Bolivia

Official Name:

Republic of Bolivia (Bolivia)

Area:

1.098.580 km ²

Population (2007):

9.119.152 inhabitants

Coastline:

No tiene

Capital:

La Paz (administrative capital)

Maritime 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

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: No tiene
• Exclusive economic zone: No tiene
• Continental shelf: No tiene

Political divisions:

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

Language(s):

Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 6 August (1825)

Nationality:

Bolivian(s)

Official time:

UTC-4.

Member of:

CAN, CSN, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMISET, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.bo

Economic Profile

Currency:

Boliviano (BOB)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD3.100 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 10.330.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

4,5% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture:12,8%
• Industry: 36,1%
• Services: 51,2%

Labor force:

4.300.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1999):

• Agriculture ND
• Industry: ND
• Services ND

Unemployment rate:

7,8% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

4,3% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

12,4% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD4.153.000.000
• Expenditures: USD3.619.000.000

Public debt:

ND

Current account balance:

USD 688.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 3.668.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin

Exports - Partners:

Brazil 44,2%, US 12,5%, Argentina 10,9%, Colombia 7,8%, Peru 4,8% (2005)

Imports:

USD 2.934.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans

Imports - partners:

Brazil 21,9%, Argentina 16,7%, US 13,8%, Chile 6,9%, Peru 6,5%, Japan 6,1%, China 5,8% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 3.303.000.000 (2006)

Debt - external:

USD 5.916.000.000 (2006)