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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2024)		12 413^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		11.5^a
Capital city		Sucre^d
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		277.9^e
UN membership date		14 November 1945
Surface area (km2)		1 098 581^b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.4^a
National currency		Boliviano (BOB)
Exchange rate (per US$)		6.9^f

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	33 000	36 630	44 008^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.9	-8.7	3.6^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 975.6	3 068.8	3 600.1^c
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	12.6	15.5	14.1^c
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	31	26	29.7^c
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	56.5	58.5	56.2^c
Employment in agriculture^g (% of employed)	29.7	30	27^c
Employment in industry^g (% of employed)	20.9	18.1	20.6^c
Employment in services^g (% employed)	49.4	51.9	52.4^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	3.1	7.9	4.1^g
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	54.6 / 79.5	59.3 / 80.1	61.4 / 83.2^g
CPI: Consumer Price Index^h (2010=100)	134	150	157^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	102	109	115^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	8 923	7 033	10 919^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	9 843	7 115	11 489^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-920	-82	-571^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 936	-16	- 1 247^f

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.5	1.1	1.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	68.4	69.8ⁱ	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.1^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.9	2.7	2.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	69.6 / 65.0	67.1 / 59.7	71.3 / 66.3^a
Population age distribution^k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	32.6 / 8.1	31.0 / 8.4	29.8 / 8.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	143.0 / 1.3^l	164.1 / 1.4^l	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.8	6.7	16.6^f
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	51.4	45.7	40.4^a
Health: Current expenditureⁿ (% of GDP)	6.6^m	8	8.2^g,o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.5^p	1	1.3^o
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	8.1	8.4	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^g (f/m per 100 pop.)	94.8 / 96.8	98.6 / 98.8	99.6 / 99.6^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^g (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.0 / 101.5	97.2 / 102.4	96.4 / 98.0^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^g (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.2 / 87.8	85.6 / 84.4	89.0 / 88.1^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	4.9	3.6	4.3^f
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	53.1	53.1^q,r	46.2^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	37.5	59.9^s	73.3^g,s,c
Threatened species (number)	216	296	580^f
Forested area (% of land area)	48	46.9	46.7^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	18.6 / 1.7	17.0 / 1.4	20.1 / 1.7^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	951	716	738^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	31	27	31^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	882	323	724^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	45.4	45.4	45.4^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.48	0.94	1.29^o

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Data updated according to "Superintendencia Agraria". Interior waters correspond to natural or artificial bodies of water or snow.
c		2022
d		La Paz is the seat of government and Sucre is the constitutional capital.
e		2018
f		2023
g		Estimate.
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
i		2019
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		Including refugees.
m		Data are based on SHA2011.
n		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
o		2021
p		2011
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
r		The statistics refer to the situation before the 2019 election, which itself was invalidated. Fresh elections are expected in May 2020.
s		Population aged 5 years and over.