{"id":125530,"date":"2023-06-28T20:48:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125530"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:11:35","slug":"bolivia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/bolivia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name: PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> Bolivia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 7 June 1976<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Central South America, southwest of Brazil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 1,098,580 sq km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 6,940 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> Natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Economic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices <\/td>36573<\/td>Millions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita au current prices<\/td>3133<\/td>USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at constant prices<\/td>-10.1<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services  (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>25.3<\/td>%<\/td>ND<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services  (% of GDP at current prices)<\/td>20.4<\/td>%<\/td>ND<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Bolivia: National Economic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 14, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population  <\/td>11 673.0<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>72<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>75<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>70<\/td>Years<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>6.3<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>99.4<\/td>%<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>94.7<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>78.2<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>ND<\/td>%<\/td>ND<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>0.45<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>8.3<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Migration<\/td>-0.6<\/td>%<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Bolivia: National Socio-<\/a>Demographic<\/a> Profile. <\/a>CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 14, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos, singular- departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 6 August 1825 (from Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> 7 February 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: President: Luis Arce. Vice-president: David Choquehuanca
Note: The president is both chief of state and head of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (27 seats; members are elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms) and Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats; 68 are directly elected from their districts and 62 are elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-year terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in each department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet code:<\/strong> .bo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Official Portal<\/strong>: https:\/\/bolivia.gob.bo\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA Short name: Bolivia Date of membership: 7 June 1976 Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) Geography Location: Central South America, southwest of Brazil Area: 1,098,580 sq km Land boundaries: 6,940 km Border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km. Natural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125421,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125530","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125530\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}