South America
Bolivia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Bolivia's #5 import source (world lens). Bolivia is the EU's #109 goods supplier.
Bolivia on the world stage
Total imports
$9.9bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$9.1bn
185 partners
#1 import source
China
22.3%
#1 export dest.
Brazil
16.9%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Bolivia and the EU
EU imports from
€975m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€427m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #109 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.44
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
9
EUR/MWh
Consumer
12
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
468
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
33%
of generation
Wholesale 15 EUR/MWh · regulated market
Power market
● Subsidised fuel monocultureMarket model
State monopoly (ENDE)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
Autoridad de Fiscalizacion y Control Social de Electricidad (AE)
A gas-dependent system where domestic gas production is declining sharply (proven reserves down from 26.7 TCF in 2005 to under 9 TCF), the end of Argentine gas exports (Oct 2024) removed a major revenue source, fuel…
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
67
2 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
25
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Other (poly)-metallic, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
SENAMHI + iMHEA Andean open dissemination
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
24.9
→ 31.9 by 2050
Fertility
2.52
above replacement
Working-age
64.6%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
8.7
→ 14.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 12.4M · peaks 2086
By 2050: +30% (16.1M)