Agricultural production in Bolivia
According to FAOSTAT, Bolivia produced 3.7 million t of cereals, 478,076 t of vegetables, 1.5 million t of fruit, 1.1 million t of meat and 643,822 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (11.4 million t), soybeans (3.2 million t) and sorghum (1.8 million t).
- Products recorded
- 114
- World #1
- 1
- products
- World top 10
- 6
- products
- Year
- 2024
Bolivia ranks second or third in the world for chestnuts, quinoa, brazil nuts and rodent meat.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in sorghum (+170%), followed by wheat (+83%).
Livestock numbers: 11.2 million cattle, 3.1 million pigs, 7.5 million sheep and 2.3 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sugar crops | 11,447,542 | 26 | 0.51% | +51% |
| All cereals | 3,737,132 | 71 | 0.12% | +53% |
| All roots and tubers | 1,649,824 | 65 | 0.17% | +21% |
| All fruit | 1,544,481 | 72 | 0.16% | +9.9% |
| All meat | 1,130,532 | 44 | 0.3% | +40% |
| All milk | 643,822 | 83 | 0.07% | +3.0% |
| All vegetables | 478,076 | 104 | 0.04% | +43% |
| All citrus fruit | 456,029 | 35 | 0.28% | +10% |
| All eggs | 133,755 | 47 | 0.13% | +76% |
| All pulses | 121,221 | 68 | 0.12% | +40% |
| All tree nuts | 118,070 | 25 | 0.64% | +5.5% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 11,447,542 | 19 | 0.59% | +51% |
| Soybeans | 3,216,440 | 10 | 0.81% | +14% |
| Sorghum | 1,771,085 | 13 | 2.76% | +170% |
| Potatoes | 1,382,382 | 38 | 0.35% | +30% |
| Maize | 1,118,419 | 57 | 0.09% | +11% |
| Raw sugar | 591,468 | 32 | 0.32% | +18% |
| Cow milk | 582,164 | 84 | 0.07% | +3.8% |
| Chicken meat | 579,764 | 38 | 0.45% | +29% |
| Plantains | 491,744 | 16 | 1.1% | +15% |
| Rice (paddy) | 434,028 | 51 | 0.05% | −10% |
| Soya bean oil | 398,524 | 17 | 0.67% | −0.7% |
| Beer | 359,100 | 57 | 0.19% | +4.2% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 349,417 | 36 | 0.5% | +56% |
| Bananas | 301,638 | 48 | 0.22% | +6.5% |
| Wheat | 292,710 | 68 | 0.04% | +83% |
| Sunflower seed | 249,191 | 19 | 0.48% | +26% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 231,132 | 24 | 0.45% | +16% |
| Cassava | 213,119 | 47 | 0.06% | −13% |
| Oranges | 188,408 | 32 | 0.28% | +4.8% |
| Onions, dry | 156,280 | 63 | 0.14% | +104% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 135,959 | 51 | 0.11% | +48% |
| Hen eggs | 133,755 | 47 | 0.14% | +76% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 118,900 | 19 | 0.52% | +99% |
| Beans, dry | 102,493 | 37 | 0.34% | +49% |
| Pineapples | 86,527 | 33 | 0.29% | +3.4% |
| Molasses | 86,124 | 54 | 0.12% | −28% |
| Chestnuts, in shell | 84,090 | 3 | 4.01% | +8.0% |
| Carrots and turnips | 82,786 | 47 | 0.18% | +132% |
| Tomatoes | 80,420 | 85 | 0.04% | +32% |
| Watermelons | 60,454 | 72 | 0.06% | +0.9% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 58,766 | 32 | 0.21% | +12% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 53,111 | 28 | 0.55% | +56% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 51,015 | 25 | 0.58% | +56% |
| Quinoa | 50,262 | 2 | 30.3% | −26% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 49,688 | 21 | 0.51% | −5.3% |
| Barley | 47,246 | 73 | 0.03% | +5.5% |
| Skim milk of cows | 40,134 | 93 | 0.03% | +4.5% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 39,479 | 12 | 2.7% | +1.6% |
| Brazil nuts, in shell | 33,980 | 2 | 42.62% | −0.1% |
| Sheep meat | 33,714 | 47 | 0.29% | +165% |
| Lemons and limes | 32,630 | 43 | 0.14% | +2.7% |
| Sheep milk | 31,085 | 36 | 0.32% | −8.6% |
| Goat milk | 30,573 | 53 | 0.15% | +1.4% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 26,526 | 48 | 0.05% | +28% |
| Green maize | 26,465 | 24 | 0.28% | +21% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 24,502 | 69 | 0.07% | −11% |
| Grapes | 24,065 | 66 | 0.03% | +21% |
| Coffee, green | 23,064 | 29 | 0.2% | +13% |
| Oats | 22,328 | 47 | 0.1% | −23% |
| Peas, green | 18,708 | 33 | 0.09% | −16% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 18,331 | 44 | 0.06% | −11% |
| Papayas | 17,985 | 32 | 0.12% | +0.2% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 17,718 | 56 | 0.03% | +2.1% |
| Other camelid meat | 17,561 | 1 | 50.85% | +42% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 17,471 | 21 | 0.51% | +56% |
| Whole milk powder | 16,403 | 28 | 0.33% | +22% |
| Sesame seed | 15,238 | 32 | 0.23% | +90% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 12,918 | 34 | 0.21% | +6.7% |
| Margarine and shortening | 12,755 | 55 | 0.1% | +8.1% |
| Avocados | 12,523 | 38 | 0.11% | +5.5% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 11,843 | 83 | 0.03% | −8.8% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 10,489 | 32 | 0.53% | +165% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 10,489 | 34 | 0.48% | +165% |
| Goat meat | 8,697 | 62 | 0.11% | +54% |
| Wine | 8,000 | 51 | 0.03% | −4.2% |
| Fat of pigs | 6,798 | 38 | 0.06% | +48% |
| Seed cotton | 6,400 | 53 | 0.01% | +88% |
| Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed | 5,867 | 14 | 1.13% | −12% |
| Cocoa beans | 5,825 | 26 | 0.11% | −2.4% |
| Peas, dry | 5,350 | 56 | 0.04% | −1.3% |
| Rodent meat | 5,255 | 2 | 28.69% | +0.1% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 5,160 | 143 | 0% | +20% |
| Tallow | 4,821 | 41 | 0.06% | — |
| Cotton seed | 4,800 | 52 | 0.01% | +182% |
| Cabbages | 4,733 | 113 | 0.01% | +9.0% |
| Cucumbers | 4,731 | 98 | 0.01% | +7.4% |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | 4,702 | 15 | 1.03% | +3.5% |
| Sweet potatoes | 4,635 | 77 | 0.01% | +0.2% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 4,599 | 46 | 0.06% | +48% |
| Plums | 4,181 | 62 | 0.03% | +8.3% |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 3,859 | 50 | 0.04% | +4.0% |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | 3,510 | 26 | 0.11% | +3.4% |
| Strawberries | 3,300 | 57 | 0.03% | −32% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 3,060 | 109 | 0.01% | +1.9% |
| Apples | 2,782 | 84 | 0% | +15% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 2,591 | 45 | 0.17% | +54% |
| Green garlic | 2,498 | 70 | 0.01% | +15% |
| Cotton lint | 2,481 | 52 | 0.01% | +169% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,405 | 51 | 0.16% | +54% |
| Wool, greasy | 2,077 | 47 | 0.12% | +11% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 2,023 | 37 | 0.32% | +165% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 2,015 | 46 | 0.04% | +6.1% |
| Pears | 1,936 | 69 | 0.01% | +13% |
| Natural rubber | 1,900 | 29 | 0.01% | −76% |
| Butter of cow milk | 1,561 | 89 | 0.03% | +13% |
| Other beans, green | 1,334 | 77 | 0.01% | +7.0% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 1,207 | 82 | 0.02% | +6.5% |
| Tea leaves | 1,201 | 38 | 0% | +0.4% |
| Cherries | 909 | 55 | 0.03% | +8.5% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 807 | 81 | 0% | +23% |
| Cereals n.e.c. | 772 | 54 | 0.01% | +25% |
| Cottonseed oil | 746 | 52 | 0.02% | −93% |
| Honey | 733 | 91 | 0.04% | +6.9% |
| Figs | 660 | 40 | 0.05% | −4.6% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 500 | 43 | 0.16% | +54% |
| Chick peas, dry | 460 | 39 | 0% | +104% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 417 | 70 | 0.06% | — |
| Tea, packed | 391 | 75 | 0.01% | — |
| Rye | 281 | 54 | 0% | +2.6% |
| Rabbit meat | 165 | 33 | 0.02% | −5.7% |
| Quinces | 130 | 33 | 0.02% | +18% |
| Sour cherries | 72 | 35 | 0% | +18% |
| Linseed | 66 | 48 | 0% | +1.5% |
| Pepper (black, white) | 27 | 44 | 0% | +3.8% |
Live animals, 2024
| Product | Head | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickens | 233,689,000 | 19 | 0.84% | +21% |
| Cattle | 11,245,622 | 30 | 0.71% | +28% |
| Sheep | 7,470,438 | 43 | 0.55% | +0.9% |
| Pigs | 3,143,989 | 35 | 0.33% | +12% |
| Other camelids | 3,018,859 | 2 | 35.02% | −8.4% |
| Goats | 2,273,735 | 59 | 0.19% | +5.4% |
| Ducks | 648,000 | 37 | 0.05% | +0.6% |
| Asses | 635,146 | 19 | 1.18% | 0.0% |
| Horses | 516,249 | 20 | 0.92% | +5.4% |
| Other rodents | 426,000 | 2 | 2.26% | +0.2% |
| Rabbits and hares | 283,000 | 23 | 0.13% | +3.3% |
| Mules and hinnies | 83,178 | 13 | 1.08% | +0.2% |
Bolivia among the world’s producers, 2024
Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Bolivia, which is outlined on the map.
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.
Production per person, 2024
Bolivia had 12.4 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:
| Product | kg per person | World, kg per person | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 922 | 238 | 3.9× |
| Soybeans | 259 | 48.7 | 5.3× |
| Sorghum | 143 | 7.87 | 18.1× |
| Potatoes | 111 | 47.8 | 2.3× |
| Maize | 90.1 | 149 | 0.6× |
| Raw sugar | 47.6 | 23.0 | 2.1× |
| Cow milk | 46.9 | 97.7 | 0.5× |
| Chicken meat | 46.7 | 15.7 | 3.0× |
| Plantains | 39.6 | 5.46 | 7.3× |
| Rice (paddy) | 35.0 | 100 | 0.3× |
| Soya bean oil | 32.1 | 7.34 | 4.4× |
| Beer | 28.9 | 22.7 | 1.3× |
Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.
Trade in agricultural products, 2024
Bolivia reported exports of 47 and imports of 78 of the products covered here.
Largest exports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soya bean oil | 427,097 | USD 391 m | 0.92 | 7 of 110 |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 113,258 | USD 98.2 m | 0.87 | 17 of 113 |
| Quinoa | 29,435 | USD 84.6 m | 2.87 | 2 of 59 |
| Soya beans | 202,391 | USD 81.1 m | 0.40 | 13 of 99 |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 15,612 | USD 56.5 m | 3.62 | 22 of 92 |
| Bananas | 99,620 | USD 32.6 m | 0.33 | 27 of 107 |
| Whole milk powder | 6,472 | USD 26.0 m | 4.02 | 30 of 104 |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 11,255 | USD 25.5 m | 2.27 | 13 of 115 |
| Sesame seed | 10,766 | USD 19.5 m | 1.81 | 24 of 124 |
| Coffee, green | 2,427 | USD 15.1 m | 6.23 | 47 of 131 |
Largest imports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beer of barley, malted | 67,630 | USD 47.7 m | 0.71 | 40 of 192 |
| Apples | 27,665 | USD 13.4 m | 0.48 | 54 of 190 |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 6,910 | USD 10.5 m | 1.52 | 19 of 156 |
| Sunflower seed | 1,206 | USD 8.5 m | 7.08 | 82 of 152 |
| Wheat | 25,205 | USD 5.9 m | 0.23 | 141 of 176 |
| Sorghum | 1,850 | USD 5.4 m | 2.92 | 50 of 130 |
| Olive oil | 336 | USD 3.6 m | 10.69 | 104 of 189 |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 2,369 | USD 3.4 m | 1.42 | 42 of 160 |
| Palm oil | 2,338 | USD 3.3 m | 1.40 | 141 of 191 |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 560 | USD 2.9 m | 5.26 | 132 of 192 |
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.
Questions and answers
What are the main crops produced in Bolivia?
By volume, the largest products of Bolivia in 2024 were sugar cane (11.4 million t), soybeans (3.2 million t), sorghum (1.8 million t), according to FAOSTAT.
Is Bolivia the world’s largest producer of anything?
Yes. In 2024 Bolivia was the world’s largest producer of 1 product: other camelid meat.
How much sugar cane does Bolivia produce per person?
About 922 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 238 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).
What does Bolivia export most?
By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were soya bean oil (USD 391 m), sunflower-seed oil, crude (USD 98.2 m), quinoa (USD 84.6 m), according to FAOSTAT.
What does Bolivia import most?
By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were beer of barley, malted (USD 47.7 m), apples (USD 13.4 m), other oil seeds, n.e.c. (USD 10.5 m).
Where does this data come from?
Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.