thanks to Moises Absalón Pastora
From the beginning of his mandate, Evo Morales decreed the nationalization of companies and the country's hydrocarbon resources, such as natural gas.
The gross domestic product grew 327 percent in the last 13 years, reaching 44,885 million dollars in 2018. In the latest economic outlook report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bolivia was the economy with the highest economic growth at the end of this year with a projection of 3.9 percent.
The "financial cushion," which includes international reserves, deposits and contributions to Pensions Funds Agencies, rose to US$53.269 billion.
In the period 2006-2017, annual per capita income rose from US$1,120 to US$3,130.
In 2005, Bolivia was the second country with the highest level of external debt, with 52%of GDP. By 2018, it had become the seventh least indebted country in Latin America, with its debta at 24% of GDP.
Extreme poverty fell by more than half in the last decade, from 38 percent to 17 percent between 2006 and 2017.
Unemployment fell from 8.1% to 4.2% during Morales' tenure. And the economic model of his administration allowed 62% of the population to earn the median income.
According to the World Health Organisation, the health budget increased by 173 per cent between 2007 and 2014, thanks to the Evo Morales government's focus on improving social rights.
1,206 educational units were built per year for a total of 16,733.
More than 34 second-level hospitals, 1,061 new health facilities and 18,550 items have been built in recent decades.
Life expectancy rose from 64 to 71 years.
The minimum wage was 440 Bolivianos. It is currently 2,060 bolivianos.