The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

- exports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      47,050 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 66

      Oil - consumption:

      59,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 92

      Oil - exports:

      10,950 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 95

      Oil - imports:

      6,172 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 151

      Oil - proved reserves:

      465 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

      Natural gas - production:

      14.2 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 35

      Natural gas - consumption:

      2.41 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 78

      Natural gas - exports:

      11.79 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 18

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 79

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      750.4 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 30

      Current account balance:

      $878 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 46 $800.7 million (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $6.058 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 103 $4.848 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin

      Exports - partners:

      Brazil 41.38%, US 13.87%, Japan 5.62%, Colombia 5.32%, South Korea 4.7%, Peru 4.16% (2009)

      Imports:

      $5.006 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 114 $4.095 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans

      Imports - partners:

      Brazil 27.12%, Argentina 15.69%, US 12.77%, Chile 9.11%, Peru 6.85% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $8.739 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 57 $8.581 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $6.13 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 99 $5.653 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $NA (31 December 2009)

      $5.998 billion (31 December 2008)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $NA (31 December 2010)

      $63.8 million (31 December 2008)

      Exchange rates:

      bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.0699 (2010), 7.07 (2009), 7.253 (2008), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006)

      Communications ::Bolivia

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      810,200 (2009) country comparison to the world: 87

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      7.148 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 81

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: privatization begun in 1995; primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; overall reliability has steadily improved

      domestic: most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile-cellular telephone use expanding rapidly and, in 2009, teledensity reached 75 per 100 persons; fixed-line teledensity is low at less than 10 per 100 persons

      international: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      large number of radio and television broadcasting stations with private media outlets dominating; state-owned and private radio and television stations generally operating freely, although both pro-government and anti-government groups have attacked media outlets in response to their reporting (2007)

      Internet country code:

      .bo

      Internet hosts:

      125,462 (2010) country comparison to the world: 74

      Internet users:

      1.103 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 95

      Transportation ::Bolivia

      Airports:

      881 (2010) country comparison to the world: 8

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 16

      over 3,047 m: 3

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 4

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

      914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 865

      over 3,047 m: 1

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 4

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 58

      914 to 1,523 m: 187

      under 914 m: 615 (2010)

      Pipelines:

      gas 5,192 km; liquid petroleum gas 51 km; oil 2,488 km; refined products 1,590 km (2009)

      Railways:

      total: 3,504 km country comparison to the world: 50 narrow gauge: 3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

      Roadways:

      total: 62,479 km country comparison to the world: 73 paved: 3,749 km

      unpaved: 58,730 km (2004)

      Waterways:

      10,000 km (commercially navigable almost exclusively in the northern and eastern parts of the country) (2010) country comparison to the world: 13

      Merchant marine:

      total: 22 country comparison to the world: 98 by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 11, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 3, specialized tanker 1

      foreign-owned: 7 (Bahamas 1, Ecuador 1, Iran 1, Syria 4) (2010)

      Ports and terminals:

      Puerto Aguirre (inland port on the Paraguay/Parana waterway at the Bolivia/Brazil border); Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay

      Military ::Bolivia

      Military branches:

      Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano, EB),

       Bolivian Navy (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB; includes marines),

       Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2010)