Environment in Bolivia

253 indicators covering environment for Bolivia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source 93.4% 2024 up 5.0% 156th
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita 93.5% 2024 up 5.0% 179th
Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF 93.35 Mt CO2e 2023 up 13.2% 51st
People in rural areas not using an improved water source 742,511 people 2024 down 27.2% 55th
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services 78.7% 2024 up 12.1% 126th
Change in the consumption of ozone-depleting substances 3.13 2021 down 80.9% 72nd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding 36.14 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged 17th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 90.6% 2023 up 13.2% 96th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 99.4% 2023 up 1.8% 73rd
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 71.2% 2023 up 54.8% 105th
Share of land covered by forest 50.2% 2025 down 4.1% 60th
Land use 5.82 million hectares 2023 up 14.4% 50th
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 116,250 hectares 2025 up 104.1% 101st
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 15.61 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 2.9% 14th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 14.13 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 14.6% 52nd
Forest rents 0.4% 2021 down 22.8% 75th
Water withdrawals per capita 180.08 cubic meters per person 2023 down 9.9% 114th
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 103.58 2022 up 686.9% 41st
Consumption-based deforestation per person 156.37 square meters 2023 up 36.7% 1st
Deforestation embedded in trade -25,320 hectares 2023 up 58.9% 171st
Imported deforestation 5,619 hectares 2023 up 121.1% 44th
Exported deforestation 30,939 hectares 2023 down 51.8% 10th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.4399 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 22.8% 63rd
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 1,233 Square kilometres 2024 up 8.2% 44th
Industrial water withdrawal 32.00 million cubic meters 2023 unchanged 128th
Total official financial flows for water supply and sanitation, by recipient 62.20 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 35.8% 40th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 108,330 Hectares 2020 unchanged 26th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 50,834 Hectares 2020 down 4.2% 14th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 4,787 Hectares 2020 up 6.0% 51st
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 4,540 Hectares 2020 up 5.7% 46th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 37,787 Hectares 2020 up 0.7% 31st
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 1,174 Square kilometres 2023 down 19.6% 45th
Total donations received for biodiversity conservation 20.37 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 77.1% 69th
Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas 36.1% 2025 unchanged 120th
Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected 32.5% 2025 unchanged 165th
Drivers of deforestation 49,565 hectares 2023 down 19.3% 4th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 158.02 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 4.6% 64th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 329.87 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 up 7.8% 73rd
Plastic waste per capita imports vs. exports 0.0288 kilograms 2024 down 44.2% 97th
Share of global plastic waste imports 0.0% 2024 up 103.4% 90th
Drinking water usage in urban areas 31,870 people 2024 up 1.1% 34th
Population using at least basic drinking-water services 78.7% 2024 up 12.1% 125th
Population using at least basic sanitation services 53.3% 2024 up 55.1% 128th
People using improved drinking water sources 223,914 people 2024 down 40.4% 70th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth 31.99 US dollar 2018 up 19.5% 30th
Drinking water services 580,324 people 2024 down 28.2% 38th
Drinking water services in rural areas 548,454 people 2024 down 29.4% 36th
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected 41.8% 2025 unchanged 96th
Agriculture-driven deforestation 286,053 hectares 2024 up 52.0% 3rd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Forest Land 9.82 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged 12th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Deforestation 28.24 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged 25th
Freshwater withdrawals as a share of internal resources 0.2% 2023 up 17.6% 177th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Other Land -1.92 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged 159th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Organic Soil 0 Mt CO2e 2020 38th
Plastic waste exports 1,451 tonnes 2024 down 72.6% 85th
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 98,728 Square kilometres 2022 down 2.5% 27th
Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 673.02 Square kilometres 2022 up 198.7% 65th
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 7,872 Square kilometres 2022 up 38.5% 29th
Land Surface Temperature 27.87 2021 down 0.0% 84th
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 95.8% 2017 down 4.1% 109th