Bolivia Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $4 billion (1985 est.), $490 per capita; 94% private consumption, 9% public consumption, 7% gross domestic investment;

• —10.0% current account balance (1983); real growth rate —4% (1984)

Natural resources: tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron ore

Agriculture: main crops—potatoes, corn, rice, sugarcane, yucca, bananas, coffee; imports significant quantities of wheat; an illegal producer of coca for the international drug trade

Major industries: mining, smelting, petroleum refining, food processing, textiles, and clothing

Electric power: 490 000 kW capacity (1985); 2 billion kWh produced (1985), 323 kWh per capita

Exports. $730 million (f.o.b., 1984 est.); tin, natural gas, silver, tungsten, zinc, antimony, lead, bismuth, gold coffee, sugar, cotton

Botswana

Imports: $477 million (c.i.f., 1984 est.); foodstuffs, chemicals, capital goods, pharmaceuticals, transportation

Major trade partners: exports—Argentina 44%, US 24%, EC 19%, FRG 6%, UK 4%; imports—Brazil 22%, US 16%, EC 16%, Argentina 14%, Japan 13%, FRG 4% (1984)

Budget: $257 million revenues, $1,856 million expenditures (1984 est.)

Monetary conversion rate: 75,000 pesos=US$l (August 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Bolivia on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bolivia 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bolivia 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.