% in urban areas
note: widespread underemployment (2003 est.)

Population below poverty line:
64% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 32% (1999)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
44.7 (1999)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.9% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
10.4% of GDP (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.264 billion
expenditures: $2.769 billion, including capital expenditures of $741
million (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes;
timber

Industries:
mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco,
handicrafts, clothing

Industrial production growth rate:
5.7% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
4.132 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 44.4%
hydro: 54%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.5% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
3.848 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
3 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
9 million kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
39,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
49,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
458.8 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
8.44 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
1.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
2.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
727.2 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$273 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$1.986 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore,
tin

Exports - partners:
Brazil 40%, US 13.9%, Colombia 8.7%, Peru 6.3%, Japan 4.5% (2004)

Imports:
$1.595 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts,
prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans

Imports - partners:
Brazil 29.7%, Argentina 17.6%, US 10.8%, Chile 7.7%, Peru 7.3%
(2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.214 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$5.439 billion (June 2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$681 million (2002)

Currency (code):
boliviano (BOB)

Currency code:
BOB

Exchange rates: