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Bolivia

Headline economic indicators for Bolivia, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Bolivia
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 19.5% +14.42 (+282.7%)
Consumer price index · 197.7 +32.29 (+19.5%)
GDP deflator inflation · 19.9% +13.87 (+229.4%)

GDP

GDP — Bolivia
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · -1.6% -0.46 (-40.9%)
GDP per capita · 5,147.81 +726.64 (+16.4%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 6,481 +125.78 (+2.0%)
GDP · 64,768,947,525.33 +9,887,620,072 (+18.0%)
GDP, PPP · 161,966,561,767 +1,880,268,054 (+1.2%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 12,873 -23.30 (-0.2%)
GDP per capita growth · -2.9% -0.43 (-17.4%)
GNI per capita · 4,420 +260.00 (+6.3%)
Agriculture to GDP · 8.8% -0.48 (-5.2%)
Industry to GDP · 31.3% +1.49 (+5.0%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 13.1% +1.23 (+10.4%)
Services to GDP · 53.4% -0.44 (-0.8%)
Household consumption to GDP · 69.6% +0.66 (+1.0%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 17.9% -1.04 (-5.5%)
Gross savings to GDP · 13.8% -0.26 (-1.8%)

Labour

Labour — Bolivia
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 3.0% -0.31 (-9.4%)
Labour force participation rate · 78.6% +0.30 (+0.4%)
Female labour force participation rate · 72.9% +0.48 (+0.7%)
Youth unemployment rate · 5.0% -0.16 (-3.0%)
Employment to population ratio · 76.3% +0.53 (+0.7%)
Employment in agriculture · 24.7% -0.21 (-0.8%)
Employment in industry · 19.8% -0.16 (-0.8%)
Employment in services · 55.5% +0.37 (+0.7%)

Money

Money — Bolivia
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · -8.1% -10.71 (-411.9%)
Broad money to GDP · 57.6% -2.19 (-3.7%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 51.8% -7.49 (-12.6%)
Lending rate · 10.2% +1.38 (+15.7%)
Bank deposit rate · 3.9% +0.71 (+22.3%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 3.1% +0.29 (+10.2%)
Official exchange rate · 6.91 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Trade

Trade — Bolivia
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -0.7% +0.57 (+44.7%)
Exports to GDP · 21.4% -0.97 (-4.3%)
Imports to GDP · 25.5% -1.66 (-6.1%)
Trade to GDP · 47.0% -2.63 (-5.3%)
Exports of goods and services · 11,763,846,801.74 +38,169,928 (+0.3%)
Imports of goods and services · 14,018,232,749.64 -221,190,637 (-1.6%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · 89,682,030.67 +760,195,053 (+113.4%)
Current account balance (annual) · -458,621,444.36 +243,777,953 (+34.7%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.8% +0.16 (+24.7%)
Remittances received to GDP · 1.9% -0.39 (-16.8%)
Total reserves, including gold · 579,906,699.89 -1,397,119,189 (-70.7%)
Reserves in months of imports · 0.5 -1.30 (-71.7%)
External debt to GNI · 32.5% -4.65 (-12.5%)

Government

Government — Bolivia
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 68.3% +8.23 (+13.7%)
Government revenue to GDP · 23.3% +0.06 (+0.3%)
Government expense to GDP · 21.8% -2.13 (-8.9%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 17.0% +0.15 (+0.9%)
Government budget balance to GDP · 1.2% -10.92 (-89.8%)
Government consumption to GDP · 16.5% -0.32 (-1.9%)
Education spending to GDP · 7.5% -0.35 (-4.5%)
Health spending to GDP · 6.9% -0.24 (-3.4%)

Demography

Demography — Bolivia
Indicator Value Change
Population · 12,581,843 +168,528 (+1.4%)
Population, long-run history · 12,060 +142.69 (+1.2%)
Population growth · 1.3% -0.02 (-1.7%)
Life expectancy · 68.7 +0.16 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 2.52 -0.02 (-0.9%)
Birth rate · 21.0 -0.22 (-1.0%)
Death rate · 7.2 +0.00 (+0.0%)
Urban population share · 71.6% +0.33 (+0.5%)
Population aged 65 and over · 5.7% +0.10 (+1.7%)
Under-five mortality rate · 15.7 -0.70 (-4.3%)
Population density · 11.4 +0.16 (+1.4%)
Net migration · -3,179 -179.00 (-6.0%)
Gini index · 40.9 -1.20 (-2.9%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

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