Mineral Commodities

Bolivia

Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Bolivia: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.

Americas

Bolivia’s share of each world total, 2025

Bolivia’s largest world share was in silver: 5.8% in 2025. It supplied 27% of U.S. imports of tin (refined tin) in 2021–24. Its tin output fell 29% from 2024 to 2025. Its best position was fourth of 15 listed producers of antimony.

Production listings

ranks among countries with published figures

Bolivia in the USGS world tables, 2025 (estimates). Units differ by commodity and are never compared across rows.
CommodityMeasure2025UnitRankChange on 2024
AntimonyMine production5,000metric tons, antimony content4th of 15−5.7%
BismuthRefinery production50metric tons6th of 70%
BoronProduction, all forms, ulexite380thousand metric tons–+65%
LeadMine production100thousand metric tons, lead content8th of 12−9.1%
SilverMine production1,500metric tons, silver content4th of 14+0.7%
TantalumMine production2metric tons, tantalum content9th of 110%
TinMine production15,000metric tons, tin content6th of 14−29%
TungstenMine production1,700metric tons, tungsten content6th of 110%
ZincMine production500thousand metric tons, zinc content7th of 10−2.3%

Reserves

4 reserve figures published for Bolivia

CommodityMeasureReservesUnitRankWorld share
AntimonyReserves310,000metric tons3rd of 13–
TinReserves400,000metric tons7th of 10–
SilverReserves22,000metric tons9th of 123.6%
LeadReserves1,600thousand metric tons10th of 111.7%

Supplier to the United States

share of U.S. imports, 2021–24

Similar producer profiles

most shared commodities, relative to both lists

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.