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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Bolivia economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Bolivia best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 8.9 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
4.6% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 6.8% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
5.5% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
4.1% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 1.7% |
*Estimate
2015* | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
4% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
40.9% | 46.5% | 51.3% | 53.9% | 57.7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-6.9% | -7.2% | -7.8% | -8.1% | -7.8% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BB-
Moody's: Ba3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated October 2019)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-4.9 % (2018 estimate)
26% (2018)
0.05% (2018)
0.03% (2018)
Natural gas, silver, zinc, lead, tin, gold, quinoa, soybeans and soy products
Machinery, petroleum products, vehicles, iron and steel, plastics
Brazil 17.9%, Argentina 16%, US 7.8%, Japan 7.3%, India 6.6%, South Korea 6.3%, Colombia 5.8%, China 5.1%, UAE 4.7% (2017)
China 21.7%, Brazil 16.8%, Argentina 12.6%, US 8.4%, Peru 6.5% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 335 million | USD 712 million | USD 255 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 89 million | USD 80 million | USD -89 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | USD 3.5 million |
N/A
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N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
150 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 175 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 139 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 96 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 148 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 144 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 136 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 186 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 100 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 109 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 103 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2019
107 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 173 / Score: 42.3 (Repressed)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
La Paz (administrative capital); Sucre (constitutional [legislative and judicial] capital)
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% (2001 est.)
Roman Catholic 76.8%, Evangelical and Pentecostal 8.1%, Protestant 7.9%, other 1.7%, none 5.5% (2012 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
6.73 million | 8.34 million | 9.92 million | 10.9 million | 11.72 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
36.8% | 45.5% | 61.8% | 69.4% |
Total population: 92.5%
Male: 96.5%
Female: 88.6%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
11.8% (last available estimate, 2017)
44 (last available estimate, 2017)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 3 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)"
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 6.3% Mobile: 100.8% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)