Bolivia officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country in

central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the North and East, Paraguay and Argentina to
the South, and Chile and Peru to the West.

Natural % % %
gas Change Oil Change Coal Change
1998 107 100 44.32 100 6080 100
1999 87.23 81.52 41.81 94.34 6239 102.6
2000 117.2 109.6 40.44 91.24 7399 121.7
2001 165.3 154.5 44.85 101.2 6232 102.5
2002 204.8 191.4 47.22 106.6 5670 93.26
2003 255 238.3 42.92 96.85 5121 84.23
2004 354.9 331.7 61.34 138.4 5959 98.01
2005 436.1 407.6 62.66 141.4 6895 113.4
2006 465.8 435.3 60.98 137.6 6490 106.7
2007 497.6 465 61.78 139.4 6582 108.2
2008 501.5 468.6 51.46 116.1 7144 117.5
Interpretation:
The production of natural gas has fallen for the year 1999 but from then on then has been a
gradual increase in the production of natural gas. For the year 2008 it has increased by 368.6%
compared to the base year that is 1998. Considering the oil production it was almost stable in the
past ten years as it has shown very less change compared to the base year that is 1998. The
increase from the base year is only 16% till 2008. Similar is the state of coal production where it
has increased only 17% in the last ten years that is from 1998 to 2008.