Bolivia

**Task One: Bolivia Fact File**
**Capital;** La Paz (administrative capital)

**Total Area: ** 1,098,581 sq km

Population 10,118,683 people

**Languages:** Spanish, Quechua, Aymara , foreign languages.

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Task 2: Bolivia Location and Climate Zone:




= **Task 3: Economic Production** =

**What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)** $47.88 billion (2010 est.) **How does this compare with the rest of the world?** Bolivia has the 93rd largest economy based on GDP.

**What is the GDP per capita?** $4,800 (2010 est.) **How does this compare with the rest of the world?** Bolivia ranks 151st.

**What is the unemployment rate?** 8.3% (2010 est.) **What is the percentage of People below the poverty line?** 30.3%

**What are this country's main agricultural products?** soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, timber

**What are this country's main industries?** mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing

**Export partners?** Brazil 43.5%, US 12.3%, Peru 6.8%, Colombia 5.5%, Japan 5.1%, Argentina 4.8% (2010)

**Imports partners?** Brazil 27.4%, Argentina 17.3%, US 11.9%, Peru 9.6%, Chile 7.8%, China 4.1% (2010)

= **Task 4:Population size, shape and life expectancy** =

**2011 status:**
**Population:** 10,119,000 **Average life expectancy:** 68 **Fertility** **rate**: 3





**Task 6: Environmental issue**
What is the EPI score given to your country?44.3 How does this compare with other countries? It is ranked 137th out of 163 countries. Which environmental issues are the biggest concern for your country? Access to Sanitation, Outdoor Air Pollution, CO2 Emissions Per Electricity Generation, Air Pollution (effects on humans)

Summary: Its talking about the water problems in the Bolivian capital which is La paz The glaciers that have long provided water and electricity to this part of [|Bolivia]

Task 7: Education
What percentage of the GDP is spent on education? 6.3% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world How does this compare with the rest of the world? country comparison to the world 25 What percentage of the population is literate? 86.7% Is there a major difference in rates of literacy between male and female? no cause male: 93.1% female: 80.7% (2001 census) How many years is a person expected to attend school? 14 years Is there a difference between between males and females? no there is no difference

Here is three statics that provides insight on Bolivia
Average school for both genders life expectancy: 9.9 Duration of education primary school:6 Duration of education secondary school:6

**Task 8: Gender equality**
The Gender Equality Index from Social Watch:



The Global Gender Gap:




 * Overall score: 0.6751
 * Economic Participation and Opportunity:0.5957
 * Education attainment:0.9592
 * Political Empowerment: 0.1735

Maternal mortality rate: 180 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

Infant mortality rate: total: 42.16 deaths/1,000 live births