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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor, indigenous majority. However, since taking office, his controversial strategies have exacerbated racial and economic tensions between the Amerindian populations of the Andean west and the non-indigenous communities of the eastern lowlands. In December 2009, President MORALES easily won reelection, and his party took control of the legislative branch of the government, which will allow him to continue his process of change. In October 2011, the country held its first judicial elections to appoint judges to the four highest courts.
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Central South America, southwest of Brazil
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17 00 S, 65 00 W
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total: 1,098,581 sq km
country comparison to the world: 28
land:
1,083,301 sq km
water:
15,280 sq km
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slightly less than three times the size of Montana
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total: 6,940 km
border countries:
Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km
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0 km (landlocked)
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none (landlocked)
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varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
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rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
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lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point:
Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
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tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
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arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops:
0.19%
other:
97.03% (2005)
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1,500 sq km (2003)
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622.5 cu km (2000)
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total: 1.44 cu km/yr (13%/7%/81%)
per capita:
157 cu m/yr (2000)
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flooding in the northeast (March to April)
volcanism:
volcanic activity in Andes Mountains on the border with Chile; historically active volcanoes in this region are Irruputuncu (elev. 5,163 m), which last erupted in 1995 and Olca-Paruma
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the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation
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landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru
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| People and Society ::Bolivia |
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noun: Bolivian(s)
adjective:
Bolivian
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Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
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Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
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Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
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Bolivia ranks at or near the bottom among Latin American countries in several areas of health and development, including poverty, education, fertility, malnutrition, mortality, and life expectancy. On the positive side, more children are being vaccinated and more pregnant women are getting prenatal care and having skilled health practitioners attend their births. Bolivia's income inequality is the highest in Latin America and one of the highest in the world. Public education is of poor quality, and educational opportunities are among the most unevenly distributed in Latin America, with girls and indigenous and rural children less likely to be literate or to complete primary school. The lack of access to education and family planning services helps to sustain Bolivia's high fertility rate - approximately three children per woman. Bolivia's lack of clean water and basic sanitation, especially in rural areas, contributes to health problems.
Almost 7% of Bolivia's population lives abroad, primarily to work in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, and the United States. In recent years, more restrictive immigration policies in Europe and the United States have increased the flow of Bolivian emigrants to neighboring Argentina and Brazil.
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10,290,003 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
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0-14 years: 34.2% (male 1,793,771/ female 1,727,107)
15-64 years:
61% (male 3,082,805/ female 3,198,657)
65 years and over:
4.7% (male 215,700/ female 271,963) (2012 est.)
population pyramid: 
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total: 22.8 years
male:
22.1 years
female:
23.5 years (2012 est.)
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1.664% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
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24.24 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
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6.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
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-0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
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urban population: 67% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization:
2.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
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LA PAZ (capital) 1.642 million; Santa Cruz 1.584 million; Sucre 281,000 (2009)
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.79 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
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180 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 59
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total: 40.94 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 58
male:
44.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
37.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
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total population: 67.9 years
country comparison to the world: 158
male:
65.16 years
female:
70.77 years (2012 est.)
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2.93 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
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4.8% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 143
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1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2001)
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1.1 beds/1,000 population (2009)
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improved:
urban: 34% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 25% of population
unimproved:
urban: 66% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 75% of population
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0.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
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12,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
water contact disease:
leptospirosis (2009)
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4.3% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 89
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6.3% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 25
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
86.7%
male:
93.1%
female:
80.7% (2001 census)
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total: 14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years (2007)
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total: 9.2%
country comparison to the world: 108
male:
7.3%
female:
11.8% (2002)
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conventional long form: Plurinational State of Bolivia
conventional short form:
Bolivia
local long form:
Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
local short form:
Bolivia
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republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State"
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name: La Paz (administrative capital)
geographic coordinates:
16 30 S, 68 09 W
time difference:
UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
note:
Sucre (constitutional capital)
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9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija
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6 August 1825 (from Spain)
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Independence Day, 6 August (1825)
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7 February 2009
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civil law system with influences from Roman, Spanish, canon (religious), French, and indigenous law
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has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
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18 years of age, universal and compulsory
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chief of state: President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (since 22 January 2006); Vice President Alvaro GARCIA Linera (since 22 January 2006); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
head of government:
President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (since 22 January 2006); Vice President Alvaro GARCIA Linera (since 22 January 2006)
cabinet:
Cabinet appointed by the president
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elections:
president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a five-year term and are eligible for re-election once; election last held on 6 December 2009 (next to be held in 2014)
election results:
Juan Evo MORALES Ayma reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma 64%; Manfred REYES VILLA 26%; Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana 6%; Rene JOAQUINO 2%; other 2%
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bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (36 seats; members are elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms) and Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats total; 70 uninominal deputies directly elected from a single district, 7 "special" indigenous deputies directly elected from non-contiguous indigenous districts, and 53 plurinominal deputies elected by proportional representation from party lists; all deputies serve five-year terms)
elections:
Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies - last held on 6 December 2009 (next to be held in 2014)
election results:
Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 26, PPB-CN 10; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 89, PPB-CN 36, UN 3, AS 2; note - as of 19 January 2012, the current composition of the Chamber of Deputies is: MAS 86, PPB-CN 36, UN 3, BI 3, AS 2
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Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms); Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (seven primary or titulares and seven alternate or suplente magistrates elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to rule on constitutional issues (at least two candidates must be indigenous)); Agro-Environmental Court (judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to run on agro-environmental issues); Council of the Judiciary (five judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to rule on ethical and administrative issues in the judiciary); Plurinational Electoral Organ (seven members elected by the Assembly and the president-one member must be of indigenous origin-to six-year terms); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases); District Courts (one in each department)
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Bacada Indigena or BI; Bolivia-National Convergence or PPB-CN [vacant]; Fearless Movement or MSM [Juan DE GRANADO Cosio]; Movement Toward Socialism or MAS [Juan Evo MORALES Ayma]; National Unity or UN [Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana]; People or Gente [Roman LOAYZA]; Social Alliance or AS [Rene JOAQUINO]
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Bolivian Workers Central or COB; Federation of Neighborhood Councils of El Alto or FEJUVE; Landless Movement or MST; National Coordinator for Change or CONALCAM; Sole Confederation of Campesino Workers of Bolivia or CSUTCB
other:
Cocalero groups; indigenous organizations (including Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Eastern Bolivia or CIDOB and National Council of Ayullus and Markas of Quollasuyu or CONAMAQ); Interculturales union or CSCIB; labor unions (including the Central Bolivian Workers' Union or COB and Cooperative Miners Federation or FENCOMIN)
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CAN, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Freddy BERSATTI Tudela
chancery:
3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone:
[1] (202) 483-4410
FAX:
[1] (202) 328-3712
consulate(s) general:
Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco
note:
as of September 2008, the US has expelled the Bolivian ambassador to the US
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chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Larry MEMMOTT
embassy:
Avenida Arce 2780, Casilla 425, La Paz
mailing address:
P. O. Box 425, La Paz; APO AA 34032
telephone:
[591] (2) 216-8000
FAX:
[591] (2) 216-8111
note:
in September 2008, the Bolivian Government expelled the US Ambassador to Bolivia, and the countries have yet to reinstate ambassadors
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three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band; red stands for bravery and the blood of national heroes, yellow for the nation's mineral resources, and green for the fertility of the land
note:
similar to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; in 2009, a presidential decree made it mandatory for a so-called wiphala - a square, multi-colored flag representing the country's indigenous peoples - to be used alongside the traditional flag
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llama; Andean condor
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name: "Cancion Patriotica" (Patriotic Song)
lyrics/music:
Jose Ignacio de SANJINES/Leopoldo Benedetto VINCENTI
note:
adopted 1852
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Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America. Following a disastrous economic crisis during the early 1980s, reforms spurred private investment, stimulated economic growth, and cut poverty rates in the 1990s. The period 2003-05 was characterized by political instability, racial tensions, and violent protests against plans - subsequently abandoned - to export Bolivia's newly discovered natural gas reserves to large Northern Hemisphere markets. In 2005, the government passed a controversial hydrocarbons law that imposed significantly higher royalties and required foreign firms then operating under risk-sharing contracts to surrender all production to the state energy company in exchange for a predetermined service fee. The global recession slowed growth, but Bolivia recorded the highest growth rate in South America during 2009. During 2010-12 high world commodity prices sustained rapid growth and large trade surpluses. However, a lack of foreign investment in the key sectors of mining and hydrocarbons, along with growing conflict among social groups pose challenges for the Bolivian economy.
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$54.36 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
$51.77 billion (2011 est.)
$49.23 billion (2010 est.)
note:
data are in 2012 US dollars
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$26.75 billion (2012 est.)
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5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 58
5.2% (2011 est.)
4.1% (2010 est.)
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$5,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
$4,900 (2011 est.)
$4,700 (2010 est.)
note:
data are in 2012 US dollars
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agriculture: 13.6%
industry:
38.1%
services:
52% (2012 est.)
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4.718 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
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agriculture: 32%
industry:
20%
services:
48% (2010 est.)
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7.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
7.6% (2011 est.)
note:
data are for urban areas; widespread underemployment
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51.3%
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based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day (2009 est.)
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lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%:
45.4% (2007)
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58.2 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 8
57.9 (1999)
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21% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
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revenues: $12.94 billion
expenditures:
$12.42 billion (2012 est.)
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48.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
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2% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
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34.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
38.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
note:
data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities
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4.7% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
9.9% (2011 est.)
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4% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
3% (31 December 2010 est.)
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11.1% (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
10.92% (31 December 2011 est.)
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$6.263 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
$5.329 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$16.52 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
$13.33 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
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$8.702 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
$7.633 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$6.089 billion (31 December 2011)
country comparison to the world: 88
$3.915 billion (31 December 2010)
$3.159 billion (31 December 2009)
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soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; Brazil nuts; timber
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3.6% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
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$1.095 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
$537.2 million (2011 est.)
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$10.97 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
$9.039 billion (2011 est.)
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natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
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Brazil 41.8%, US 12.2%, South Korea 6.4%, Peru 5.7%, Argentina 5.2%, Japan 4.7% (2011)
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$8.14 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107
$7.126 billion (2011 est.)
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petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides
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Chile 23.5%, Brazil 23%, Argentina 10.3%, US 10.1%, Peru 6.9%, China 5.8% (2011)
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$13.62 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
$12.02 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$5.604 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
$5.451 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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$7.37 billion (31 December 2011)
country comparison to the world: 86
$6.869 billion (31 December 2010)
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$21 million (31 December 2010)
country comparison to the world: 88
$63.8 million (31 December 2008)
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bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar -
6.96 (2012 est.)
6.9875 (2011 est.)
7.0167 (2010 est.)
7.07 (2009)
7.253 (2008)
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calendar year
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6.611 billion kWh (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
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6.301 billion kWh (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
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0 kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
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country comparison to the world: 163
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1.539 million kW (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
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67.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
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0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
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31.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
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0.6% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
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48,570 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
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country comparison to the world: 86
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0.07 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
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209.8 million bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
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42,640 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
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62,050 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
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865 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
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17,330 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 110
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14.37 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
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2.72 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
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11.72 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20
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0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
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281.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
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13.29 million Mt (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
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879,000 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 83
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8.355 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 85
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general assessment: Bolivian National Telecommunications Company was privatized in 1995 but re-nationalized in 2007; the primary trunk system is being expanded and employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; system operations, reliability, and coverage have steadily improved.
domestic:
most telephones are concentrated in La Paz, Santa Cruz, and other capital cities; mobile-cellular telephone use expanding rapidly and, in 2011, teledensity reached about 80 per 100 persons
international:
country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)
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large number of radio and TV stations broadcasting with private media outlets dominating; state-owned and private radio and TV stations generally operating freely, although both pro-government and anti-government groups have attacked media outlets in response to their reporting (2010)
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.bo
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180,988 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 75
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1.103 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 95
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865 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 7
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total: 21
over 3,047 m:
4
2,438 to 3,047 m:
5
1,524 to 2,437 m:
6
914 to 1,523 m:
6 (2012)
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total: 844
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
4
1,524 to 2,437 m:
51
914 to 1,523 m:
157
under 914 m:
631 (2012)
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gas 5,330 km; liquid petroleum gas 51 km; oil 2,510 km; refined products 1,627 km (2010)
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total: 3,652 km
country comparison to the world: 46
narrow gauge:
3,652 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)
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total: 80,488 km
country comparison to the world: 57
paved:
11,993 km
unpaved:
68,495 km (2010)
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10,000 km (commercially navigable almost exclusively in the northern and eastern parts of the country) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 13
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total: 18
country comparison to the world: 98
by type:
bulk carrier 1, cargo 14, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned:
5 (Syria 4, UK 1, (2010)
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Puerto Aguirre (inland port on the Paraguay/Parana waterway at the Bolivia/Brazil border); Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
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Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano, EB), Bolivian Naval Force (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB; includes Marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2011)
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18-49 years of age for 12-month compulsory male and female military service; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service, provides exemption from further military service (2011)
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males age 16-49: 2,472,490
females age 16-49:
2,535,768 (2010 est.)
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males age 16-49: 1,762,260
females age 16-49:
2,013,281 (2010 est.)
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male: 108,334
female:
104,945 (2010 est.)
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1.3% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 114
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| Transnational Issues ::Bolivia |
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Chile and Peru rebuff Bolivia's reactivated claim to restore the Atacama corridor, ceded to Chile in 1884, but Chile offers instead unrestricted but not sovereign maritime access through Chile for Bolivian natural gas; contraband smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal narcotic trafficking are problems in the porous areas of the border with Argentina
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world's third-largest cultivator of coca (after Colombia and Peru) with an estimated 35,000 hectares under cultivation in 2009, an increase of ten percent over 2008; third largest producer of cocaine, estimated at 195 metric tons potential pure cocaine in 2009, a 70 percent increase over 2006; transit country for Peruvian and Colombian cocaine destined for Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Europe; weak border controls; some money-laundering activity related to narcotics trade; major cocaine consumption
(2008)
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