Summary
- Bolivia → China
- $1.4billion
- China → Bolivia
- $2.2billion
- Bolivia’s balance
- -$786million
Balance
Bolivia’s trade balance with China
Trade between Bolivia and China grew 221-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Bolivia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.4
- Imports 2.2
- Balance -0.8
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $180 thousand | $16 million | -$16 million |
| 1996 | $3 million | $13 million | -$11 million |
| 1997 | $1 million | $10 million | -$9 million |
| 1998 | $445 thousand | $19 million | -$19 million |
| 1999 | $4 million | $32 million | -$28 million |
| 2000 | $6 million | $70 million | -$64 million |
| 2001 | $9 million | $86 million | -$77 million |
| 2002 | $8 million | $96 million | -$87 million |
| 2003 | $12 million | $88 million | -$76 million |
| 2004 | $25 million | $109 million | -$85 million |
| 2005 | $22 million | $167 million | -$145 million |
| 2006 | $37 million | $223 million | -$186 million |
| 2007 | $69 million | $306 million | -$238 million |
| 2008 | $141 million | $462 million | -$321 million |
| 2009 | $137 million | $405 million | -$268 million |
| 2010 | $188 million | $654 million | -$466 million |
| 2011 | $337 million | $1.1 billion | -$782 million |
| 2012 | $327 million | $1.3 billion | -$958 million |
| 2013 | $329 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2014 | $640 million | $1.9 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2015 | $468 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2016 | $470 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2017 | $473 million | $2 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2018 | $472 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2019 | $261 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2020 | $326 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2021 | $692 million | $2 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2022 | $657 million | $2.5 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2023 | $1.2 billion | $2.3 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2024 | $1.4 billion | $2.2 billion | -$786 million |
What they sell each other
What Bolivia sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What China sells to Bolivia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Arica (Chile) and Shanghai is 10,182 nautical miles (18,858 km) long: ≈ 23.5–30.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
It does not cross any major canal or strait.
Bolivia is landlocked: it ships through Arica (Chile).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
China was Bolivia’s largest trading partner (18% of its trade), and Bolivia was China’s 103rd (0.1%).
- China in Bolivia’s trade
- 18.3%
- China’s rank among Bolivia’s partners
- 1st
- Bolivia in China’s trade
- 0.1%
- Bolivia’s rank among China’s partners
- 103rd
Compare with
Other partners of Bolivia
Other partners of China
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.