increased demands by radical groups that the government expropriateforeign-owned assets. Real GDP growth in 2003 and 2004 - helped by
increased demand for natural gas in neighboring Brazil - was
positive, but still below the levels seen during the 1990s. Bolivia
remains dependent on foreign aid from multilateral lenders and
foreign governments.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$22.33 billion (2004 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.7% (2004 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,600 (2004 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 13% industry: 28% services: 59% (2004 est.)
Labor force:
3.8 million (2004 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:
9.2% in urban areas
note: widespread underemployment (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line:
64% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 32% (1999)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
44.7 (1999)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.9% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
10.4% of GDP (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.264 billion
expenditures: $2.769 billion, including capital expenditures of $741
million (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes;
timber
Industries:
mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco,
handicrafts, clothing
Industrial production growth rate:
5.7% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
4.132 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 44.4% hydro: 54% nuclear: 0% other: 1.5% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
3.848 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
3 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
9 million kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
39,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil - consumption:
49,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA
Oil - imports:
NA
Oil - proved reserves:
458.8 million bbl (1 January 2002)
Natural gas - production:
8.44 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
1.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
2.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
727.2 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
Current account balance:
$273 million (2004 est.)
Exports:
$1.986 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore,
tin
Exports - partners:
Brazil 40%, US 13.9%, Colombia 8.7%, Peru 6.3%, Japan 4.5% (2004)
Imports:
$1.595 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts,
prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans
Imports - partners:
Brazil 29.7%, Argentina 17.6%, US 10.8%, Chile 7.7%, Peru 7.3%
(2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.214 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.439 billion (June 2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$681 million (2002)
Currency (code):
boliviano (BOB)
Currency code:
BOB
Exchange rates:
bolivianos per US dollar - 7.9363 (2004), 7.6592 (2003), 7.17
(2002), 6.6069 (2001), 6.1835 (2000)
Fiscal year:
