Bolivia

Country Analysis Brief Overview

The energy sector is of political and economic significance to Bolivia, which is a meaningful contributor to regional natural gas supplies.
Bolivia has been a net oil importer in recent years, as production has failed to keep pace with consumption.
Bolivia possesses significant proved reserves of natural gas and exports most of its production to Brazil and Argentina.
Natural gas-fired plants and hydropower are the dominant sources of Bolivia’s electricity supply.

Analysis Last Updated: August 23, 2012

Overview data for Bolivia

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Bolivia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Bolivia
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	49.93	7,837	87,192	63
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	35.52	6,629	74,070	59
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	57.00	6,502	88,256	87	^F
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-7.07	1,335	--	107	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA			NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	41	6,582	88,097	87	41
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.47	237	NA	45	0.21
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Bolivia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Bolivia
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	507	5,517	111,333	32	558
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	96	5,106	113,321	74	87
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	411	415	--	78	470
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	27	267	6,669	28	27
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Bolivia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Bolivia
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	92	7,954	68	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	47	7,770	114	0.000
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	46	--	85	0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Bolivia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Bolivia
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.87	1,044	19,071	109	6.59
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.21	878	17,360	108	5.83
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.54	253	4,843	111	1.66
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Bolivia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Bolivia
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	.572	29	487	63	0.639
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.230	25	488	91	0.233
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5,582	5,882	7,461	98	5,426
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
		History	Bolivia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Bolivia
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	13.62	1,203	29,778	90	13.29