duction growth rate:
5.7% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
4.472 billion kWh (2004)

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

Electricity - consumption:
4.168 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
9 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
42,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
47,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

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

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

Natural gas - consumption:
2.14 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
7.91 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
679.6 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$688 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$3.668 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

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

Exports - partners:
Brazil 44.2%, US 12.5%, Argentina 10.9%, Colombia 7.8%, Peru 4.8%
(2005)

Imports:
$2.934 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

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

Imports - partners:
Brazil 21.9%, Argentina 16.7%, US 13.8%, Chile 6.9%, Peru 6.5%,
Japan 6.1%, China 5.8% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.303 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$5.916 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$221 million (2005 est.)

Currency (code):
boliviano (BOB)

Currency code:
BOB

Exchange rates:
bolivianos per US dollar - 8.01039 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363
(2004), 7.6592 (2003), 7.17 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Bolivia

Telephones - main lines in use:
646,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.421 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties;
most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile
cellular telephone use expanding rapidly
domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs
digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic
cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded
internation