- Child labour and homelessness – As more than 40% of the total Bolivian population are living below the poverty line, an estimated 600,000 children and adolescents have entered the work force out of necessity. Of those working minors, approximately 3,700 are also living on the streets and a further 10,000 live in residential care facilities for the orphaned, abandoned or vulnerable.
- Infant and child mortality – High levels of disease and malnutrition cause persistent growth stunting and mortality throughout the country. Amongst the socioeconomic poor, this pattern ravishes urban and rural populations alike as a lack of affordable medical facilities transcends geographical boundaries.
Sources:
CIA WorldFact Book - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
UNDP - http://www.bo.undp.org/