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Overview In 2022, Bolivia was the number 95 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 93 in total exports, the number 119 in total imports, the number 128 economy in terms of GDP per capita (current US$) and the number 106 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) .

Exports The top exports of Bolivia are Petroleum Gas ($3.08B), Gold ($3.01B), Zinc Ore ($1.68B), Soybean Meal ($1.03B), and Soybean Oil ($874M), exporting mostly to India ($2.27B), Brazil ($1.89B), Argentina ($1.76B), Colombia ($1.06B), and Japan ($963M).

Imports The top imports of Bolivia are Refined Petroleum ($1.12B), Cars ($359M), Pesticides ($266M), Delivery Trucks ($232M), and Raw Iron Bars ($225M), importing mostly from Brazil ($1.84B), China ($1.8B), Chile ($1.21B), Peru ($813M), and Argentina ($556M).

Location Bolivia borders Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru by land.

Latest Trends

December, 2023

Historical Data

Yearly Trade

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Top Export (2022)Petroleum Gas$3.08B
Top Destination (2022)India$2.27B

In 2022, Bolivia exported a total of $13.8B, making it the number 93 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Bolivia have changed by $5.14B from $8.62B in 2017 to $13.8B in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Petroleum Gas ($3.08B), Gold ($3.01B), Zinc Ore ($1.68B), Soybean Meal ($1.03B), and Soybean Oil ($874M). The most common destination for the exports of Bolivia are India ($2.27B), Brazil ($1.89B), Argentina ($1.76B), Colombia ($1.06B), and Japan ($963M).

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Market Growth

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
Argentina$722M (+ 69.3%)
Brazil$445M (+ 30.8%)
India$412M (+ 22.2%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
Chile$328M (+ 37.1%)
Brazil$281M (+ 18.1%)
China$247M (+ 15.9%)

Total Export Growth by Market (2021 - 2022)

Potential Exports

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Service Trade

Service Trade

Bolivia Exports Services (2019)$1.43B
Bolivia Imports Services (2019)$2.55B

In 2019, Bolivia exported $1.43B worth of services. The top services exported by Bolivia in 2019 were Personal travel ($597M), Transportation ($455M), Business travel ($199M), Computer and information services ($69.8M), and Other business services ($62.3M).

The top services imported by Bolivia in 2019 were Transportation ($751M), Personal travel ($643M), Other business services ($390M), Business travel ($286M), and Insurance services ($159M).

Service Exports (2019)

Service Imports (2019)

Economic Complexity

Overview

Economic Complexity (Trade)-0.85Rank 106 of 133
Economic Complexity (Research)-0.48Rank 83 of 135

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

Bolivia has a high level of specialization in Zinc Ore (205), Raw Tin (141), Precious Metal Ore (97.6), Oil Seed Flower (82.4), and Soybean Oil (76.3). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Bolivia observed and expected exports in each product.

Most Complex Products by PCI

The highest complexity exports of Bolivia according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Tin; bars, rods, profiles and wire (0.73), Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not... (0.57), Friction material and articles thereof (e.g. sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs, washers,... (0.29), Leather or composition leather articles n.e.c. in chapter 42 (-0.24), and Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad... (-0.41). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for Bolivia according to the relatedness index, were Sorghum (0.11), Crude Petroleum (0.1), Raw Cotton (0.1), Manganese Ore (0.1), and Mate (0.1). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Bolivia is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Bolivia. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Bolivia exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Relatedness Space (2022)

Diversification Frontier

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

Diversification Frontier

Economic Complexity Ranking

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During the last 20 years Bolivia's⁩ ⁨economy has become relatively less complex, moving from the ⁩⁨75th to the 106th⁩ position in the ECI rank.

These economic complexity rankings use 6 digit exports classified according to the HS96 classification. We consider only countries with population of at least 1 million and exports of at least $1 billion, and products with world trade over $500 million. To explore different rankings and vary these parameters visit the custom rankings section.

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