260 CultureShock! Bolivia
Superlative Fact Sheet Country Statistics:
FACT SHEET
Highest capital in the world: La Paz—3,600 m (12,000 ft)
Highest navigable lake in the world: Titicaca; 3,800 m
(12,500 ft)
Lowest violent crime rate in the Americas.
Most sparsely populated country in Latin America with
population density at 7.4 inhabitants per sq km.
Largest proportion of indigenous people in the Americas,
between 50 per cent to 70 per cent, depending on how
statistics are derived.
Most unknown currency in the world: the Boliviano, almost
7 per US dollar.
Most abrupt changes in altitude.
World’s least developed rainforest, but watch out for illegal
lumber operations and poachers!
Greatest democratic transformation: until 1983, Bolivia
held the world record for most dictators and coup d’états;
now it’s got the longest running democracy in Latin
America, after Costa Rica.
Most well-organised non-violent protest culture in
the world.