Bolivia
GDP (purchasing power parity): 
$43.38 billion (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92 

GDP - per capita (PPP): 
$4,500 (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 147 

GDP - composition by sector: 
agriculture: 11.3%
industry: 36.9%
services: 51.8% (2008 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 
agriculture: 40%
industry: 17%
services: 43% (2006 est.)

Unemployment rate: 
7.5% (2008 est.)

Population below poverty line: 60% 

  Natural gas - exports:
11.79 billion cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17 
Economic Indicators
Background
 
Traps
Land locked
Conflict
Bolivia
  
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Population
9,775,246 (July 2009 est.)
Development Indicators
  Birth rate:
25.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66 
  Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.7%
male: 93.1%
female: 80.7% (2001 census)
  Education expenditures:
6.4% of GDP (2003)
country comparison to the world: 32 
Geography
  Natural resources:
tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
Land use:
arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.03% (2005)
Main Problem
POVERTY
Left-wing government
Social unrest
Illegal drugs
Conflict
Barriers to development
Proposal
Micro-lending
80-200 dollars
Low interest rate: 2%
High success rate: Kiva.org
Low savings
Low capital stock (less money in banks)
Fewer loans taken out
Less productivity
High unemployment
Low incomes
Target poorest 1/10
of population

977,524
136,853,444
Neighbours:
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Peru
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
59.2 (2006)
country comparison to the world: 7 
Unequal distribution of income
Conflict
   
Land locked