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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2021)		11 833^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		10.9^a
Capital city		Sucre^d
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		277.9^e
UN membership date		14-Nov-45
Surface area (km2)		1 098 581^b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.7^a
National currency		Boliviano (BOB)
Exchange rate (per US$)		6.9^f

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	19 650	33 000	40 895^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.1	4.9	2.2^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 955.5	3 036.0	3 552.1^c
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	12.4	12.6	13.9^c
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	35.8	31	28.6^c
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	51.8	56.5	57.5^c
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	30^g	27.8	30.4^g,f
Employment in industry (% of employed)	20.7^g	22.5	19.4^g,f
Employment in services (% employed)	49.3^g	49.6	50.3^g,f
Unemployment^g (% of labour force)	2.6	3.1	3.4^f
Labour force participation rate^g (female/male pop. %)	62.0 / 82.1	54.4 / 79.7	63.0 / 80.4^f
CPI: Consumer Price Index^h (2010=100)	100	134	150^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	79	103	110^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	7 051	8 923	7 033^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 604	9 843	7 115^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	1 448	-920	-82^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	874	- 1 936	-176^f

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	1.7	1.6	1.4^f
Urban population (% of total population)	66.4	68.4	69.8^c
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	2.4	2.1	...
Fertility rate, totalⁱ (live births per woman)	3.4	3	2.8^f
Life expectancy at birthⁱ (females/males, years)	69.0 / 64.4	71.9 / 66.7	74.0 / 68.3^f
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	34.5 / 8.8	32.4 / 9.5	29.8 / 10.5^a
International migrant stock^j (000/% of total pop.)	122.8 / 1.2	143.0 / 1.3	164.1 / 1.4^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.7^k	0.8	6.7^f
Infant mortality rateⁱ (per 1 000 live births)	42.1	32.4	29.7^f
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	5.2	6.6	6.3^e
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.4	0.5^l	1^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.2 / 104.8	94.9 / 96.9	98.2 / 98.8^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.5 / 88.9	90.7 / 92.0	89.2 / 90.8^c
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	83.7 / 82.9	88.0 / 87.7	85.4 / 85.0^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	12.7	6.2	6.2ⁿ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	22.3	53.1	46.2^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	22.4^g	35.6^g	47.5^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2^p,q	...	...
Threatened species (number)	163	216	447
Forested area^g (% of land area)	49	48	47.3^e
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	13.8 / 1.4	18.6 / 1.7	21.0 / 1.9^e
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	666	949	835^g,e
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	28	33	36^e
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	679	882	1 142^e
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	48.2	48.2	48.2^f
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	47.0 / ...	53.3 / ...	59.9 / ...^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.98	2.48	1.77^c

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		2019
d		La Paz is the seat of government and Sucre is the constitutional capital.
e		2018
f		2020
g		Estimate.
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Including refugees.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2011
m		2017
n		2016
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Break in the time series.
q		2009