and future development
of the island are heavily dependent on French financial assistance,
an important supplement to GDP. Mayotte's remote location is an
obstacle to the development of tourism.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$953.6 million (2005 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

$NA

GDP - real growth rate:

NA%

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$4,900 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Labor force:

44,560 (2002)

Unemployment rate:

25.4% (2005)

Population below poverty line:

NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Budget:

revenues: $420 million
expenditures: $394 million (2005)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

1.7% (2005)

Agriculture - products:

vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra, fish,
livestock

Industries:

newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

NA kWh

Electricity - consumption:

139.2 million kWh (2005)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0%

Exports:

$6.5 million f.o.b. (2005)

Exports - commodities:

ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts, coffee,
cinnamon

Exports - partners:

France 43%, Comoros 36%, Reunion 15% (2006)

Imports:

$341 million f.o.b.; note - excludes petroleum imports (2005)

Imports - commodities:

food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals,
chemicals

Imports - partners:

France 49%, Seychelles 8.8%, China 4.1% (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$201.3 million; note - extensive French financial assistance (2005)

Debt - external:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

euro (EUR)

Currency code:

EUR

Exchange rates:

euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041
(2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003)

Communications
Mayotte

Telephones - main lines in use:

10,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

48,100 (2005)

Telephone system:

general assessment: small system administered by French Department
of Posts and Telecommunications
domestic: NA
international: country code - 262; microwave radio relay and HF
radiotelephone communicati