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South America > Bolivia > Economy

BOLIVIAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber
Aid as % of GDP 5.8% [43rd of 129]
Economic freedom 2.35 [44th of 156]
Exchange rates
bolivianos per US dollar - 7.9363 (2004), 7.6592 (2003), 7.17 (2002), 6.6069 (2001), 6.1835 (2000)
Exports to US $42,300,000.00 [107th of 224]
GDP > PPP $24,299,000,000.00 [93rd of 163]
Income category Lower middle income
Income distribution > Poorest 10% 1.3% [96th of 114]
Income distribution > Poorest 20% 4% [94th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10% 32% [46th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20% 49.1% [36th of 114]
Innovation 11.6 [67th of 68]
Population under $1 a day 14.4 [38th of 59]
Poverty > Share of all poor people 0.11 % of world's poor [40th of 80]
Technological achievement 0.28 [42nd of 68]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines 1,026 [73rd of 183]
World Trade > Imports > Mech transmission equipment 3,528 [84th of 137]
World Trade > Imports > Mechanical handling equipment 5,176 [103rd of 146]
World Trade > Imports > Special industrial machines nes 27,571 [79th of 144]
World Trade > Imports > Special transactions nes 41 [109th of 118]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Heritage Foundation; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia, Republica de Bolivia

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