International Rankings of Bolivia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Bolivia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Bolivia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	119	6.53	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	78	746872	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	145	43.83 %	2018
Internet users - total	84	4.956 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	143	5.71	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	87	652272	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	130	102.25	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	79	11.689 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	76	18.020 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	77	15.090 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	92	7.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	159	2.375 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	108	12.810 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	82	56	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	119	52	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	117	69	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	74	72	2020
Exports	103	9.632 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	96	40.822 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	140	21.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	69	17.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	76	67.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	50	31.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	79	21.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	24	3.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	63	13.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	34	37.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	144	48.20 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	38	42 %	2018
Gross national saving	113	14	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	32	36.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	42	0.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	105	10.142 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	65	2.20 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	68	1.80 %	2019
Labor force	72	5.719 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	58	29 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	55	22 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	109	49 %	2015
Population below poverty line	45	37 %	2019
Public debt	91	49.00 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	90	100.445 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	79	2.22 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	143	8724 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	74	10.260 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	39	39.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	123	4.00 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	90	17.660 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	72	1274	2015
Crude oil - production	49	60000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	50	211.500 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	106	7.785 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	23	76	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	52	18	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34	7	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	102	2.764 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	106	8.951 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	70	3.171 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	16	15.460 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	33	18.690 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	37	295.900 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	86	83000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	82	9686 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	118	20620 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	75	65960 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	81	22 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	62	21 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	92	20 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	105	34	2018
Land use - arable land	128	4	2018
Land use - forest	40	53	2018
Land use - other	146	13	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	47	31	2018
Total renewable water resources	20	574.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	72	1.920 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	126	32.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	126	136.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	71	1.87	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	73	71	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	70	2.219 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	66	268727 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	56	12.10 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	29	1.083 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	30	1.099 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	34	15280 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	8	6542 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	21	90 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	21	1192 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	68	3000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	15	7252 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	105	34	2018
Land use - arable land	128	4	2018
Land use - forest	40	53	2018
Land use - other	146	13	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	47	31	2018
Total renewable water resources	20	574.000 billion	2017
Population Density	207	10.85 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	51	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	51	19.21	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	127	38.68	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	146	6.06	N/A
Birth rate	67	20.36 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	40	66.50 %	2016
Current Health Expenditure	48	6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	130	6.26 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	74	12.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	80	8.30 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	59	60.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	62	48.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	43	22 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	63	7 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	9	7 % of GDP	2014
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.20	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	66	17000	2020
Hospital bed density	56	1.30 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	40	34.37 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	39	43.95 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	40	39.27 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	137	74 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	143	68 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	141	71 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	51	155.00	2017
Median age - female	113	26 years	2020
Median age - male	109	25 years	N/A
Median age - total	110	25 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	62	21	2008
Net migration rate	85	0.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	78	20.20 %	2016
Physicians density	88	1.59 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	80	11.759 million	2021
Population growth rate	67	1.39 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	38	94 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	35	58 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	51	22 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	69	6 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	37	0.85	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	63	2.45 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	102	10	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	102	8	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	109	9	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	71	1.87	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	73	71	2021
Transportation
Airports	7	855	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	35	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	57	21	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	8	47	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	9	151	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	6	834	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	4	631	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	83	13.730 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	65	4.122 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	71	39.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	21	7	2020
Railways - total	42	3960 km	2019
Roadways - paved	72	9792 km	2017
Roadways - total	44	90568 km	2017
Waterways	12	10000 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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