Bolivia GDP Data & Country Report

Bolivia Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Bolivia; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

Central Bank of Bolivia

International Reserves

US$ 9.731 billion (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 22.778 billion (2009 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

50.586 billion of International dollars (2009 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
2.5%	1.7%	2.5%	2.7%	4.2%	4.4%	4.8%	4.6%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
6.1%	3.4%	4.2%	4.5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 2,143 (2004 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$4,759 International Dollars (2004 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
0.09%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.07%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 12%
industry: 38%
services: 50% (2010 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
14%(2008)	3.3%	2.5%	10.4%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A	N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
41%	37.5%	40.5%	37.4%	34.3%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
0.9%	-2%	-3.9%	-2.8%	-2.1%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: B/Positive/B

Moody's rating: B2

Moody's outlook: RUR+

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
US$2.263 billion	US$2.672 billion	US$2.792 billion

Largest companies in Bolivia

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ 0.9 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

3.8% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

30.9% (2009)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.04%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.01%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$6.956 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

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

Total imports

US$4.782 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

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

Exports - major partners

Brazil 46%, US 9.8%, Japan 7.6%, Argentina 5.8%, South Korea 4.8%, Peru 4.1% (2007)

Imports - major partners

Brazil 29.9%, Argentina 16.2%, Chile 10.5%, US 9.8%, Peru 8.1% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$513 million	US$423 million(2009)	US$622 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
US$4 million	US$-3 million	US$-58 million

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 149 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 166 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 139 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 177 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 116 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 132 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 125 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 136 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

103

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 147 Score: 50 (Mostly Unfree) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC-4

Total area

1,098,581 km² (2006)

Capital

La Paz (administrative capital) (2009)

Currency

bolivianos (BOB) (2009)

Government type

republic; (2009)

Languages

Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)

Religions

Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
5 million	6.51 million	8.43 million	10.43 million	11.48 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
36.8%	45.5%	61.8%	66%

Population median age

21.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

1.7% (2009)

Life expectancy

65 years (2007)

Adult literacy

90% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

25.14% (2011)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

57.3 (2007)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:3
Civil Liberties:3 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

80.84% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

20% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

La Paz: 212th (2011)

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

1.324 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

2012:

COUNTRY WINNERS Banco de Crédito de Bolivia (National, 2012)

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS Banco de Crédito de Bolivia (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS Banco de Crédito de Bolivia (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS Banco de Crédito de Bolivia (National, 2009)

ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE

Bolivia GDP Data & Country Report | Global Finance

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

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