trafficking and illegal narcotic trafficking are problems in the porous areas of its border regions with all of its neighbors (Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay and Peru)

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs
Rank: li>a href='../rankorder/rankorderguide.html'>Guide to Country Comparisons: world's third-largest cultivator of coca (after Colombia and Peru) with an estimated 36,500 hectares under cultivation in 2015 a 3 percent increase over 2014; third largest producer of cocaine estimated at 255 metric tons potential pure cocaine in 2015; transit country for Peruvian and Colombian cocaine destined for Brazil Argentina Chile Paraguay and Europe; weak border controls; some money-laundering activity related to narcotics trade; major cocaine consumption