Bolivia Construction Market Size, Trends and Forecasts by Sector - Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Institutional and Residential Market Analysis, 2022-2026
Summary
After strong growth of 19.9% in 2021, growth momentum in the Bolivian construction industry is expected to slow in 2022 although remains strong, owing to a weakening low-base effect and strong headwinds facing the global construction industry stemming from soaring energy prices and disruptions to supply in wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The latest figures from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) show that the Bolivian construction industry’s value add growth slowed in the second quarter of 2022 to 5.4% year on year (YoY), following Y-o-Y growth of 7.1% in Q2 2022. GlobalData expects Bolivia’s construction output growth to remain positive in 2022, with the industry expected to grow by 5.3% in real terms, supported by investment in the country’s transport, health, and education infrastructure projects, coupled with the government’s plan to spend on various projects in the industrial sector, as part of the country’s industrialization plan. The current president, Luis Arce, promised to prioritize public investment to reactivate economic growth. In the General State Budget (PGE) for 2022, BOB34.6 billion ($5 billion) was allocated for public investment this year, which is 25% higher than in 2021. This includes an allocation of BOB2.3 billion ($335 million) for various construction projects in La Paz, such as the construction of two highways with an investment of BOB1.3 billion ($197 million) and 22 bridges between San Buenaventura and Ixiamas with an investment of BOB220.4 million ($31.9 million).
The Bolivian construction industry is expected to stabilize at an annual average growth rate of 4.7% from 2023 to 2026, supported by the aided by investment as part of the Economic and Social Development Plan (PDES) 2021-2025, which was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in October 2021. As part of the plan, BOB229.2 billion ($33.2 billion) will be allocated over the next five-year period, to develop the country’s overall infrastructure. In November 2021, the government issued the ‘Trust Law to Support the Reactivation of Public Investment’, which allocates BOB2 billion ($289.4 million) so that the Autonomous Territorial Entities (ETA)'s can access resources and guarantee the local counterparts of public investment projects.
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