BOLIVIA: SELECTED ECONOMIC DATA

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

POPULATION

Thousands

5783

5895

6025

6157

6293

6431

6573

6732

6897

7065

7237

7414

Growth Rate (%)

1.9

1.9

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

(bolivianos = mill. pesos) [a]

GDP, current prices (m. boliv.)

20

2322

7629

9037

12301

14749

16920

20501

23454

26266

29701

33800

GDP, 1990 prices (m. boliv.)

15346

15198

14819

15205

15655

16217

16920

17764

18075

18790

19587

20331

Real GDP Growth Rate (%)

-0.6

-1.0

-2.5

2.6

3.0

3.6

4.3

5.0

1.8

4.0

4.2

3.8

Real per Capita GDP (1990 bolivianos)

2654

2578

2460

2470

2488

2522

2574

2639

2621

2660

2707

2742

Real per Capita GDP Growth Rate (%)

-2.5

-2.8

-4.6

0.4

0.7

1.4

2.1

2.5

-0.7

1.5

1.8

1.3

Gross Domestic Investment/GDP (%)

7.2

10.2

7.9

11.0

12.0

11.4

13.1

14.1

16.2

16.3

15.9

Private

3.6

6.6

3.0

4.8

4.0

3.3

3.9

4.6

5.3

6.3

7.1

Public

3.6

3.6

4.9

6.2

8.0

8.1

9.2

9.5

10.9

10.0

8.8

Gross National Savings/GDP (%)

5.1

1.5

1.0

1.7

3.7

5.8

8.1

7.7

8.5

7.2

9.0

Private

29.9

8.0

-0.5

3.1

2.2

3.7

3.8

2.9

2.3

3.7

3.2

Public

-24.8

-6.5

1.5

-1.4

1.5

2.1

4.3

4.8

6.2

3.5

5.8

Foreign Savings/GDP (%)

2.1

8.7

6.9

9.3

8.3

5.6

5.0

6.4

7.7

9.1

6.9

PRICES

GDP Price Deflator (1990=100)

0.1

15.3

51.5

59.4

78.6

90.9

100.0

115.4

129.8

139.8

151.6

166.2

Annual Change (%)

1373.0

11623.1

237.0

15.4

32.2

15.7

10.0

15.4

12.4

7.7

8.5

9.6

Consumer Prices (1980=100)

15

1816

6834

7830

9083

10460

12252

14879

16674

18096

19521

21510

Annual change (%)

1281.4

11769.3

276.3

14.6

16.0

15.2

17.1

21.4

12.1

8.5

7.9

10.2

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (US$m.)

Current Account Balance

-198

-440

-385

-507

-425

-399

-336

-385

-634

-688

-391

-340

Exports, fob

720

628

588

519

543

724

831

777

638

710

985

1063

Imports, cif

492

691

674

766

700

870

925

970

1090

1206

1209

1420

Trade Balance

228

-63

-86

-247

-157

-146

-94

-193

-452

-496

-224

-357

Services, net

-449

-397

-316

-278

-281

-274

-264

-216

-203

-213

-188

-5

Private transfers

23

20

17

18

13

21

22

24

21

21

21

22

Capital Account Balance

379

471

496

429

372

255

450

467

607

827

505

669

Net Official Transfers

66

60

82

103

124

134

153

160

166

217

232

204

Net Official Capital

-166

-272

-129

-54

40

-38

98

82

286

255

190

211

Direct Investment

7

10

13

36

30

35

35

94

120

122

128

303

Private, other net

1

282

220

65

45

40

36

-55

-146

-36

-179

-234

Exceptional Financing

470

391

310

279

132

84

128

186

180

269

134

185

Overall Balance

180

31

111

-78

-54

-144

114

83

-28

139

114

329

EXTERNAL PUBLIC DEBT

Debt Outstanding (US$ m.)

3208

3294

3643

4283

4070

3492

3779

3628

3784

3783

4216

4528

Debt Outstanding/GDP (%)

136.4

106.1

96.0

100.6

92.8

79.3

84.2

73.7

71.9

67.7

77.1

76.0

Debt Service/Exports (%) [b]

43.9

36.9

32.8

29.3

39.3

26.6

20.8

21.8

26.7

29.7

24.5

28.5

CONSOL. NONFIN. PUBLIC SECTOR (% of GDP)

Current Revenues

20.0

25.5

28.5

24.9

22.4

22.8

25.3

27.1

27.1

27.6

28.9

29.3

Current Expenditures

39.9

31.6

27.1

26.6

21.8

21.3

23.0

23.9

24.3

26.1

25.6

24.8

Current Surplus/Deficit

-19.9

-6.1

1.4

-1.7

0.6

1.5

2.3

3.2

2.8

1.5

3.3

4.5

Capital Revenue [c]

0.2

0.2

1.2

0.2

0.7

1.3

1.8

1.6

2.6

1.4

2.3

1.6

Capital Expenditure/Net Lending

4.2

4.1

5.4

6.0

6.9

7.2

7.7

8.1

9.4

8.6

8.3

7.8

Overall Surplus/Deficit

-23.9

-10.0

-2.8

-7.5

-5.6

-4.4

-3.6

-3.3

-4.0

-5.7

-2.7

-1.7