est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

$2.756 billion (2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

1% (2007 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$1,800 (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 25%
industry: 29%
services: 46% (2001 est.)

Labor force:

786,000 (2001)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 50%
industry: 10%
services: 40% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate:

20% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:

40% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

39 (2000)

Budget:

revenues: $421 million
expenditures: $378 million (2002 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

7.3% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

NA

Stock of money:

NA (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

NA (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

NA (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

dates, millet, sorghum, rice, corn; cattle, sheep

Industries:

fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum

Industrial production growth rate:

2% (2000 est.)

Electricity - production:

412.3 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

383.4 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 85.9%
hydro: 14.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

14,990 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

19,320 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

23,630 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

100 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

-$184 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$1.395 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Exports - commodities:

iron ore, fish and fish products, gold

Exports - partners:

China 30.5%, France 9.5%, Italy 8.5%, Spain 8.5%, Japan 5.5%,
Netherlands 5.3%, Belgium 5%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.7% (2007)

Imports:

$1.475 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Imports