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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $21.01 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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2.5% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $2,400 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 15%
industry: 33.2%
services: 51.9% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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12.4% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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70% (1999 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 32% (1999)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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44.7 (1999)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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3.3% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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4.1 million (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
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Unemployment rate:
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11.7%
note: widespread underemployment (2003)
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Budget:
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revenues: $2.346 billion
expenditures: $2.957 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003)
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Industries:
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mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing
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Industrial production growth rate:
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3.9% (1998)
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Electricity - production:
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3.901 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 44.4%
hydro: 54%
other: 1.5% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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3.634 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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3 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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9 million kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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44,340 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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49,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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458.8 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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4.05 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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1.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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2.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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727.2 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber
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Current account balance:
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$50 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$1.495 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood (2000)
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Exports - partners:
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Brazil 26.4%, Switzerland 16.3%, Venezuela 12.2%, Colombia 11.3%, US 10.9%, Peru 4.8% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$1.505 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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capital goods, raw materials and semi-manufactures, chemicals, petroleum, food
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Imports - partners:
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Brazil 27%, Argentina 21.3%, US 11.4%, Chile 8.9%, Peru 5.5% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$1.096 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$5.332 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$588 million (1997)
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Currency:
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boliviano (BOB)
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Currency code:
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BOB
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Exchange rates:
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bolivianos per US dollar - 7.6592 (2003), 7.17 (2002), 6.6069 (2001), 6.1835 (2000), 5.8124 (1999)
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