Statistics Bolivia 
Bolivia in the World
Bolivia - Introduction 2012
top of pageBackground: 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 nearly 200 coups and countercoups. 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. However since taking office his controversial strategies have exacerbated racial and economic tensions between the Amerindian populations of the Andean west and the non-indigenous communities of the eastern lowlands. In December 2009 President MORALES easily won reelection and his party took control of the legislative branch of the government which will allow him to continue his process of change. In October 2011 the country held its first judicial elections to appoint judges to the four highest courts.
Terrain: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano) hills lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
Natural resources: tin natural gas petroleum zinc tungsten antimony silver iron lead gold timber hydropower
Geography
Note: landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m) with Peru
Bolivia - People 2012
top of pagePopulation: 10,290,003 (July 2012 est.)
Rank: 83
Growth rate: 1.664% (2012 est.)
Growth rate rank: 72
Below poverty line: 51.3%
Languages: Spanish (official) 60.7% Quechua (official) 21.2% Aymara (official) 14.6% foreign languages 2.4% other 1.2% (2001 census)
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.
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.
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
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 34% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 25% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 25% of population
Unimproved:
urban: 66% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 75% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 75% of population
Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2009 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 100
People living with hivaids: 12,000 (2009 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 92
Deaths: fewer than 1000 (2009 est.)
Deaths rank: 71
Bolivia - Government 2012
top of pageGovernment type: republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a 'Social Unitarian State'
Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos singular - departamento); Beni Chuquisaca Cochabamba La Paz Oruro Pando Potosi Santa Cruz Tarija
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
Legislative branch: bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (36 seats; members are elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms) and Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats total; 70 uninominal deputies directly elected from a single district 7 'special' indigenous deputies directly elected from non-contiguous indigenous districts and 53 plurinominal deputies elected by proportional representation from party lists; all deputies serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms); Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (seven primary or titulares and seven alternate or suplente magistrates elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to rule on constitutional issues (at least two candidates must be indigenous)); Agro-Environmental Court (judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to run on agro-environmental issues); Council of the Judiciary (five judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to rule on ethical and administrative issues in the judiciary); Plurinational Electoral Organ (seven members elected by the Assembly and the president-one member must be of indigenous origin-to six-year terms); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases); District Courts (one in each department)
Political parties and leaders: Bacada Indigena or BI; Bolivia-National Convergence or PPB-CN [vacant]; Fearless Movement or MSM [Juan DE GRANADO Cosio]; Movement Toward Socialism or MAS [Juan Evo MORALES Ayma]; National Unity or UN [Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana]; People or Gente [Roman LOAYZA]; Social Alliance or AS [Rene JOAQUINO]
International organization participation: CAN CD CELAC FAO G-77 IADB IAEA IBRD ICAO ICC (national committees) 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 UNASUR UNCTAD UNESCO UNFICYP UNIDO Union Latina UNISFA UNMIL UNMISS UNOCI UNWTO UPU WCO WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO
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
Bolivia - Economy 2012
top of pageEconomy overview: Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America. 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. The global recession slowed growth but Bolivia recorded the highest growth rate in South America during 2009. During 2010-12 high world commodity prices sustained rapid growth and large trade surpluses. However a lack of foreign investment in the key sectors of mining and hydrocarbons along with growing conflict among social groups pose challenges for the Bolivian economy.
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$3.915 billion (31 December 2010)
$3.159 billion (31 December 2009)
$3.159 billion (31 December 2009)
Rank: 88
Exports: $9.039 billion (2011 est.)
Rank: 91
Commodities: natural gas soybeans and soy products crude petroleum zinc ore tin
Partners: Brazil 41.8% US 12.2% South Korea 6.4% Peru 5.7% Argentina 5.2% Japan 4.7% (2011)
Imports: $7.126 billion (2011 est.)
Rank: 107
Commodities: petroleum products plastics paper aircraft and aircraft parts prepared foods automobiles insecticides
Partners: Chile 23.5% Brazil 23% Argentina 10.3% US 10.1% Peru 6.9% China 5.8% (2011)
Exchange rates:
bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar -
6.96 (2012 est.)
6.9875 (2011 est.)
7.0167 (2010 est.)
7.07 (2009)
7.253 (2008)
6.96 (2012 est.)
6.9875 (2011 est.)
7.0167 (2010 est.)
7.07 (2009)
7.253 (2008)
Bolivia - Energy 2012
top of pageElectricity
Production: 6.611 billion kWh (2011 est.)
Production rank: 104
Consumption: 6.301 billion kWh (2011 est.)
Consumption rank: 102
Exports: 0 kWh (2010 est.)
Exports rank: 166
Imports: 0 kWh (2010 est.)
Imports rank: 163
Installed generating capacity: 1.539 million kW (2009 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 112
Generation sources fossil fuels: 67.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 116
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 52
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 31.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 70
Generation sources other renewable sources: 0.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 72
Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 48,570 bbl/day (2011 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 60
Crude oil exports: 0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 86
Crude oil imports: 0.07 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 84
Crude oil proven reserves: 209.8 million bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 60
Refined petroleum
Products production: 42,640 bbl/day (2008 est.)
Products production rank: 85
Products consumption: 62,050 bbl/day (2011 est.)
Products consumption rank: 93
Products exports: 865 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Products exports rank: 113
Products imports: 17,330 bbl/day (2008 est.)
Products imports rank: 110
Natural gas
Production: 14.37 billion m³ (2010 est.)
Production rank: 37
Consumption: 2.72 billion m³ (2010 est.)
Consumption rank: 77
Exports: 11.72 billion m³ (2010 est.)
Exports rank: 20
Imports: 0 m³ (2010 est.)
Imports rank: 163
Proven reserves: 281.5 billion m³ (1 January 2012 est.)
Proven reserves rank: 42
Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 13.29 million Mt (2010 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 93
Bolivia - Communication 2012
top of pageTelephones
Main lines in use: 879,000 (2011)
Main lines in use rank: 83
Mobile cellular: 8.355 million (2011)
Mobile cellular rank: 85
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
Hosts: 180,988 (2012)
Hosts rank: 75
Users: 1.103 million (2009)
Users rank: 95
Bolivia - Military 2012
top of pageMilitary service age and obligation: 18-49 years of age for 12-month compulsory male and female military service; 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 (2011)
Bolivia - Transportation 2012
top of pageWaterways: 10,000 km (commercially navigable almost exclusively in the northern and eastern parts of the country) (2012)
Rank: 13
Ports and terminals: Puerto Aguirre (inland port on the Paraguay/Parana waterway at the Bolivia/Brazil border); Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina Brazil Chile and Paraguay
Bolivia - Transnational issues 2012
top of pageDisputes 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 natural gas; contraband smuggling human trafficking and illegal narcotic trafficking are problems in the porous areas of the border with Argentina
Illicit drugs: world's third-largest cultivator of coca (after Colombia and Peru) with an estimated 35,000 hectares under cultivation in 2009 an increase of ten percent over 2008; third largest producer of cocaine estimated at 195 metric tons potential pure cocaine in 2009 a 70 percent increase over 2006; transit country for Peruvian and Colombian cocaine destined for Brazil Argentina Chile Paraguay and Europe; weak border controls; some money-laundering activity related to narcoti
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